2025 Rudersdal municipal election

2025 Rudersdal municipal election
18 November 2025

All 23 seats to the Rudersdal municipal council
12 seats needed for a majority
Turnout33,319 (75.6%)
1.6%
  First party Second party Third party
 
C
V
B
Party Conservatives Venstre Social Liberals
Last election 9 seats, 33.1% 5 seats, 22.9% 2 seats, 7.7%
Seats won 7 5 4
Seat change 2 0 2
Popular vote 9,175 6,557 4,008
Percentage 27.8% 19.9% 12.2%
Swing 5.3% 3.0% 4.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
I
A
Ø
Party Liberal Alliance Social Democrats Red-Green Alliance
Last election 0 seats, 2.8% 3 seats, 10.9% 1 seat, 5.2%
Seats won 3 1 1
Seat change 3 2 0
Popular vote 3,351 2,219 2,204
Percentage 10.2% 6.7% 6.7%
Swing 7.4% 4.1% 1.4%

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
F
L
Party Green Left Lokallisten
Last election 1 seat, 4.4% 2 seats, 9.1%
Seats won 1 1
Seat change 0 1
Popular vote 1,885 1,692
Percentage 5.7% 5.1%
Swing 1.3% 4.0%

Mayor before election

Ann Sofie Orth
Conservatives

Mayor after election

Anne Sofie Orth
Conservatives

The 2025 Rudersdal Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 23 members to sit in the regional council for the Rudersdal Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Anne Sofie Orth from the Conservatives, would win the mayoral position. [2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Ann Sofie Orth from Conservatives became mayor for her first term, becoming the first mayor not from Venstre in the municipality.[3] She would 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. Rudersdal Municipality had 23 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source[5]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political alignment
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
L Lokallisten Local politics

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
M Moderates Centre to Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political alignment
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 4

Party Political alignment
Ø Red-Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left
Å The Alternative Centre-left to Left-wing

Results by polling station

Division A B C F I L M O V Ø Å
% % % % % % % % % % %
Birkerød 9.2 14.5 22.8 7.3 5.9 11.3 2.8 2.9 13.7 8.7 0.9
Grünersvej 5.0 11.5 32.7 4.7 11.9 2.3 2.2 2.2 22.2 4.8 0.5
Nærum 11.1 9.4 33.7 6.9 7.5 1.9 1.6 4.7 14.4 8.1 0.7
Sjælsø 6.5 14.4 25.7 6.1 9.4 8.4 2.4 2.9 14.8 8.6 0.7
Skovly 5.3 12.8 34.8 4.8 11.9 2.5 1.3 2.2 17.8 5.5 1.2
Toftevang 6.4 15.9 23.1 7.5 7.0 11.2 2.8 3.3 12.8 9.0 0.9
Trørød 9.5 9.2 25.4 5.3 14.2 1.5 1.8 3.7 24.5 4.6 0.4
Vangebo 3.3 12.5 31.3 4.8 12.9 1.6 1.4 2.0 23.0 6.2 1.0
Vedbæk 4.5 8.4 27.3 3.6 12.7 1.1 1.6 2.4 34.1 4.0 0.3

Results

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Rudersdal Municipality
C Conservatives 9,175 27.82 -5.26 7 -2
V Venstre 6,557 19.88 -3.04 5 0
B Social Liberals 4,008 12.15 +4.42 4 +2
I Liberal Alliance 3,351 10.16 +7.40 3 +3
A Social Democrats 2,219 6.73 -4.13 1 -2
Ø Red-Green Alliance 2,204 6.68 +1.44 1 0
F Green Left 1,885 5.72 +1.32 1 0
L Lokallisten 1,692 5.13 -3.96 1 -1
O Danish People's Party 971 2.94 +1.97 0 0
M Moderates 680 2.06 New 0 New
Å The Alternative 234 0.71 New 0 New
Total 32,976 100 N/A 23 N/A
Invalid votes 86 0.20 -0.06
Blank votes 257 0.58 +0.04
Turnout 33,319 75.63 +1.55
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
C V A L B Ø F I O M Å Others Lead
Epinion 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 506 21.4 25.5 8.1 7.7 6.3 8.5 12.1 3.8 1.0 1.6 3.9 4.1
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 15.1 18.5 9.2 11.5 4.2 14.2 11.4 3.4 8.7 2.0 3.4
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 12.5 18.4 14.2 8.3 3.7 6.5 13.9 1.5 12.6 3.5 4.2
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 37.2 17.4 12.6 11.6 5.5 5.7 3.0 1.4 0.4 19.8
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 2021 33.1
(9)
22.9
(5)
10.9
(3)
9.1
(2)
7.7
(2)
5.2
(1)
4.4
(1)
2.8
(0)
1.0
(0)
10.2

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. ^ "Ny borgmester, ny politik og en ny start for Rudersdal | Nyheder". sn (in Danish). 24 November 2021. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  4. ^ "Orth vil fortsætte "det mest meningsfulde arbejde, jeg nogensinde har haft"". dkytn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  5. ^ "Stemmefordeling i Rudersdal Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.