2025 Køge municipal election
18 November 2025
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All 27 seats to the Køge municipal council 14 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Køge Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 27 members to sit in the regional council for the Køge Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Ken Kristensen from Venstre, would win the mayoral position. [2]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Marie Stærke from Social Democrats became mayor for her second term. [3] She would 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. Køge Municipality had 27 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 | |
| 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 | |
| D | Corona Camping Listen | Local politics | |
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
| K | Christian Democrats | Centre to Centre-right | |
| L | Borgernes Lokalliste Køge | Local politics | |
| M | Moderates | Centre to Centre-right | |
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Results by polling station
| Division | A | B | C | D | F | I | K | L | M | O | V | Æ | Ø | Å |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Køge By | 21.3 | 3.6 | 17.0 | 3.6 | 11.4 | 4.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 4.2 | 26.8 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 0.4 |
| Køge By - Vest | 24.7 | 3.1 | 15.7 | 4.7 | 12.2 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 5.2 | 20.8 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 0.3 |
| Ølby | 21.7 | 4.6 | 12.1 | 5.4 | 11.9 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 7.4 | 21.0 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 0.5 |
| Ølsemagle | 20.2 | 3.1 | 11.9 | 3.3 | 11.5 | 15.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 19.9 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 0.1 |
| Hastrup | 24.2 | 1.9 | 13.2 | 4.7 | 15.2 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 5.4 | 22.6 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 0.2 |
| Herfølge | 18.3 | 1.7 | 9.4 | 4.6 | 14.8 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 6.7 | 23.1 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 0.5 |
| Ejbyhallen (Køge) | 13.4 | 2.4 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 10.0 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 6.2 | 40.7 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 0.4 |
| Vemmedrup | 7.9 | 1.1 | 9.8 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 6.5 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 53.9 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| Bjæverskov | 9.9 | 0.9 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 6.9 | 53.7 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| Gørslev | 10.1 | 0.7 | 6.3 | 10.9 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 9.2 | 38.2 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 0.3 |
| Borup | 13.7 | 3.1 | 10.1 | 12.7 | 15.7 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 5.3 | 25.7 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 0.4 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Køge Municipality | ||||||||
| V | Venstre | 10,016 | 28.14 | +5.20 | 9 | +3 | ||
| A | Social Democrats | 6,617 | 18.59 | -13.17 | 6 | -4 | ||
| C | Conservatives | 4,291 | 12.06 | -4.72 | 4 | -1 | ||
| F | Green Left | 4,217 | 11.85 | +2.99 | 3 | +1 | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 2,027 | 5.69 | +1.85 | 2 | +1 | ||
| D | Corona Camping Listen | 1,978 | 5.56 | New | 1 | New | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance | 1,891 | 5.31 | +4.23 | 1 | +1 | ||
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | 1,260 | 3.54 | -0.80 | 1 | 0 | ||
| B | Social Liberals | 979 | 2.75 | -2.86 | 0 | -1 | ||
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | 889 | 2.50 | New | 0 | New | ||
| K | Christian Democrats | 515 | 1.45 | +1.21 | 0 | 0 | ||
| L | Borgernes Lokalliste Køge | 398 | 1.12 | New | 0 | New | ||
| M | Moderates | 393 | 1.10 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Å | The Alternative | 124 | 0.35 | -0.24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 35,595 | 100 | N/A | 27 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 101 | 0.20 | -0.05 | |||||
| Blank votes | 420 | 0.83 | -0.04 | |||||
| Turnout | 36,116 | 71.44 | +3.02 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
A | V | C | F | B | Ø | O | I | Å | K | D | L | M | Æ | Others | Lead | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epinion | 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 | 518 | 19.3 | 27.4 | 7.3 | 13.5 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 8.2 | 6.3 | 1.9 | – | – | – | 0.9 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 8.1 | |||
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 15.8 | 15.2 | 9.9 | 16.7 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 2.1 | – | – | – | 7.5 | 6.1 | – | 0.9 | ||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 25.3 | 14.1 | 5.2 | 14.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 7.7 | 1.7 | 0.2 | – | – | 11.5 | 7.1 | – | 11.0 | ||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 30.2 | 20.4 | 18.9 | 9.3 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | – | 9.8 | ||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 31.8 (10) |
22.9 (6) |
16.8 (5) |
8.9 (2) |
5.6 (1) |
4.3 (1) |
3.8 (1) |
1.1 (0) |
0.6 (0) |
0.2 (0) |
– | – | – | – | – | 8.9 | ||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "Her er borgmestrene på plads". dknyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Marie Stærke fortsætter som borgmester i Køge | Nyheder". tv2kosmopol (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "Socialdemokratiet forbereder sig til kommunalvalget". sn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "Stemmefordeling i Køge Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 8 October 2025.