The 2025 Lemvig Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, in the Danish town of Lemvig to elect the 21 members to sit in the regional council for the Lemvig Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029. Despite, losing 5 of the 11 seats won in 2021, the new mayoral candidate from Venstre, Chris Olesen, would initially secure the mayoral position. However, it was revealed that the parties broke out and Jens Lønborg would instead become the new mayor.
Background Following the 2021 election, Erik Flyvholm from Venstre would continue for a fourth term as mayor. However, Flyvholm announced in August 2024, his decision to stop following this election. Chris Olesen is instead set to become the mayoral candidate of Venstre. The municipal council also reduced it's number from 21 to 19 for this election.
2021 Election Results and notional results with 19 seats contested Parties Vote Seats Votes % Actual Seats Notional Seats + / - Venstre 5,222 45.5 11 10 -1 Social Democrats 2,282 19.9 4 4 0 Conservatives 1,549 13.5 3 3 0 Green Left 1,133 5.8 2 2 0 Social Liberals 398 3.5 1 0 -1 Total 11,485 100.0 21 19 -2 Source
Electoral system For elections to Danish municipalities, a number varying from 9 to 31 are chosen to be elected to the municipal council. The seats are then allocated using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation. Lemvig Municipality had 21 seats in 2025.
Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.
Electoral alliances
Electoral Alliance 1 Party Political alignmentASocial DemocratsCentre-leftBSocial LiberalsCentre to Centre-leftFGreen LeftCentre-left to Left-wing Electoral Alliance 2 Party Political alignmentCConservativesCentre-rightLLand- og BylistenLocal politicsODanish People's Party Right-wing to Far-rightÆDenmark Democrats Right-wing to Far-right Results by polling station
Results
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