2025 Danish local elections

2025 Danish local elections

18 November 2025

All 2,432 seats in the municipal councils, and 134 seats in the regional councils

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Municipal councils Social Democrats Mette Frederiksen 23.2 599 −156 Venstre Troels Lund Poulsen 17.9 521 −99 Conservatives Mona Juul 12.7 343 −61 Green Left Pia Olsen Dyhr 11.1 248 +80 DPP Morten Messerschmidt 5.9 152 +62 Liberal Alliance Alex Vanopslagh 5.5 125 +116 Denmark Democrats Inger Støjberg 4.7 123 New Red–Green Pelle Dragsted 7.1 111 −3 Social Liberals Martin Lidegaard 5.4 97 +3 Schleswig Party Rainer Naujeck 0.3 12 +2 The Alternative Franciska Rosenkilde 1.1 7 +2 Moderates Lars Løkke Rasmussen 1.3 6 New Other 4.3 88 −3 Regional councils Social Democrats Mette Frederiksen 22.1 36 −28 Venstre Troels Lund Poulsen 17.1 28 −26 Conservatives Mona Juul 10.8 19 −12 Green Left Pia Olsen Dyhr 10.8 15 +1 DPP Morten Messerschmidt 9.0 11 +5 Red–Green Pelle Dragsted 7.3 8 −6 Social Liberals Martin Lidegaard 6.5 8 −4 Liberal Alliance Alex Vanopslagh 5.9 8 +8 Denmark Democrats Inger Støjberg 5.4 7 New Moderates Lars Løkke Rasmussen 1.8 1 New The Alternative Franciska Rosenkilde 1.3 0 0 Other 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Local elections were held in Denmark on 18 November 2025. for the 2026 – 2029 term of office. All 2,432 local and 134 regional councillors in Denmark's 98 municipalities and four regions will be up for election. The 47 member council of the Region of Eastern Denmark, a merger of the Capital Region and Region Zealand, will be elected for the first time. The new region will be established 1 January 2027. The unincorporated small archipelago of Ertholmene will remain under central government administration and not be a part of a region or municipality.

Background

Every four years, on the third Tuesday in November, local elections are held in Denmark. All 98 municipalities and 4 regions hold elections simultaneously on this date.

Rebild Municipality, Lemvig Municipality and Vordingborg Municipality are reducing their number of councillors from 25 to 23, 21 to 19 and 29 to 27 respectively, while Frederiksberg Municipality, is increasing its number from 29 to 31.

Electoral system

In Danish local elections, all 98 municipal councils and four regional councils are elected concurrently. The municipal councils have between 9 and 31 members, except the Copenhagen City Council which has 55 members. Two of the regional councils have 31 members each, North Jutland 25, and one, the Region of Eastern Denmark, has 47, the last of which will be elected for the first time in the 2025 local elections. In total, 2,432 members are elected to the municipal councils, and 134 members are elected to the four regional councils in 2025.

All elections use the D'Hondt method to calculate number of seats, with the entire municipality or region being one single constituency. There is no legal electoral threshold.

The parties are allowed to enter into electoral alliances. If parties agree to enter an electoral alliance, they will count their votes as one and seats will be distributed to electoral alliances and parties outside of electoral alliances using the D'Hondt method. When an electoral alliance has been allocated the number of seats it is entitled to, the seats will similarly be divided between the component parties using the D'Hondt method.

To be an eligible voter, one must meet the following requirements:

• Being at least 18 years old
• Having permanent residence in a municipality
• At least one of the following:
  • Having Danish citizenship
  • Citizenship in another EU member state
  • Citizenship in Iceland or Norway
  • Citizenship in the United Kingdom
  • Had permanent residence in the Danish Realm for the last 4 years, prior to the election date

Municipal councils

Share of votes earned by the largest party in each polling area for the municipal election.

For more detailed results, see Results of the 2025 Danish municipal elections.

Number of councillors and political parties in the municipal councils

Sum of 98 local elections
Party		Seats		Councils		Share of vote
		Seats		+ / -		Councils	+ / -	Percent	+ / -
A		Social Democrats		599		156	96 / 98	2	23.2%	5.2%
V		Venstre		521		99	92 / 98	3	17.9%	3.3%
C		Conservatives		343		61	92 / 98	5	12.7%	2.5%
F		Green Left		249		81	96 / 98	7	11.1%	3.4%
O		Danish People's Party		151		61	82 / 95	11	5.9%	1.8%
I		Liberal Alliance		125		116	76 / 90	71	5.5%	4.1%
Æ		Denmark Democrats		123		123	60 / 82	60	4.7%	New
Ø		Red-Green Alliance		111		3	66 / 82	2	7.1%	0.3%
B		Social Liberals		97		3	58 / 85	1	5.4%	0.2%
S		Schleswig Party		12		2	4 / 4	0	0.3%	0.0%
Å		The Alternative		7		2	6 / 41	2	1.0%	0.3%
M		Moderates		6		6	6 / 71	6	1.3%	New
		Others		88		79	35 / 87	42	4.0%	4.1%

Regional councils

Share of votes earned by the largest party in each polling area for the regional election.

