2025 Copenhagen City council election

2025 Copenhagen City council election

←  2021 18 November 2025 2029  →
All 55 seats to the København municipal council 28 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	354,787 (65.6%) 5.6%
First party Second party Third party   Ø F A Party Red-Green Alliance Green Left Social Democrats Last election 15 seats, 24.6% 6 seats, 11.0% 10 seats, 17.2% Seats won 13 10 8 Seat change 2 4 2 Popular vote 76,955 62,453 44,361 Percentage 22.0% 17.9% 12.7% Swing 2.6% 6.9% 4.5%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   C B V Party Conservatives Social Liberals Venstre Last election 8 seats, 13.1% 6 seats, 11.9% 5 seats, 7.7% Seats won 7 6 3 Seat change 1 0 2 Popular vote 39,663 36,718 21,288 Percentage 11.4% 10.5% 6.1% Swing 1.7% 1.4% 1.6%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   I Å O Party Liberal Alliance The Alternative Danish People's Party Last election 1 seat, 2.7% 2 seats, 2.9% 1 seat, 1.9% Seats won 3 2 2 Seat change 2 0 1 Popular vote 18,189 17,264 13,383 Percentage 5.2% 4.9% 3.8% Swing 2.5% 2.0% 1.9%
Mayor before election Lars Weiss Social Democrats Mayor after election Sisse Marie Welling Green Left

The 2025 Copenhagen Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 55 members to sit in the regional council for the Copenhagen Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029. ^[1] Sisse Marie Welling from the Green Left, would win the mayoral position. ^[2]

Background

In the 2021 election, Sophie Hæstorp Andersen from the Social Democrats became mayor for her first term, despite the Social Democrats failing to become the largest party for the first time in more than a hundred years. ^[3] Instead, the Red–Green Alliance won the most seats, but failed to win the Lord mayor position. ^[4]

Lord mayor Hæstorp Andersen, stepped down from the position which was revealed on August 29, 2024, ^[5] and instead became Minister of Social Affairs. Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil was later revealed to become the leading candidate from the Social Democrats for this election. ^[6]

Electoral system

For elections to Danish municipalities, a number varying from 9 to 31 are chosen to be elected to the municipal council. However Copenhagen Municipality has, as the only municipality, a city council instead of a municipal council. In the city council 55 seats are contested.

The seats are then allocated using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation.

Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to city councils, electoral alliances are allowed.

Electoral alliances

Source ^[7]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party			Political alignment
	A	Social Democrats	Centre-left
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	M	Moderates	Centre to Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	C	Conservatives	Centre-right
	D	New Right	Far-right
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	K	Christian Democrats	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

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political alignment
	E	KaosTV	Local politics
	J	Hampepartiet	Local politics
	P	DKP - Kommunisterne	Local politics
	Q	Independent Greens	Left-wing
	R	Kommunistisk Parti	Local politics
	T	Skamløse Demokrater	Local politics
	Z	Solidarisk Integritet	Local politics

