2025 Frederiksberg municipal election

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2025 Frederiksberg municipal election
  2021 18 November 2025 2029  

All 31 seats to the Frederiksberg municipal council
16 seats needed for a majority
 
C
Ø
A
Party Conservatives Red-Green Alliance Social Democrats
Last election13 seats, 40.3%6 seats, 17.5%5 seats, 17.1%
Current seats1165

 
B
V
F
Party Social Liberals Venstre Green Left
Last election3 seats, 9.3%1 seat, 5.9%1 seat, 4.7%
Current seats321

 
M
Party Moderates
Last electionDid not stand
Current seats1

Incumbent Mayor

Michael Vindfeldt
Social Democrats



The 2025 Frederiksberg Municipal election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 31 members to sit in the regional council for the Frederiksberg Municipal council, in the Danish municipality of Frederiksberg, for the period 2026 to 2029. [1]

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Background

Following the 2021 election, Michael Vinfeldt from Social Democrats became mayor for his first term, breaking 112 years of the position being held by the Conservatives. [2] He is set to run for a second term. [3]

For the second election in a row, the council is set to increase its size, having to elect 31 councillors, compared to 29 in 2021. [4]

Actor Bjarne Henriksen will run for the Social Democrats. [5]

2021 Election results and notional results with 31 seats contested

PartiesVoteSeats
Votes%Actual SeatsNotional Seats+ / -
Conservatives 24,60740.313130
Red–Green Alliance 10,72017.6660
Social Democrats 10,41817.056+1
Social Liberals 5,6869.3330
Venstre 3,6035.912+1
Green Left 2,8524.7110
Total61,100100.02931+2
Source [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. Frederiksberg Municipality had 31 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source [7]

Electoral Alliance 1

PartyPolitical 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

PartyPolitical alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
E Hvid-sten Frederiksbergs uafhængige Borgerliste Local politics
K Christian Democrats Centre to Centre-right
T Borgernes Frederiksberg Local politics
Æ Denmark Democrats Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 3

PartyPolitical 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

Contesting parties

PartyVotes%+/-Seats+/-
Frederiksberg Municipality
A Social Democrats
B Social Liberals
C Conservatives
D Ham Stokken
E Hvid-sten Frederiksbergs uafhægnige Borgerliste
F Green Left
I Liberal Alliance
J Bitten Viti Jensen
K Christian Democrats
M Moderates
O Danish People's Party
T Borgernes Frederiksberg
V Venstre
Æ Denmark Democrats
Ø Red-Green Alliance
Å The Alternative
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
C Ø A B V F I Å O J E D M T Æ OthersLead
Norstat 26
(10)
13
(4)
18
(6)
9
(3)
7
(2)
14
(4)
5
(1)
4
(1)
3
(0)
2
(0)
0
(0)
1
(0)
8
Epinion 27 Jul—22 Aug495311121681251210110
(Projection) [a] 2 Jun 202535.0
(11)
12.0
(5)
15.0
(7)
8.0
(2)
5.0
(2)
8.5
(1)
4.5
(1)
1.0
(0)
15.0
Norstat 30 Dec 202437.014.017.08.04.010.06.02.01.01.01.01.020.0
2024 European parliament election 9 Jun 202410.312.511.212.69.423.66.83.92.95.61.211.0
2022 general election 1 Nov 20228.510.618.68.010.610.39.37.71.310.51.62.98.0
2021 regional election 16 Nov 202127.915.618.713.08.08.12.20.81.44.39.3
2021 16 Nov 202140.3
(13)
17.6
(6)
17.2
(5)
8.0
(3)
5.9
(1)
4.7
(1)
1.3
(0)
0.8
(0)
0.7
(0)
0.6
(0)
0.1
(0)
2.622.7

Notes

  1. Projection based off opinion poll for the 2025 Copenhagen City council election

References

  1. "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  2. "Efter 112 år skifter magten på Frederiksberg: Michael Vindfeldt er ny borgmester | Nyheder". altinget (in Danish). 16 November 2021. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  3. "Politidirektør stiller op til kommunalvalget". Ny tung socialdemokratisk kandidat melder sin ankomst på Frederiksberg (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  4. "Frederiksbergs kommunalbestyrelse udvides til 31". frederiksbergnyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  5. "Kandidater til kommunalvalget 2025". s-frb.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  6. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021" (PDF). dst.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  7. "Stemmefordeling i Frederiksberg Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.