2025 Frederiksberg municipal election

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 election 13 seats, 40.3% 6 seats, 17.6% 5 seats, 17.1% Current seats 11 6 6   B V F Party Social Liberals Venstre Green Left Last election 3 seats, 9.3% 1 seat, 5.9% 1 seat, 4.7% Current seats 2 2 1   M Party Moderates Last election Did not stand Current seats 1
Incumbent Mayor Michael Vinfeldt 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]

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]

2021 Election results and notional results with 31 seats contested

Parties		Vote		Seats
		Votes	%	Actual Seats	Notional Seats	+ / -
	Conservatives	24,607	40.3	13	13	0
	Red–Green Alliance	10,720	17.6	6	6	0
	Social Democrats	10,418	17.0	5	6	+1
	Social Liberals	5,686	9.3	3	3	0
	Venstre	3,603	5.9	1	2	+1
	Green Left	2,852	4.7	1	1	0
Total		61,100	100.0	29	31	+2
Source [5]

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

There have been no announced electoral alliances as of May 30, 2025.

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	C	Ø	A	B	V	F	I	Å	O	M	Æ	Others	Lead
(Projection) [a]	2 Jun 2025		35.0 (11)	12.0 (5)	15.0 (7)	8.0 (2)	5.0 (2)	8.5 (1)	4.5 (1)	‒	‒	‒	‒	4.0 (1)	15.0
Norstat	30 Dec 2024		37.0 (13)	14.0 (4)	17.0 (6)	8.0 (2)	4.0 (1)	10.0 (3)	6.0 (2)	2.0 (0)	1.0 (0)	1.0 (0)	1.0 (0)	4.0 (0)	20.0
2024 European parliament election	9 Jun 2024		10.3	12.5	11.2	12.6	9.4	23.6	6.8	3.9	2.9	5.6	1.2	‒	11.0
2022 general election	1 Nov 2022		8.5	10.6	18.6	8.0	10.6	10.3	9.3	7.7	1.3	10.5	1.6	2.9	8.0
2021 regional election	16 Nov 2021		27.9	15.6	18.7	13.0	8.0	8.1	2.2	0.8	1.4	‒	‒	4.3	9.3
2021	16 Nov 2021		40.3 (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)	‒	‒	2.6	22.7

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. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021" (PDF). dst.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-06-06.