Electoral Alliance 4

Party			Political alignment
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
	N	Demokraterne - hele Danmark skal leve	Local politics
	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	D	F	I	K	M	N	O	Q	R	T	V	Æ	Ø	Å	Others
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Idrætshuset	15.6	11.6	18.2	0.0	16.8	5.1	0.2	1.5	0.0	2.7	0.6	0.2	0.1	7.4	0.4	16.0	3.3	0.3
Strandvejsskolen	13.3	10.3	20.1	0.1	15.1	6.7	0.3	1.7	0.1	4.4	0.6	0.1	0.2	8.9	0.4	13.7	3.6	0.3
Remisen	13.1	12.1	15.7	0.0	18.7	4.8	0.3	1.3	0.1	2.8	0.6	0.2	0.2	7.0	0.3	18.1	4.5	0.2
Nørre Fælled Skole	14.2	10.0	14.6	0.1	17.9	4.9	0.2	1.1	0.1	4.1	1.0	0.2	0.3	6.8	0.5	18.6	4.8	0.6
Kildevældsskolen	13.9	11.5	15.0	0.1	16.0	5.3	0.3	1.6	0.2	4.3	1.1	0.2	0.3	6.6	0.6	18.3	4.4	0.4
Sundby Idrætspark	16.7	7.9	9.3	0.1	18.0	4.8	0.3	1.3	0.2	6.6	3.3	0.6	0.2	5.3	1.1	19.5	4.2	0.6
Amager Fælled Skole	14.2	10.5	10.2	0.0	18.1	4.7	0.3	1.6	0.1	3.6	2.5	0.3	0.4	5.9	0.6	21.6	4.9	0.5
Ørestad Gymnasium	12.6	10.4	10.0	0.1	15.0	7.9	0.2	2.1	0.0	4.6	1.9	0.3	0.4	8.7	0.7	18.9	5.8	0.5
Skolen på Islands Brygge	13.1	11.2	14.6	0.1	18.3	7.0	0.2	1.8	0.1	3.0	0.7	0.2	0.2	9.1	0.4	15.5	4.3	0.4
Rådhushallen	10.5	11.5	14.3	0.1	16.6	6.4	0.1	1.7	0.1	2.6	0.9	0.4	0.2	6.2	0.4	22.2	5.5	0.3
Øster Farimagsgades Skole	12.1	11.3	21.8	0.1	14.3	5.8	0.2	1.8	0.1	2.3	0.4	0.3	0.1	9.4	0.4	15.5	4.0	0.3
Hal C	12.1	10.5	11.1	0.1	17.2	4.6	0.2	1.6	0.1	2.4	0.7	0.3	0.3	5.0	0.4	25.5	6.9	0.8
Nyboder Skole	11.9	9.8	23.2	0.1	12.5	8.3	0.2	1.9	0.1	3.5	0.6	0.1	0.1	9.8	0.3	13.7	3.5	0.3
Lergravsparkens Skole	15.5	9.4	8.5	0.1	18.8	4.8	0.2	1.3	0.2	6.2	1.7	0.3	0.4	5.5	1.0	20.6	4.9	0.7
Skolen på Amagerbro	12.2	10.0	9.0	0.2	18.0	5.2	0.2	1.7	0.1	5.0	1.4	0.2	0.2	6.0	0.7	23.5	5.8	0.6
Gerbrandskolen	16.7	8.3	10.4	0.1	20.1	5.1	0.2	1.6	0.2	6.2	0.9	0.3	0.2	6.9	1.0	17.3	4.2	0.4
Skolen ved Sundet	14.4	10.0	12.8	0.0	22.1	5.9	0.2	1.8	0.1	4.0	0.7	0.2	0.2	7.5	0.6	15.4	3.9	0.3
Guldberg Skole	10.8	8.6	6.4	0.1	19.6	2.4	0.3	1.0	0.1	2.6	2.8	0.5	0.2	3.3	0.5	33.1	7.0	0.7
Rådmandsgades Skole	7.5	12.5	6.4	0.0	18.0	4.0	0.2	1.7	0.1	1.9	2.3	0.6	0.4	4.5	0.3	31.4	8.0	0.5
Korsgadehallen	9.9	9.5	8.4	0.0	15.0	2.8	0.2	1.3	0.1	2.2	4.1	0.6	0.2	4.3	0.4	34.5	5.1	1.4
Plejecentret Sølund	9.5	12.7	9.3	0.0	18.1	4.5	0.1	1.7	0.1	1.7	0.9	0.3	0.3	4.6	0.4	29.3	6.2	0.4
Nørrebro Park Skole	11.1	10.4	7.8	0.0	19.7	3.1	0.2	1.2	0.1	2.6	2.1	0.5	0.3	4.3	0.2	30.7	5.3	0.5
Frederiksgård Skole	7.5	11.4	5.4	0.0	19.7	2.8	0.1	1.0	0.0	2.0	1.9	0.6	0.3	3.7	0.2	35.1	7.6	0.5
Tagensbo Skole	8.4	9.4	5.5	0.0	17.4	3.5	0.3	1.2	0.0	3.9	3.3	0.9	0.4	3.4	0.5	34.3	7.0	0.5
Holbergskolen	16.6	8.0	8.2	0.1	17.7	3.6	0.2	1.1	0.1	5.2	2.7	0.4	0.2	4.3	0.9	25.2	4.9	0.6
Lundehusskolen	18.9	8.3	9.4	0.1	16.6	4.1	0.2	1.0	0.3	6.1	3.0	0.4	0.4	4.3	0.5	22.2	3.3	0.8
Grøndalsvængets Skole	10.0	9.1	5.3	0.1	18.0	2.9	0.4	1.1	0.0	4.2	3.5	0.5	0.4	3.7	0.4	33.0	6.9	0.5
Tingbjerg Skole	11.4	13.1	2.9	0.0	10.4	1.4	0.3	0.5	0.1	3.4	20.1	0.4	0.3	1.7	0.4	30.4	2.0	1.1