For more detailed results, see Results of the 2025 Danish regional elections.

Number of councillors and political parties in the regional councils

Sum of 4 regional elections
Party		Seats		Councils		Share of vote
		Seats		+ / -		Councils	+ / -	Percent	+ / -
A		Social Democrats		32		32	4 / 4	1	22.1%	5.9%
V		Venstre		28		26	4 / 4	1	17.1%	5.9%
C		Conservatives		15		16	4 / 4	1	10.8%	3.3%
F		Green Left		15		1	4 / 4	1	10.8%	3.5%
O		Danish People's Party		11		5	4 / 4	1	9.0%	4.9%
B		Social Liberals		8		4	4 / 4	1	6.5%	0.4%
I		Liberal Alliance		8		8	4 / 4	4	5.9%	4.4%
Ø		Red-Green Alliance		8		6	4 / 4	1	7.3%	0.4%
Æ		Denmark Democrats		7		7	4 / 4	4	5.4%	New
M		Moderates		1		1	1 / 4	1	1.8%	New
Å		The Alternative		0		0	0 / 4	0	1.3%	0.6%
		Others		1		9	1 / 4	4	2.0%	5.3%

Regional councils notional seats

Since their creation in 2007, Denmark's five regions have been a topic of continuous political debate. In June 2024, the government's Health Structure Commission put forward three proposals to reorganize the healthcare system, two of which involved dissolving the current regions. Ultimately, the regions were preserved, but with reforms affecting, among other things, the regional councils. From their first election in 2005 until the 2021 election, each of the five regional councils held 41 seats. The reform resulted in three regions, the North Denmark (25 council seats from 2026), Central Denmark (31 seats), and Southern Denmark Region (31 seats), maintaining their existing boundaries and continuing unchanged, while the other two regions, Zealand and Capital of Denmark were merged to create a new entity with the council having 47 seats. This is the results of the 2021 elections if the new number of councillors per region had been elected.

Party	Seats
	Last election	Notional seats
A	Social Democrats	64	42
V	Venstre	54	36
C	Conservatives	31	20
F	Green Left	14	9
Ø	Red-Green Alliance	14	9
B	Social Liberals	12	7
O	Danish People's Party	6	5
I	Liberal Alliance	0	0
Å	The Alternative	0	0
M	Moderates	Did not exist	Did not exist
Æ	Denmark Democrats	Did not exist	Did not exist
	Others	8	6
Total	205	134

Overview of regional councils

  Social Democrats
  Venstre

Chairmen outgoing and incoming
Region	Incumbent Chair	Presumed new Chair
North Denmark		Mads Duedahl		Mads Duedahl
Central Denmark		Anders Kühnau		Anders G. Christensen
Southern Denmark		Bo Libergren		Bo Libergren
Eastern Denmark	New Region		Lars Gaardhøj

Overview of mayors

  Social Democrats   Venstre   Conservatives
  Green Left   Liberal Alliance   Schleswig Party
  Social Liberals   Danish People's Party
  Other local parties

Mayors by party
Party	Mayors	Change
	Pre-election	Post-election
V	Venstre	34	40	6
A	Social Democrats	44	26	18
C	Conservatives	14	21	7
F	Green Left	2	5	3
I	Liberal Alliance	1	2	1
B	Social Liberals	1	1	0
S	Schleswig Party	1	1	0
O	Danish People's Party	0	1	1
Æ	Denmark Democrats	Did not exist	0	0
Ø	Red-Green Alliance	0	0	0
Å	The Alternative	0	0	0
M	Moderates	Did not exist	0	0
	Others	1	1	0
Total	98	0

