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2025 Danish local elections

2025 Danish local elections

← 2021 18 November 2025 2029 →
All municipal seats and 205 seats in regional councils
C Leader Mette Frederiksen Troels Lund Poulsen Mona Juul Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 756 seats, 28.40% 620 seats, 21.18% 403 seats, 15.24%   Leader Pia Olsen Dyhr Pelle Dragsted Martin Lidegaard Party Green Left Red–Green Alliance Social Liberals Last election 168 seats, 7.61% 114 seats, 7.34% 94 seats, 5.59%   Leader Morten Messerschmidt Alex Vanopslagh Franciska Rosenkilde Party Danish People's Party Liberal Alliance The Alternative Last election 91 seats, 4.09% 9 seats, 1.38% 5 seats, 0.71%
Incumbent mayors      Social Democrats      Socal Liberals      Conservatives      Green Left      Schleswig Party      Venstre      Local party

The 2025 Danish local elections are scheduled to be held on Tuesday, 18 November 2025.^[1] All local and regional councillors in Denmark's 98 municipalities and five regions will be up for election.

Background[edit]

Every four years, on the third Tuesday in November, local elections are held in Denmark. All 98 municipalities and 5 regions hold elections simultaneously on this date.

Electoral system[edit]

In Danish local elections, all 98 municipal councils and five regional councils are elected concurrently. The municipal councils have between 9 and 31 members, except the Copenhagen City Council which has 55 members, while the regional councils all have 41 members. In total, 2,436 members (as of the 2021 local elections, not a fixed number) are elected to the municipal councils, and 205 members are elected to the regional councils. All elections use the D'Hondt method to calculate number of seats. There is no electoral threshold. The parties are allowed to enter into electoral alliances.^[2]

To be an eligible voter, you 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 IcelandorNorway
  • Had permanent residence in the Danish Realm for the last 4 years, prior to the election date

Municipal councils[edit]

Regional councils[edit]

Overview of regional council chairs prior to the elections[edit]

  Social Democrats
  Venstre

Overview of mayors prior to the elections[edit]

  Social Democrats
  Social Liberals
  Conservatives
  Green Left
  Liberal Alliance
  Schleswig Party
  Venstre
  Local parties

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