2025 Lejre municipal election

2025 Lejre municipal election
18 November 2025

All 25 seats to the Lejre municipal council
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout17,416 (75.0%)
0.9%
  First party Second party Third party
 
V
F
A
Party Venstre Green Left Social Democrats
Last election 8 seats, 28.2% 4 seats, 15.2% 6 seats, 21.6%
Seats won 7 5 3
Seat change 1 1 3
Popular vote 4,666 3,434 1,933
Percentage 27.2% 20.0% 11.3%
Swing 0.9% 4.9% 10.3%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Ø
C
O
Party Red-Green Alliance Conservatives Danish People's Party
Last election 1 seat, 6.9% 4 seats, 13.6% 1 seat, 3.5%
Seats won 2 2 2
Seat change 1 2 1
Popular vote 1,278 1,185 935
Percentage 7.5% 6.9% 5.5%
Swing 0.5% 6.7% 2.0%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
I
Æ
B
Party Liberal Alliance Denmark Democrats Social Liberals
Last election 0 seats, 1.6% Did not stand 1 seat, 3.9%
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change 1 1 0
Popular vote 911 750 652
Percentage 5.3% 4.4% 3.8%
Swing 3.7% New 0.1%

Mayor before election

Tina Mandrup
Venstre

Mayor after election

Mikael Ralf Baade Larsen
Green Left

The 2025 Lejre Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 25 members to sit in the regional council for the Lejre Municipal council, in the Danish town of Lejre, for the period 2026 to 2029.[1] Pernille Beckmann from Venstre, would secure re-election. Mikael Ralf Baade Larsen from the Green Left, would win the mayoral position. [2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Tina Mandrup from Venstre became mayor for her first term. [3] She is set to run for a second 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. Lejre 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
Ø Red-Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left
Å The Alternative Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
V Venstre Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
M Moderates Centre to Centre-right
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 N O V Æ Ø Å
% % % % % % % % % % % % %
Hyllinge-Lyndby 11.5 2.3 5.7 14.5 6.2 3.6 0.3 0.6 9.1 33.7 6.0 5.1 1.5
Rye 17.6 4.0 5.7 21.4 5.7 3.1 0.5 0.3 7.2 23.9 4.1 4.2 2.4
Sæby-Gershøj 9.1 2.5 5.4 19.1 5.5 2.9 0.7 1.6 5.8 36.5 4.8 4.4 1.9
Sonnerup 13.6 3.3 7.3 16.8 8.4 5.0 0.9 0.7 7.6 23.4 8.1 3.5 1.6
Glim 8.3 3.4 4.8 14.3 5.9 1.6 0.7 5.7 5.4 38.0 5.6 6.1 0.1
Hvalsø 14.6 4.5 7.9 23.1 4.4 2.8 0.6 1.5 3.5 19.8 2.9 12.2 2.4
Kr.Såby 11.7 1.7 10.4 18.2 4.0 12.0 0.5 0.3 6.0 21.8 7.9 5.1 0.5
Gevninge 9.0 4.0 6.3 18.3 4.1 2.5 0.7 1.1 4.8 37.7 3.6 7.2 0.7
Lejre (Kulturhuset Domus Felix) 5.0 4.6 6.9 30.7 5.9 2.1 0.1 9.2 1.7 21.2 0.8 10.8 1.0
Osted 10.8 6.5 6.8 15.2 5.6 2.9 1.5 2.1 6.3 28.6 5.0 6.9 1.9

Results

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Lejre Municipality
V Venstre 4,666 27.22 -0.95 7 -1
F Green Left 3,434 20.03 +4.87 5 +1
A Social Democrats 1,933 11.28 -10.28 3 -3
Ø Red-Green Alliance 1,278 7.45 +0.52 2 +1
C Conservatives 1,185 6.91 -6.69 2 -2
O Danish People's Party 935 5.45 +1.96 2 +1
I Liberal Alliance 911 5.31 +3.73 1 +1
Æ Denmark Democrats 750 4.37 New 1 New
B Social Liberals 652 3.80 -0.08 1 0
L Lokallisten Levende Landsbyer Lejre 645 3.76 New 1 New
N Nærdemokratiet 395 2.30 New 0 New
Å The Alternative 259 1.51 New 0 New
M Moderates 101 0.59 New 0 New
Total 17,144 100 N/A 25 N/A
Invalid votes 39 0.17 -0.02
Blank votes 233 1.00 +0.19
Turnout 17,416 75.05 +0.92
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
V A F C Ø B O L I M N Å Æ Others Lead
Epinion 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 578 20.9 20.1 19.0 5.0 7.3 3.4 8.6 5.7 1.9 1.1 5.1 1.4 0.8
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 14.3 13.9 21.6 7.7 6.6 6.8 7.3 6.5 7.3 1.8 6.1 7.3
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 13.1 24.1 13.4 4.3 4.4 3.6 3.4 7.1 11.6 3.2 7.2 10.7
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 25.4 23.7 12.4 13.2 8.0 4.9 4.6 2.0 0.4 1.7
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 2021 28.2
(8)
21.6
(6)
15.2
(4)
13.6
(4)
6.9
(1)
3.9
(1)
3.5
(1)
2.4
(0)
1.6
(0)
6.6

References

  1. ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  2. ^ "Her er borgmestrene på plads". dknyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  3. ^ "Kæmpe sejr for Venstre: Tina Mandrup er ny borgmester i Lejre | Nyheder". tv2kosmopol (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  4. ^ "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionsvalget". venstre.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  5. ^ "Stemmefordeling i Lejre Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.