Mayors outgoing and incoming
Municipality	Incumbent mayor	Presumed new mayor
Aabenraa	Jan Riber Jakobsen		Jan Riber Jakobsen
Aalborg	Lasse Frimand Jensen		Lasse Frimand Jensen
Aarhus	Anders Winnerskjold		Anders Winnerskjold
Albertslund	Steen Christiansen		Lars Gravgaard Hansen
Allerød	Karsten Längerich		Clara Rao
Assens	Søren Steen Andersen		Søren Steen Andersen
Ballerup	Jesper Würtzen		Jesper Würtzen
Billund	Stephanie Storbank		Stephanie Storbank
Bornholm	Jacob Trøst		Frederik Tolstrup
Brøndby	Maja Højgaard		Maja Højgaard
Brønderslev	Mikael Klitgaard		Mikael Klitgaard
Dragør	Kenneth Gøtterup		Kenneth Gøtterup
Egedal	Vicky Holst Rasmussen		Birgitte Neergaard-Kofod
Esbjerg	Jesper Frost Rasmusssen		Jesper Frost Rasmusssen
Fanø	Frank Jensen		Frank Jensen
Favrskov	Lars Storgaard		Lars Storgaard
Faxe	Ole Vive		Mikkel B. Dam
Fredensborg	Thomas Lykke Pedersen		Thomas Lykke Pedersen
Fredericia	Christian Bro		Peder Tind
Frederiksberg	Michael Vindfeldt		Michael Vindfeldt
Frederikshavn	Karsten Thomsen		Jon Anderson
Frederikssund	Tina Tving Stauning		Anne Sofie Uhrskov
Furesø	Ole Bondo Christensen		Nicolai Bechfeldt
Faaborg-Midtfyn	Hans Stavnsager		Anstina Krogh
Gentofte	Michael Fenger		Michael Fenger
Gladsaxe	Trine Græse		Serdal Benli
Glostrup	Kasper Damsgaard		Kasper Damsgaard
Greve	Pernille Beckmann		Pernille Beckmann
Gribskov	Bent Hansen		Hanne Pigonska
Guldborgsund	Simon Hansen		Simon Hansen
Haderslev	Mads Skau		Mads Skau
Halsnæs	Steffen Jensen		Steffen Jensen
Hedensted	Ole Vind		Ole Vind
Helsingør	Benedikte Kiær		Benedikte Kiær
Herlev	Marco Damgaard		Marco Damgaard
Herning	Dorte West		Dorte West
Hillerød	Kirsten Jensen		Christoffer Lorenzen
Hjørring	Søren Smalbro		Søren Smalbro
Holbæk	Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen		Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen
Holstebro	H.C. Østerby		Kenneth Tønning
Horsens	Peter Sørensen		Peter Sørensen
Hvidovre	Anders Wolf Andresen		Anders Wolf Andresen
Høje-Taastrup	Kurt Scheelsbeck		Michael Ziegler
Hørsholm	Morten Slotved		Morten Slotved
Ikast-Brande	Ib Lauritsen		Ib Lauritsen
Ishøj	Merete Amdisen		Merete Amdisen
Jammerbugt	Mogens Christen Gade		Christian Hem
Kalundborg	Martin Damm		Martin Damm
Kerteminde	Kasper Ejsing Olesen		Michael Nielsen
Kolding	Knud Erik Langhoff		Jakob Ville
København	Lars Weiss		Sisse Marie Welling
Køge	Marie Stærke		Ken Kristensen
Langeland	Tonni Hansen		Jørgen Nielsen
Lejre	Tina Mandrup		Mikael Ralf Baade Larsen
Lemvig	Erik Flyvholm		Jens Lønberg
Lolland	Holger Schou Rasmussen		Marie-Louise Brehm Nielsen
Lyngby-Taarbæk	Sofia Osmani		Sofia Osmani
Læsø	Tobias Birch Johansen		Niels Odgaard
Mariagerfjord	Mogens Jespersen		Jesper Skov Mikkelsen
Middelfart	Johannes Lundsfryd Jensen		Anders Møllegård
Morsø	Hans Ejner Bertelsen		Jens Dahlgaard
Norddjurs	Kasper Juncher Bjerregaard		Kasper Juncher Bjerregaard
Nordfyn	Mette Landtved-Holm		Mette Landtved-Holm
Nyborg	Kenneth Muhs		Kenneth Muhs
Næstved	Carsten Rasmussne		Kenneth Sørensen
Odder	Lone Jakobi		Lone Jakobi
Odense	Peter Rahbæk Juhl		Peter Rahbæk Juhl
Odsherred	Karina Vincentz		Hanne Pigonska
Randers	Torben Hansen		Rosa Lykke Yde
Rebild	Jesper Greth		Jesper Greth
Ringkøbing-Skjern	Hans Østergaard		Lennart Qvist
Ringsted	Klaus Hansen		Andreas Karlsen
Roskilde	Tomas Breddam		Tomas Breddam
Rudersdal	Ann Sofie Orth		Ann Sofie Orth
Rødovre	Britt Jensen		Britt Jensen
Samsø	Marcel Meijer		Per Urban Olsen
Silkeborg	Helle Gade		Helle Gade
Skanderborg	Frands Fischer		Frands Fischer
Skive	Peder Kirkegaard		Alfred Brunsgaard
Slagelse	Knud Vincents		Henrik Brodersen
Solrød	Emil Blücher		Emil Blücher
Sorø	Gert Jørgensen		Jakob Spliid
Stevns	Henning Urban Dam Nielsen		Anette Mortensen
Struer	Marianne Bredal		Marianne Bredal
Svendborg	Bo Hansen		Bo Hansen
Syddjurs	Michael Stegger Jensen		Michael Stegger Jensen
Sønderborg	Erik Lauritzen		Erik Lauritzen
Thisted	Niels Jørgen Pedersen		Niels Jørgen Pedersen
Tønder	Jørgen Popp Petersen		Jørgen Popp Petersen
Tårnby	Allan Andersen		Allan Andersen
Vallensbæk	Henrik Rasmussen		Henrik Rasmussen
Varde	Mads Sørensen		Sarah Andersen
Vejen	Frank Schmidt-Hansen		Christian Lund
Vejle	Jens Ejner Christensen		Jens Ejner Christensen
Vesthimmerland	Per Bach Laursen		Per Bach Laursen
Viborg	Ulrik Wilbek		Katrine Fusager Rohde
Vordingborg	Mikael Smed		Michael Seiding Larsen
Ærø	Peter Hansted		Peter Hansted
Source: TV 2