2025 Halsnæs municipal election

2025 Halsnæs municipal election
18 November 2025

All 21 seats to the Halsnæs municipal council
11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout17,540 (67.0%)
1.1%
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
V
F
Party Social Democrats Venstre Green Left
Last election 11 seats, 46.6% 5 seats, 21.6% 2 seats, 9.2%
Seats won 9 3 2
Seat change 2 2 0
Popular vote 6,755 2,216 1,953
Percentage 39.1% 12.8% 11.3%
Swing 7.5% 8.8% 2.1%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
O
Ø
C
Party Danish People's Party Red-Green Alliance Conservatives
Last election 1 seat, 3.7% 1 seat, 5.3% 1 seat, 6.3%
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change 1 0 0
Popular vote 1,165 1,176 1,075
Percentage 6.7% 6.8% 6.2%
Swing 3.1% 1.5% 0.0%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Æ
I
Å
Party Denmark Democrats Liberal Alliance The Alternative
Last election Did not stand Did not stand 0 seats, 1.5%
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change 1 1 1
Popular vote 900 704 702
Percentage 5.2% 4.1% 4.1%
Swing New New 2.5%

Mayor before election

Steffen Jensen
Social Democrats

Mayor after election

Steffen Jensen
Social Democrats

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

  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 2023-02-16.
  4. ^ "Byrådet 2022-2025 | Nyheder". halsnaes (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  5. ^ "Borgmester Steffen Jensen er sygemeldt". halsnaes.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  6. ^ "Borgmester Steffen Jensen er sygemeldt". halsnaes.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  7. ^ "Borgmester går efter fire år mere". sn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  8. ^ "Stemmefordeling i Halsnæs Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.