2025 Gladsaxe municipal election

2025 Gladsaxe municipal election
18 November 2025

All 25 seats to the Gladsaxe municipal council
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout34,830 (65.1%)
2.6%
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
F
V
Party Social Democrats Green Left Venstre
Last election 8 seats, 32.9% 3 seats, 11.4% 4 seats, 13.2%
Seats won 7 4 3
Seat change 1 1 1
Popular vote 8,524 5,534 4,164
Percentage 24.9% 16.2% 12.2%
Swing 8.0% 4.8% 1.0%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Ø
B
O
Party Red-Green Alliance Social Liberals Danish People's Party
Last election 3 seats, 10.6% 2 seats, 7.7% 1 seat, 3.4%
Seats won 3 3 2
Seat change 0 1 1
Popular vote 3,944 3,718 2,396
Percentage 11.5% 10.9% 7.0%
Swing 0.9% 3.2% 3.6%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
C
I
L
Party Conservatives Liberal Alliance Lokallisten Gladsaxe
Last election 3 seats, 11.7% 0 seats, 1.5% 1 seat, 3.9%
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change 2 1 0
Popular vote 1,988 1,588 1,096
Percentage 5.8% 4.6% 3.2%
Swing 5.8% 3.1% 0.7%

Mayor before election

Trine Græse
Social Democrats

Mayor after election

Serdal Benli
Green Left

The 2025 Gladsaxe Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 25 members to sit in the regional council for the Gladsaxe Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Serdal Benli from the Green Left, would win the mayoral position. [2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Trine Græse from Social Democrats became mayor for her second term. [3] She would run for a third 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. Gladsaxe Municipality had 25 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source[5]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political alignment
A Social Democrats Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
M Moderates Centre to Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
L Lokallisten Gladsaxe Local politics
Ø Red-Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
V Venstre Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 4

Party Political alignment
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right
Æ Denmark Democrats Right-wing to Far-right

Results by polling station

Division A B C F I L M O V Æ Ø
% % % % % % % % % % %
Bagsværd 20.7 11.4 7.5 14.4 6.2 2.9 3.9 6.5 16.6 1.3 8.6
Hovedbiblioteket 27.8 10.1 5.2 17.1 4.4 3.0 1.4 7.0 11.5 1.8 10.6
Egegård 23.9 9.3 5.9 15.2 4.6 3.4 1.9 10.7 12.3 2.9 9.8
Grønnemose 27.4 12.0 4.1 16.0 2.9 4.0 0.9 6.2 7.8 1.9 16.8
Mørkhøj 26.6 8.9 4.3 15.9 4.5 3.3 1.3 9.1 10.1 2.5 13.5
Stengård 24.0 13.6 6.8 17.2 5.5 3.1 1.8 4.3 13.6 1.4 8.9
Søborg (Gladsaxe Idrætscenter) 23.6 12.4 6.1 18.2 4.5 3.2 1.2 5.4 12.2 1.7 11.4
Vadgård 27.1 9.0 6.7 16.7 4.7 2.6 1.4 7.9 12.5 2.4 9.1
Værebro 19.9 10.2 6.9 13.8 5.0 2.6 1.3 6.2 16.3 1.9 15.8

Results

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Gladsaxe Municipality
A Social Democrats 8,524 24.93 -8.02 7 -1
F Green Left 5,534 16.18 +4.80 4 +1
V Venstre 4,164 12.18 -1.00 3 -1
Ø Red-Green Alliance 3,944 11.53 +0.92 3 0
B Social Liberals 3,718 10.87 +3.22 3 +1
O Danish People's Party 2,396 7.01 +3.59 2 +1
C Conservatives 1,988 5.81 -5.85 1 -2
I Liberal Alliance 1,588 4.64 +3.11 1 +1
L Lokallisten Gladsaxe 1,096 3.20 -0.67 1 0
Æ Denmark Democrats 668 1.95 New 0 New
M Moderates 578 1.69 New 0 New
Total 34,198 100 N/A 25 N/A
Invalid votes 155 0.29 -0.02
Blank votes 477 0.89 +0.09
Turnout 34,830 65.06 +2.64
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
A V C F Ø B L O I M Æ Others Lead
Epinion 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 542 29.4 5.8 6.3 19.4 13.0 4.9 10.6 6.6 1.1 1.7 1.2 10.0
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 16.7 9.6 8.4 22.3 9.5 10.3 5.5 6.2 6.0 2.5 5.6
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 27.7 9.5 4.8 11.6 6.9 6.4 3.2 7.3 10.9 3.1 16.1
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 29.5 10.8 15.1 11.1 10.6 10.1 3.6 1.9 14.4
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 2021 32.9
(8)
13.2
(4)
11.7
(3)
11.4
(3)
10.6
(3)
7.7
(2)
3.9
(1)
3.4
(1)
1.5
(0)
19.7

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. ^ "Et yderst sjældent syn i lokalpolitik: Kvinderne har taget magten i Gladsaxe Byråd | Nyheder". dr.dk (in Danish). 18 November 2021. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  4. ^ "Socialdemokratiet har listen med kandidater til kommunalvalget kla". gladsaxekredsen.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  5. ^ "Stemmefordeling i Gladsaxe Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.