2025 Herlev municipal election

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2025 Herlev municipal election
 2021
18 November 2025
2029 

All 19 seats to the Herlev municipal council
10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout15,353 (64.2%)
Increase 0.9%
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
F
C
Party Social Democrats Green Left Conservatives
Last election 9 seats, 45.9% 2 seats, 10.1% 5 seats, 19.2%
Seats won 8 3 2
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1 Decrease 3
Popular vote 5,801 2,061 2,041
Percentage 38.5% 13.7% 13.6%
Swing Decrease 7.3% Increase 3.6% Decrease 5.6%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Ø
V
O
Party Red-Green Alliance Venstre Danish People's Party
Last election 2 seats, 10.2% 0 seats, 3.0% 0 seats, 3.0%
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change 0 Increase 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 1,688 960 855
Percentage 11.2% 6.4% 5.7%
Swing Increase 1.1% Increase 3.3% Increase 2.7%

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
I
B
Party Liberal Alliance Social Liberals
Last election 0 seats, 1.0% 1 seat, 3.9%
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 853 533
Percentage 5.7% 3.5%
Swing Increase 4.7% Decrease 0.3%

Mayor before election

Marco Damgaard
Social Democrats

Mayor after election

Marco Damgaard
Social Democrats

The 2025 Herlev Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 19 members to sit in the regional council for the Herlev Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Marco Damgaard from the Social Democrats, would secure re-election.[2]

Following the 2021 election, Thomas Gyldal Petersen from Social Democrats became mayor for third term.[3] However, on December 4, 2024 it was revealed that he would step down as mayor, and Marco Damgaard would take over.[4][5] Damgaard would run to continue as mayor.[6]

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. Herlev Municipality had 19 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source[7]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political alignment
B Social Liberals Centre to 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
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
M Moderates Centre to Centre-right
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right
V Venstre Centre-right

Results by polling station

DivisionABCFIMOVØ
%%%%%%%%%
Herlev Medborgerhus37.34.410.915.25.61.55.36.713.1
Herlev Hallerne42.03.317.111.76.31.35.05.67.7
Kildegårdhallen36.12.912.714.25.02.46.96.913.0

Results

Opinion polls

References

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