2025 Gentofte municipal election
18 November 2025
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All 19 seats to the Gentofte municipal council 10 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Gentofte Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 19 members to sit in the regional council for the Gentofte Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Michael Fenger from the Conservatives, would secure re-election. [2]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Michael Fenger from Conservatives became mayor for his first term. [3] The party, has held the mayoral position in the municipality since 1888, and Fenger would run for a second term. [4] Morten Løkkegaard, current MEP from Venstre, currently sits in the council, and would run for re-election as a councillor. [5]
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. Gentofte Municipality had 19 seats in 2025.
Electoral alliances
Source[6]
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Social Democrats | Centre-left | |
| B | Social Liberals | Centre to Centre-left | |
| M | Moderates | Centre to Centre-right | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Electoral Alliance 3
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| F | Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | Left-wing to Far-Left | |
Results by polling station
| Division | A | B | C | F | I | M | O | U | V | Æ | Ø |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Jægersborg | 5.5 | 8.1 | 51.3 | 7.8 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 13.9 | 0.3 | 4.6 |
| Munkegård | 11.5 | 12.3 | 38.0 | 13.3 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 9.8 | 0.5 | 8.4 |
| Rådhuset (Gentofte) | 5.8 | 8.9 | 49.8 | 7.7 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 16.5 | 0.4 | 4.1 |
| Bakkegård | 8.8 | 13.3 | 40.9 | 10.3 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 10.0 | 0.7 | 8.2 |
| Dyssegård | 6.9 | 12.6 | 46.7 | 7.2 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 13.7 | 0.8 | 5.5 |
| Maglegård | 4.8 | 8.7 | 50.3 | 8.0 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 15.9 | 0.5 | 4.2 |
| Hellerup | 6.3 | 8.7 | 44.3 | 8.2 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 14.9 | 0.6 | 6.2 |
| Ordrup | 5.3 | 7.6 | 50.3 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 16.2 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| Skovshoved | 4.3 | 8.6 | 48.5 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 16.6 | 0.4 | 3.8 |
| Skovgård | 5.1 | 7.6 | 50.6 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 14.8 | 0.5 | 4.4 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentofte Municipality | ||||||||
| C | Conservatives | 19,802 | 47.29 | -9.75 | 10 | -2 | ||
| V | Venstre | 6,008 | 14.35 | +8.66 | 3 | +2 | ||
| B | Social Liberals | 4,013 | 9.58 | -0.75 | 2 | 0 | ||
| F | Green Left | 3,428 | 8.19 | +1.19 | 1 | 0 | ||
| A | Social Democrats | 2,648 | 6.32 | -2.37 | 1 | -1 | ||
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | 2,227 | 5.32 | -0.02 | 1 | 0 | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance | 1,889 | 4.51 | +2.01 | 1 | +1 | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 897 | 2.14 | +1.54 | 0 | 0 | ||
| M | Moderates | 688 | 1.64 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | 216 | 0.52 | New | 0 | New | ||
| U | Alliancen for Børnene, Ungdommen og Fremtiden | 58 | 0.14 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Total | 41,874 | 100 | N/A | 19 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 102 | 0.18 | -0.07 | |||||
| Blank votes | 320 | 0.56 | +0.11 | |||||
| Turnout | 42,296 | 73.40 | +1.90 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
C | B | A | F | V | Ø | I | O | M | U | Æ | Others | Lead | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epinion | 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 | 552 | 48.4 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 | – | 0.9 | 0.0 | 39.6 | ||||||
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 16.9 | 11.0 | 8.9 | 14.1 | 16.8 | 4.7 | 12.1 | 3.6 | 8.4 | – | 1.4 | – | 0.1 | |||||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 14.6 | 6.7 | 12.7 | 6.1 | 16.8 | 4.0 | 14.4 | 2.0 | 14.4 | – | 1.7 | – | 2.2 | |||||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 57.3 | 9.6 | 8.2 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 0.8 | – | – | – | – | 47.7 | |||||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 57.0 (12) |
10.3 (2) |
8.7 (2) |
7.0 (1) |
5.7 (1) |
5.3 (1) |
2.5 (0) |
0.6 (0) |
– | – | – | – | 46.7 | |||||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
- ^ "Her er borgmestrene på plads". dknyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Fenger løfter arven efter bykonge i landets rigeste kommune | Nyheder". tv2kosmopol (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionsvalget". konservative.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
- ^ "Brixtofte overtager poster fra Løkkegaard". sn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
- ^ "Stemmefordeling i Gentofte Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.