2025 Gentofte municipal election

2025 Gentofte municipal election

←  2021 18 November 2025 2029  →
All 19 seats to the Gentofte municipal council 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	42,296 (73.4%) 1.9%
First party Second party Third party   C V B Party Conservatives Venstre Social Liberals Last election 12 seats, 57.0% 1 seat, 5.7% 2 seats, 10.3% Seats won 10 3 2 Seat change 2 2 0 Popular vote 19,802 6,008 4,013 Percentage 47.3% 14.3% 9.6% Swing 9.7% 8.7% 0.8%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F A Ø Party Green Left Social Democrats Red-Green Alliance Last election 1 seat, 7.0% 2 seats, 8.7% 1 seat, 5.3% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 0 1 0 Popular vote 3,428 2,648 2,227 Percentage 8.2% 6.3% 5.3% Swing 1.2% 2.4% 0.0%   Seventh party   I Party Liberal Alliance Last election 0 seats, 2.5% Seats won 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 1,889 Percentage 4.5% Swing 2.0%
Mayor before election Michael Fenger Conservatives Mayor after election Michael Fenger Conservatives

The 2025 Gentofte Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 19 members to sit in the regional council for the Gentofte Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029. ^[1] Michael Fenger from the Conservatives, would secure re-election. ^[2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Michael Fenger from Conservatives became mayor for his first term. ^[3] The party, has held the mayoral position in the municipality since 1888, and Fenger would run for a second term. ^[4] Morten Løkkegaard, current MEP from Venstre, currently sits in the council, and would run for re-election as a councillor. ^[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. Gentofte Municipality had 19 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source ^[6]

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
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	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
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-Left

Results by polling station

Division	A	B	C	F	I	M	O	U	V	Æ	Ø
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Jægersborg	5.5	8.1	51.3	7.8	5.0	1.7	1.7	0.1	13.9	0.3	4.6
Munkegård	11.5	12.3	38.0	13.3	2.5	1.3	2.2	0.2	9.8	0.5	8.4
Rådhuset (Gentofte)	5.8	8.9	49.8	7.7	4.0	1.2	1.6	0.0	16.5	0.4	4.1
Bakkegård	8.8	13.3	40.9	10.3	3.6	0.8	3.0	0.4	10.0	0.7	8.2
Dyssegård	6.9	12.6	46.7	7.2	3.9	1.2	1.5	0.1	13.7	0.8	5.5
Maglegård	4.8	8.7	50.3	8.0	4.4	1.2	1.8	0.2	15.9	0.5	4.2
Hellerup	6.3	8.7	44.3	8.2	5.6	2.4	2.7	0.1	14.9	0.6	6.2
Ordrup	5.3	7.6	50.3	7.3	3.7	2.1	2.5	0.1	16.2	0.5	4.5
Skovshoved	4.3	8.6	48.5	6.0	6.3	2.8	2.4	0.2	16.6	0.4	3.8
Skovgård	5.1	7.6	50.6	7.0	5.9	1.8	2.3	0.1	14.8	0.5	4.4

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Gentofte Municipality
	C	Conservatives	19,802	47.29	-9.75	10	-2
	V	Venstre	6,008	14.35	+8.66	3	+2
	B	Social Liberals	4,013	9.58	-0.75	2	0
	F	Green Left	3,428	8.19	+1.19	1	0
	A	Social Democrats	2,648	6.32	-2.37	1	-1
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	2,227	5.32	-0.02	1	0
	I	Liberal Alliance	1,889	4.51	+2.01	1	+1
	O	Danish People's Party	897	2.14	+1.54	0	0
	M	Moderates	688	1.64	New	0	New
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	216	0.52	New	0	New
	U	Alliancen for Børnene, Ungdommen og Fremtiden	58	0.14	New	0	New
Total			41,874	100	N/A	19	N/A
Invalid votes			102	0.18	-0.07
Blank votes			320	0.56	+0.11
Turnout			42,296	73.40	+1.90
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	C	B	A	F	V	Ø	I	O	M	U	Æ	Others	Lead
Epinion	4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025	552	48.4	5.3	7.0	8.8	8.5	8.2	8.0	2.4	2.4	–	0.9	0.0	39.6
2024 european parliament election	9 Jun 2024		16.9	11.0	8.9	14.1	16.8	4.7	12.1	3.6	8.4	–	1.4	–	0.1
2022 general election	1 Nov 2022		14.6	6.7	12.7	6.1	16.8	4.0	14.4	2.0	14.4	–	1.7	–	2.2
2021 regional election	16 Nov 2021		57.3	9.6	8.2	5.7	6.2	5.6	2.1	0.8	–	–	–	–	47.7
2021 municipal election	16 Nov 2021		57.0 (12)	10.3 (2)	8.7 (2)	7.0 (1)	5.7 (1)	5.3 (1)	2.5 (0)	0.6 (0)	–	–	–	–	46.7

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. "Fenger løfter arven efter bykonge i landets rigeste kommune | Nyheder". tv2kosmopol (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
4. "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionsvalget". konservative.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
5. "Brixtofte overtager poster fra Løkkegaard". sn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
6. "Stemmefordeling i Gentofte Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.