2025 Høje-Taastrup municipal election

2025 Høje-Taastrup municipal election
18 November 2025

All 21 seats to the Høje-Taastrup municipal council
11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout26,587 (58.9%)
0.1%
  First party Second party Third party
 
C
A
B
Party Conservatives Social Democrats Social Liberals
Last election 11 seats, 44.6% 6 seats, 27.5% 1 seat, 4.3%
Seats won 9 4 2
Seat change 2 2 1
Popular vote 10,773 4,843 2,551
Percentage 41.2% 18.5% 9.8%
Swing 3.4% 9.0% 5.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
O
F
Ø
Party Danish People's Party Green Left Red-Green Alliance
Last election 1 seat, 4.1% 1 seat, 5.3% 1 seat, 5.7%
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change 1 1 0
Popular vote 2,390 2,183 1,888
Percentage 9.1% 8.3% 7.2%
Swing 5.0% 3.0% 1.6%

  Seventh party
 
I
Party Liberal Alliance
Last election 0 seats, 1.8%
Seats won 1
Seat change 1
Popular vote 538
Percentage 2.1%
Swing 0.3%

Mayor before election

Kurt Scheelsbeck
Conservatives

Mayor after election

Michael Ziegler
Conservatives

The 2025 Høje-Taastrup Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 21 members to sit in the regional council for the Høje-Taastrup Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Michael Ziegler from the Conservatives, would win the mayoral position. [2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Michael Ziegler from Conservatives became mayor for his fifth term. [3] He would run for a sixth 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. Høje-Taastrup Municipality had 21 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source[5]

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
Q Independent Greens Left-wing
Ø Red-Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
O Danish People's Party 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
V Venstre Centre-right

Results by polling station

Division A B C F I M O Q V Ø
% % % % % % % % % %
Børne- og Kulturhuset 23.5 16.0 29.9 6.9 1.2 0.3 9.1 2.2 1.3 9.6
Parkskolen 17.7 9.5 45.6 7.1 0.9 0.5 9.4 0.7 1.5 7.2
Taastrup Kulturcenter 17.6 7.9 47.6 8.1 0.8 0.7 9.7 0.9 1.2 5.6
Rådhuset (Høje-Taastrup) 15.6 16.6 33.9 8.3 2.4 1.4 7.0 1.8 1.3 11.6
Hallen ved Rønnevangsstrøget 23.4 9.3 39.6 6.8 1.5 0.8 9.8 0.7 2.0 6.1
Torstorp Skole 18.5 13.5 34.0 7.3 2.2 1.1 12.2 1.0 1.0 9.3
Sengeløse 24.6 2.6 49.6 4.8 1.6 0.8 7.9 0.4 2.3 5.4
Charlotteskolen 16.4 11.8 41.9 8.9 1.5 1.3 9.3 0.4 1.4 7.1
Fløng Hallen 19.2 5.0 41.5 10.4 2.8 1.8 10.3 0.1 4.2 4.7
Reerslev Skole 11.2 3.4 55.6 8.3 2.5 1.4 8.1 0.0 2.4 7.1
Springcenter Nærheden 14.3 8.0 43.1 12.1 4.6 1.4 7.2 0.4 2.1 6.9

Results

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Høje-Taastrup Municipality
C Conservatives 10,773 41.20 -3.39 9 -2
A Social Democrats 4,843 18.52 -9.00 4 -2
B Social Liberals 2,551 9.75 +5.44 2 +1
O Danish People's Party 2,390 9.14 +5.03 2 +1
F Green Left 2,183 8.35 +3.04 2 +1
Ø Red-Green Alliance 1,888 7.22 +1.55 1 0
I Liberal Alliance 538 2.06 +0.28 1 +1
V Venstre 496 1.90 -1.09 0 0
M Moderates 279 1.07 New 0 New
Q Independent Greens 210 0.80 New 0 New
Total 26,151 100 N/A 21 N/A
Invalid votes 129 0.29 -0.11
Blank votes 307 0.68 +0.19
Turnout 26,587 58.90 +0.10
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
C A Ø F B O V I M Q Others Lead
Epinion 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 494 49.8 19.6 4.3 9.5 1.6 7.2 2.1 4.6 1.0 0.2 30.2
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 11.6 17.5 8.7 15.4 6.8 8.8 11.6 6.5 6.0 2.1
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 8.7 29.4 4.5 8.4 4.2 4.3 9.1 6.7 9.3 3.5 20.1
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 26.7 31.8 6.1 6.2 5.3 5.3 7.4 2.2 5.1
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 2021 44.6
(11)
27.5
(6)
5.7
(1)
5.3
(1)
4.3
(1)
4.1
(1)
3.0
(0)
1.8
(0)
17.1

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. ^ "Valgresultater | Nyheder". dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  4. ^ "Jeg genopstiller som borgmester i spidsen for et stærkt hold 💪". facebook.com (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  5. ^ "Stemmefordeling i Høje-Taastrup Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.