Rødkilde Skole	14.9	9.9	12.4	0.1	20.2	4.4	0.2	1.4	0.1	5.0	1.2	0.2	0.4	5.3	0.5	19.7	3.9	0.5
Bellahøj Skole	15.9	9.5	9.3	0.0	21.6	3.0	0.2	1.5	0.1	4.4	2.5	0.2	0.3	3.8	0.5	22.7	3.7	0.6
EnergiCenter Voldparken	17.3	9.4	9.0	0.0	16.8	2.8	0.3	1.2	0.1	6.1	6.6	0.5	0.4	3.3	0.8	21.9	2.9	0.5
Husum Skole	19.8	8.3	10.8	0.1	19.5	3.3	0.3	1.1	0.1	6.3	3.7	0.2	0.2	3.8	0.8	18.2	3.0	0.5
Kirkebjerg Skole	14.7	9.4	13.1	0.0	21.1	4.9	0.3	1.2	0.1	5.0	0.9	0.2	0.3	6.2	0.7	17.6	4.0	0.4
Vanløsehallerne	15.9	8.8	12.8	0.1	19.8	5.1	0.4	1.3	0.1	4.9	1.3	0.2	0.2	6.9	0.9	17.7	3.2	0.4
Ålholm Skole	15.3	10.7	12.3	0.1	19.2	6.0	0.2	1.1	0.2	4.9	1.2	0.2	0.3	5.6	0.6	17.7	4.1	0.4
Prøvehallen	13.2	10.1	12.8	0.1	19.9	5.5	0.2	1.5	0.1	4.2	0.8	0.3	0.2	6.2	0.6	19.0	4.8	0.5
Kirsebærhavens Skole	15.0	11.5	7.6	0.1	17.9	7.0	0.2	1.8	0.0	4.8	2.9	0.4	0.3	6.8	0.5	17.8	4.6	0.5
Lykkebo Hallen	17.9	9.0	10.0	0.1	18.2	4.7	0.4	1.4	0.1	7.2	3.1	0.3	0.4	5.8	1.3	16.5	3.3	0.5
Sankt Annæ Gymnasium	14.3	9.9	8.0	0.1	16.4	4.8	0.3	1.2	0.1	5.4	3.5	0.2	0.4	5.5	1.1	24.0	4.3	0.6
Vigerslev Allés Skole	14.2	10.3	10.9	0.1	18.9	6.4	0.2	1.6	0.1	4.3	1.2	0.3	0.2	7.2	0.5	18.3	4.9	0.2
Tove Ditlevsens Skole	10.7	11.6	9.6	0.0	20.4	3.9	0.2	1.2	0.0	2.1	1.6	0.2	0.3	4.4	0.3	28.1	4.9	0.4
Oehlenschlægersgades Skole	9.8	12.9	10.9	0.0	19.6	4.9	0.1	1.6	0.1	2.0	1.2	0.1	0.3	4.9	0.3	25.2	5.6	0.6
Ellebjerg Skole	12.1	7.0	6.7	0.2	17.3	3.6	0.4	1.1	0.2	6.2	2.2	1.6	0.5	3.5	1.1	29.5	6.3	0.6
Skolen ved Dybbølsbro	9.1	11.6	9.9	0.1	19.6	5.2	0.2	1.7	0.0	1.9	1.2	0.3	0.4	5.9	0.3	26.8	5.6	0.3
Vesterbro Ny Skole	11.2	14.7	11.6	0.1	17.4	6.7	0.1	1.7	0.1	2.5	1.5	0.2	0.3	7.0	0.2	19.7	4.7	0.3
Bavnehøjhallen	11.4	8.5	5.5	0.1	18.0	4.1	0.2	1.3	0.1	4.7	2.7	0.8	0.4	3.8	0.8	30.1	6.5	1.0
Skolen i Sydhavnen	10.5	12.4	15.4	0.1	15.8	10.5	0.2	2.7	0.0	2.7	1.0	0.2	0.3	9.0	0.3	14.0	4.6	0.2
Skolen på Strandboulevarden	11.5	11.9	20.3	0.1	15.5	6.9	0.2	2.2	0.1	2.9	0.3	0.1	0.1	9.4	0.6	13.8	3.8	0.3
Dyvekeskolen	13.4	10.1	8.0	0.1	20.3	4.4	0.3	1.3	0.1	4.1	3.4	0.4	0.3	5.4	0.8	21.5	5.6	0.5
Nørrebrohallen	7.9	11.1	4.7	0.1	17.7	3.4	0.2	1.0	0.0	2.1	4.5	0.4	0.3	3.7	0.4	35.3	6.8	0.5
Utterslev Skole	11.1	8.9	6.3	0.2	17.9	2.5	0.1	0.9	0.2	4.3	6.5	0.5	0.4	3.2	0.5	30.4	5.5	0.6
Østerbrohuset	11.1	13.0	18.5	0.1	13.7	10.6	0.1	2.1	0.1	2.8	0.4	0.1	0.2	10.8	0.3	12.1	3.6	0.3
Peder Lykke Skolen	12.2	11.5	9.7	0.0	17.8	7.9	0.3	2.0	0.1	3.8	1.7	0.3	0.4	10.6	0.7	16.0	4.7	0.4
Kalvebod Fælled Skole	12.3	10.0	7.8	0.2	17.7	4.4	0.3	1.7	0.1	5.0	3.3	0.3	0.4	5.5	0.7	24.2	5.7	0.5
Den Classenske Legatskole	9.1	11.3	19.2	0.2	13.4	9.8	0.2	2.1	0.1	3.3	0.7	0.3	0.3	8.3	0.4	15.4	5.7	0.2
Sølvgades Skole	12.2	10.2	20.7	0.1	13.5	7.3	0.3	2.1	0.0	2.6	0.4	0.0	0.3	8.5	0.3	16.6	4.0	0.6
Nordøstamager Skole	13.6	10.6	10.8	0.1	19.0	6.3	0.1	1.8	0.0	4.3	1.1	0.2	0.3	7.1	0.7	18.3	5.4	0.3
Sluseholmen Skole	10.0	11.9	13.3	0.1	14.7	7.9	0.2	2.3	0.1	3.2	0.9	0.7	0.2	8.3	0.7	20.7	4.7	0.2

