2025 Frederiksberg municipal election

2025 Frederiksberg municipal election
18 November 2025

All 31 seats to the Frederiksberg municipal council
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout63,781 (73.2%)
0.1%
  First party Second party Third party
 
C
A
Ø
Party Conservatives Social Democrats Red-Green Alliance
Last election 13 seats, 40.3% 5 seats, 17.1% 6 seats, 17.5%
Seats won 11 7 5
Seat change 2 2 1
Popular vote 21,238 13,065 9,969
Percentage 33.7% 20.7% 15.8%
Swing 6.6% 3.7% 1.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
B
F
V
Party Social Liberals Green Left Venstre
Last election 3 seats, 9.3% 1 seat, 4.7% 1 seat, 5.9%
Seats won 3 2 2
Seat change 0 1 1
Popular vote 5,728 5,020 3,127
Percentage 9.1% 8.0% 5.0%
Swing 0.2% 3.3% 0.9%

  Seventh party
 
I
Party Liberal Alliance
Last election 0 seats, 1.3%
Seats won 1
Seat change 1
Popular vote 1,740
Percentage 2.8%
Swing 1.5%

Mayor before election

Michael Vindfeldt
Social Democrats

Mayor after election

Michael Vindfeldt
Social Democrats

The 2025 Frederiksberg Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 31 members to sit in the regional council for the Frederiksberg Municipal council, in the Danish municipality of Frederiksberg, for the period 2026 to 2029.[1] Michael Vindfeldt from the Social Democrats, would secure re-election. [2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Michael Vinfeldt from Social Democrats became mayor for his first term, breaking 112 years of the position being held by the Conservatives.[3] He would run for a second term.[4]

For the second election in a row, the council increased its size, having to elect 31 councillors, compared to 29 in 2021.[5]

Actor Bjarne Henriksen would run for the Social Democrats. [6] He would be elected into the council. [7]

2021 Election results and notional results with 31 seats contested

Parties Vote Seats
Votes % Actual Seats Notional Seats + / -
Conservatives 24,607 40.3 13 13 0
Red–Green Alliance 10,720 17.6 6 6 0
Social Democrats 10,418 17.0 5 6 +1
Social Liberals 5,686 9.3 3 3 0
Venstre 3,603 5.9 1 2 +1
Green Left 2,852 4.7 1 1 0
Total 61,100 100.0 29 31 +2
Source[8]

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. Frederiksberg Municipality had 31 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source[9]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political alignment
A Social Democrats Centre-left
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Ø Red-Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left
Å The Alternative Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
E Hvid-sten Frederiksbergs uafhængige Borgerliste Local politics
K Christian Democrats Centre to Centre-right
T Borgernes Frederiksberg Local politics
Æ Denmark Democrats Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political alignment
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
M Moderates Centre to Centre-right
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right
V Venstre Centre-right

Results by polling station

Division A B C D E F I J K M O T V Æ Ø Å
% % % % % % % % % % % % % % % %
Skolen ved Søerne 18.6 10.5 34.8 0.0 0.1 8.7 3.0 0.2 0.1 1.3 1.1 0.0 4.6 0.2 15.2 1.7
Skolen på Grundtvigsvej 20.5 9.1 37.4 0.0 0.0 7.7 2.8 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.9 0.0 4.9 0.1 13.8 1.5
Bülowsvejhallen 19.5 11.2 30.5 0.1 0.1 8.7 2.6 0.2 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.1 5.1 0.3 17.6 2.0
Skolen på Duevej 20.4 9.6 31.1 0.0 0.1 8.7 2.9 0.1 0.0 1.1 1.5 0.1 5.6 0.3 16.6 2.1
Lindevangskolen 21.9 7.6 32.4 0.1 0.1 7.4 2.8 0.4 0.1 1.3 2.4 0.1 4.9 0.4 16.6 1.6
Frederiksberghallerne 22.5 7.0 35.7 0.0 0.1 6.5 2.5 0.3 0.2 1.2 1.7 0.0 4.8 0.4 15.8 1.3
Frederiksberg Rådhushal 22.4 7.7 35.8 0.1 0.1 7.5 2.4 0.2 0.0 0.9 1.6 0.0 4.9 0.3 14.4 1.8
Skolen på Nyelandsvej 20.1 9.4 33.2 0.1 0.1 8.1 3.1 0.3 0.0 1.3 1.2 0.0 4.8 0.2 15.9 2.1

Results

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Frederiksberg Municipality
C Conservatives 21,238 33.67 -6.60 11 -2
A Social Democrats 13,065 20.71 +3.66 7 +2
Ø Red-Green Alliance 9,969 15.81 -1.74 5 -1
B Social Liberals 5,728 9.08 -0.22 3 0
F Green Left 5,020 7.96 +3.29 2 +1
V Venstre 3,127 4.96 -0.94 2 +1
I Liberal Alliance 1,740 2.76 +1.50 1 +1
Å The Alternative 1,119 1.77 +0.99 0 0
O Danish People's Party 898 1.42 +0.73 0 0
M Moderates 718 1.14 New 0 New
Æ Denmark Democrats 176 0.28 New 0 New
J Bitten Vivi Jensen 139 0.22 -0.39 0 0
E Hvid-sten Frederiksbergs uafhængige Borgerliste 43 0.07 New 0 New
K Christian Democrats 33 0.05 -0.12 0 0
D Ham Stokken 32 0.05 New 0 New
T Borgernes Frederiksberg 29 0.05 New 0 New
Total 63,074 100 N/A 31 N/A
Invalid votes 141 0.16 -0.01
Blank votes 566 0.65 +0.09
Turnout 63,781 73.24 -0.12
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
C Ø A B V F I Å O J K D E M T Æ Others Lead
Epinion 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 587 27.7 18.5 20.8 5.0 6.5 11.5 6.4 0.7 1.9 0.5 0.5 0.0 6.9
Norstat 26.0
(10)
13.0
(4)
18.0
(6)
9.0
(3)
7.0
(2)
14.0
(4)
5.0
(1)
4.0
(1)
3.0
(0)
2.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0 8.0
Epinion 27 Jul - 22 Aug 2025 495 31.0 11.0 21.0 6.0 8.0 12.0 5.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 10.0
(Projection) 2 Jun 2025 35.0
(11)
15.0
(4)
20.0
(7)
8.0
(2)
5.0
(2)
8.5
(3)
4.5
(1)
4.0 15.0
Norstat 37.0 14.0 17.0 8.0 4.0 10.0 6.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 20.0
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 10.3 12.5 11.2 12.6 9.4 23.6 6.8 3.9 2.9 5.6 1.2 11.0
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 8.5 10.6 18.6 8.0 10.6 10.3 9.3 7.7 1.3 0.2 10.5 1.6 8.0
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 27.9 15.6 18.7 13.0 8.0 8.1 2.2 0.8 1.4 0.3 9.2
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 2021 40.3
(13)
17.5
(6)
17.1
(5)
9.3
(3)
5.9
(1)
4.7
(1)
1.3
(0)
0.8
(0)
0.7
(0)
0.6
(0)
0.2
(0)
22.8

Notes

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. ^ "Efter 112 år skifter magten på Frederiksberg: Michael Vindfeldt er ny borgmester | Nyheder". altinget (in Danish). 16 November 2021. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  4. ^ "Politidirektør stiller op til kommunalvalget". Ny tung socialdemokratisk kandidat melder sin ankomst på Frederiksberg (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
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  7. ^ "Folkekær skuespiller napper sidste S-mandat på Frederiksberg". piopio.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
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  9. ^ "Stemmefordeling i Frederiksberg Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.