2025 Ballerup municipal election

2025 Ballerup municipal election
18 November 2025

All 25 seats to the Ballerup municipal council
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout26,726 (65.0%)
0.8%
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
F
O
Party Social Democrats Green Left Danish People's Party
Last election 13 seats, 50.8% 2 seats, 7.1% 1 seat, 4.6%
Seats won 10 3 3
Seat change 3 1 2
Popular vote 10,517 3,123 2,750
Percentage 40.1% 11.9% 10.5%
Swing 10.6% 4.9% 5.9%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
C
B
Ø
Party Conservatives Social Liberals Red-Green Alliance
Last election 3 seats, 12.5% 1 seat, 4.2% 2 seats, 6.4%
Seats won 2 2 2
Seat change 1 1 0
Popular vote 1,864 1,863 1,789
Percentage 7.1% 7.1% 6.8%
Swing 5.3% 3.0% 0.4%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
I
V
D
Party Liberal Alliance Venstre New Right
Last election 0 seats, 0.8% 2 seats, 7.6% 1 seat, 3.2%
Seats won 2 1 0
Seat change 2 1 1
Popular vote 1,590 1,527 216
Percentage 6.1% 5.8% 0.8%
Swing 5.3% 1.8% 2.4%

Mayor before election

Jesper Würtzen
Social Democrats

Mayor after election

Jesper Würtzen
Social Democrats

The 2025 Ballerup Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 25 members to sit in the regional council for the Ballerup Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Jesper Würtzen from the Social Democrats, would secure re-election. [2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Jesper Würtzen from Social Democrats became mayor for his third term. [3] He would run for a fourth term. [4]

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. Ballerup Municipality had 25 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source[5]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political alignment
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
V Venstre Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political alignment
D New Right Far-right
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 4

Party Political alignment
M Moderates Centre to Centre-right
Ø Red-Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left

Results by polling station

Division A B C D E F I M O V Ø
% % % % % % % % % % %
Tapeten 44.8 4.2 4.4 1.1 1.3 9.9 5.5 3.4 13.8 5.5 6.1
Balleruphallen - Rugvænget 40.4 5.6 4.5 1.0 1.4 11.7 5.1 4.0 13.1 4.8 8.4
Højagerhallen - Skovvejens Skole Vest 41.3 5.9 11.7 0.7 0.5 11.7 5.8 1.7 9.4 7.5 3.9
Grantoftehallen 39.5 4.7 4.1 2.8 1.4 10.9 5.7 6.4 15.2 3.8 5.4
Idrætshallen (tidl. UCC-hallen) - Rosenlund 39.7 9.3 8.5 0.4 0.4 12.2 7.5 1.6 8.2 7.5 4.9
Skovlunde Skole - Lundebjerg 41.4 7.1 6.1 0.8 1.1 11.6 6.0 2.6 11.7 4.3 7.5
Måløv Ny Hal - Måløvhøj Skole - Måløv 40.0 7.1 10.7 0.2 0.5 11.3 6.7 1.7 7.6 6.3 7.8
Egebjerghallen - Skovvejens Skole Øst 37.3 10.5 8.4 0.4 0.6 15.0 6.2 1.7 6.1 7.4 6.4
Østerhøjhallen - Måløvhøj Skole - Østerhøj 34.0 10.8 7.9 0.4 0.5 13.6 6.4 1.9 7.5 7.0 10.0

Results

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Ballerup Municipality
A Social Democrats 10,517 40.13 -10.65 10 -3
F Green Left 3,123 11.92 +4.85 3 +1
O Danish People's Party 2,750 10.49 +5.93 3 +2
C Conservatives 1,864 7.11 -5.34 2 -1
B Social Liberals 1,863 7.11 +2.96 2 +1
Ø Red-Green Alliance 1,789 6.83 +0.38 2 0
I Liberal Alliance 1,590 6.07 +5.29 2 +2
V Venstre 1,527 5.83 -1.79 1 -1
M Moderates 734 2.80 New 0 New
E Befri Ballerup 233 0.89 New 0 New
D New Right 216 0.82 -2.39 0 -1
Total 26,206 100 N/A 25 N/A
Invalid votes 123 0.30 0.0
Blank votes 397 0.97 +0.30
Turnout 26,726 65.05 -0.83
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
A C V F Ø O B D I E M Others Lead
Epinion 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 495 44.8 5.5 7.7 12.2 7.1 10.9 4.9 4.2 1.5 1.2 32.6
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 20.6 8.9 10.2 19.7 7.2 7.7 7.0 5.9 6.5 0.9
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 35.4 4.6 9.0 9.7 4.7 4.2 3.9 3.2 6.3 9.5 25.7
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 44.3 14.1 8.5 7.1 6.6 4.7 5.8 3.8 1.2 30.2
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 2021 50.8
(13)
12.5
(3)
7.6
(2)
7.1
(2)
6.4
(2)
4.6
(1)
4.2
(1)
3.2
(0)
0.8
(0)
38.3

References

  1. ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  2. ^ "Her er borgmestrene på plads". dknyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  3. ^ "Her er landets nye borgmestre | Nyheder". tv2 (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  4. ^ "Valg2025". socb.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  5. ^ "Stemmefordeling i Ballerup Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 10 October 2025.