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
København Municipality
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	76,955	22.03	-2.62	13	-2
	F	Green Left	62,453	17.87	+6.86	10	+4
	A	Social Democrats	44,361	12.70	-4.52	8	-2
	C	Conservatives	39,663	11.35	-1.73	7	-1
	B	Social Liberals	36,718	10.51	-1.43	6	0
	V	Venstre	21,288	6.09	-1.58	3	-2
	I	Liberal Alliance	18,189	5.21	+2.46	3	+2
	Å	The Alternative	17,264	4.94	+2.02	2	0
	O	Danish People's Party	13,383	3.83	+1.91	2	+1
	Q	Independent Greens	6,798	1.95	New	1	New
	M	Moderates	5,271	1.51	New	0	New
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	1,902	0.54	New	0	New
	R	Kommunistisk Parti	1,127	0.32	-0.08	0	0
	T	Skamløse Demokrater	997	0.29	New	0	New
	K	Christian Democrats	772	0.22	-0.17	0	0
	J	Hampepartiet	526	0.10	-0.09	0	0
	P	DKP - Kommunisterne	383	0.07	New	0	New
	N	Demokraterne - hele Danmark skal leve	317	0.09	New	0	New
	D	New Right	262	0.07	-2.03	0	-1
	L	Lokallisten - København	238	0.04	New	0	New
	Y	Fælles Fremtid	215	0.04	New	0	New
	U	Din stemme i København	109	0.02	New	0	New
	E	KaosTV	105	0.02	New	0	New
	Z	Solidarisk Integritet	101	0.02	New	0	New
Total			349,397	100	N/A	55	N/A
Invalid votes			995	0.18	0.0
Blank votes			4,610	0.85	+0.05
Turnout			355,002	65.58	+5.61
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Ø	A	C	B	F	V	Å	I	D	O	R	K	M	Q	Æ	Others	Lead
Epinion	13 Nov - 17 Nov 2025	1272	24.4	12.0	9.6	8.1	20.2	6.5	3.8	5.7	–	4.7	–	–	1.7	0.8	0.6	1.1	4.2
Epinion	9 Oct - 20 Oct 2025	2457	24.8	12.2	8.2	7.9	21.0	5.1	3.8	6.9	–	5.1	0.5	–	1.5	0.8	1.1	1.1	3.8
Norstat		2072	21.9	16.9	10.9	8.9	17.0	5.4	2.3	6.9	0.2	3.5	–	–	1.9	–	1.8	1.9	4.9
Epinion	4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025	614	27.0	10.4	8.3	7.6	21.5	5.5	5.1	7.4	–	4.2	–	–	0.5	–	1.1	1.2	5.5
Norstat			20.5	17.4	10.3	9.0	17.2	5.5	–	8.1	–	–	–	0.4	–	–	–		3.1
Wilke			22.3	13.6	10.3	6.8	21.0	5.3	3.9	9.3	–	3.8	–	–	1.2	–	2.0		1.3
Epinion	16 Aug - 4 Sep 2025		24.0	12.0	7.0	8.0	21.0	3.0	4.0	9.0	0.0	–	–	–	–	–	–		3.0
2024 european parliament election	9 Jun 2024		18.5	9.7	6.2	11.8	27.7	6.3	5.6	5.8	3.0	–	–	–	4.4	–	1.1	–	9.2
2022 general election	1 Nov 2022		15.2	17.7	4.3	7.8	12.0	7.8	10.4	8.3	1.4	1.5	0.2	–	9.2	2.5	1.5	–	2.5
2021 regional election	16 Nov 2021		21.8	17.8	15.8	13.5	11.0	8.3	1.6	2.2	2.2	2.1	0.4	–	–	–	–	–	4.0
2021 city council election	16 Nov 2021		24.6 (15)	17.2 (10)	13.1 (8)	11.9 (6)	11.0 (6)	7.7 (5)	2.9 (2)	2.7 (1)	2.1 (1)	1.9 (1)	0.3 (0)	0.4 (0)	–	–	–	–	7.4

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