The 2025 Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipal election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 29 members to sit in the regional council for the Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029. The election saw a significant result for the Denmark Democrats. Mads Fuglede sought the mayoral position, and looked successful, initially securing the first mayoral position for the party in history. However, Green Left dropped out of the deal, and eventually the Conservatives, who won the mayoral position on a deal between Venstre, the Social Democrats, Green Left and the Conservatives. This would see Lennart Qvist, the only elected politician from the Conservatives in the election, become the next mayor.
Background Following the 2021 election, Hans Østergaard from Venstre became mayor for his second term. However, he announced in August 2024, that we he would not seek a third term. Instead, Lone Andersen would be the mayoral candidate from Venstre.
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. Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality had 29 seats in 2025.
Electoral alliances
Electoral Alliance 1 Party Political alignmentASocial DemocratsCentre-leftVVenstreCentre-right Electoral Alliance 2 Party Political alignmentCConservativesCentre-rightDNew RightFar-rightILiberal AllianceCentre-right to Right-wingODanish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right Electoral Alliance 3 Party Political alignmentFGreen LeftCentre-left to Left-wingØRed-Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left Electoral Alliance 4 Party Political alignmentKChristian DemocratsCentre to Centre-rightÆDenmark Democrats Right-wing to Far-right Results by polling station
Results
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