2025 Halsnæs municipal election
18 November 2025
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All 21 seats to the Halsnæs municipal council 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Halsnæs Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 21 members to sit in the regional council for the Halsnæs Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Steffen Jensen from the Social Democrats, would secure re-election. [2]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Steffen Jensen from Social Democrats became mayor for his second term.[3][4] It was however confirmed on October 3rd, 2023, that he would go on sick leave.[5] Jensen would return as mayor 24 days later,[6] and would run for a third term.[7]
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. Halsnæs Municipality had 21 seats in 2025.
Electoral alliances
Source[8]
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Social Democrats | Centre-left | |
| F | Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | Left-wing to Far-Left | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Social Liberals | Centre to Centre-left | |
| Å | The Alternative | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
Electoral Alliance 3
| 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 | |
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Electoral Alliance 4
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| M | Moderates | Centre to Centre-right | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
Results by polling station
| Division | A | B | C | F | I | M | O | R | V | Æ | Ø | Å |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Hundested | 32.9 | 1.8 | 5.0 | 16.4 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 5.5 | 0.7 | 12.5 | 4.5 | 9.7 | 6.3 |
| Melby | 43.9 | 1.8 | 6.2 | 9.5 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 6.8 | 0.3 | 13.0 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 2.3 |
| Enghaven | 44.8 | 1.0 | 9.5 | 6.8 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 13.5 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 2.7 |
| Frederiksværk | 41.8 | 1.6 | 5.9 | 9.6 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 7.0 | 0.6 | 13.1 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 3.7 |
| Ølsted | 38.1 | 2.2 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 9.6 | 0.3 | 12.1 | 9.6 | 4.8 | 1.5 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halsnæs Municipality | ||||||||
| A | Social Democrats | 6,755 | 39.06 | -7.52 | 9 | -2 | ||
| V | Venstre | 2,216 | 12.81 | -8.82 | 3 | -2 | ||
| F | Green Left | 1,953 | 11.29 | +2.10 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | 1,176 | 6.80 | +1.52 | 1 | 0 | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 1,165 | 6.74 | +3.07 | 2 | +1 | ||
| C | Conservatives | 1,075 | 6.22 | -0.05 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | 900 | 5.20 | New | 1 | New | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance | 704 | 4.07 | New | 1 | New | ||
| Å | The Alternative | 702 | 4.06 | +2.53 | 1 | +1 | ||
| B | Social Liberals | 293 | 1.69 | -0.06 | 0 | 0 | ||
| M | Moderates | 269 | 1.56 | New | 0 | New | ||
| R | Rationelle | 88 | 0.51 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Total | 17,296 | 100 | N/A | 21 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 49 | 0.19 | -0.02 | |||||
| Blank votes | 195 | 0.74 | +0.09 | |||||
| Turnout | 17,540 | 66.96 | +1.07 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
A | V | F | C | Ø | O | B | Å | I | M | R | Æ | Others | Lead | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epinion | 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 | 599 | 43.7 | 11.7 | 9.2 | 4.1 | 7.0 | 10.8 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 5.6 | 1.8 | – | 2.1 | 0.1 | 32.0 | |||||
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 18.3 | 11.5 | 19.6 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 9.8 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 7.1 | – | 6.7 | – | 1.3 | ||||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 33.7 | 11.1 | 8.4 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 9.3 | – | 8.0 | – | 22.6 | ||||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 33.5 | 20.5 | 11.9 | 10.0 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 0.7 | – | – | – | – | 13.0 | ||||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 46.6 (11) |
21.6 (5) |
9.2 (2) |
6.3 (1) |
5.3 (1) |
3.7 (1) |
1.7 (0) |
1.5 (0) |
– | – | – | – | – | 25.0 | ||||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
- ^ "Her er borgmestrene på plads". dknyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Valgresultater | Nyheder". dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-02-16.
- ^ "Byrådet 2022-2025 | Nyheder". halsnaes (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-02-16.
- ^ "Borgmester Steffen Jensen er sygemeldt". halsnaes.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
- ^ "Borgmester Steffen Jensen er sygemeldt". halsnaes.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
- ^ "Borgmester går efter fire år mere". sn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
- ^ "Stemmefordeling i Halsnæs Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.