2025 Gladsaxe municipal election

2025 Gladsaxe municipal election

←  2021 18 November 2025 2029  →
All 25 seats to the Gladsaxe municipal council 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	34,830 (65.1%) 2.6%
First party Second party Third party   A F V Party Social Democrats Green Left Venstre Last election 8 seats, 32.9% 3 seats, 11.4% 4 seats, 13.2% Seats won 7 4 3 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 8,524 5,534 4,164 Percentage 24.9% 16.2% 12.2% Swing 8.0% 4.8% 1.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Ø B O Party Red-Green Alliance Social Liberals Danish People's Party Last election 3 seats, 10.6% 2 seats, 7.7% 1 seat, 3.4% Seats won 3 3 2 Seat change 0 1 1 Popular vote 3,944 3,718 2,396 Percentage 11.5% 10.9% 7.0% Swing 0.9% 3.2% 3.6%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   C I L Party Conservatives Liberal Alliance Lokallisten Gladsaxe Last election 3 seats, 11.7% 0 seats, 1.5% 1 seat, 3.9% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 2 1 0 Popular vote 1,988 1,588 1,096 Percentage 5.8% 4.6% 3.2% Swing 5.8% 3.1% 0.7%
Mayor before election Trine Græse Social Democrats Mayor after election Serdal Benli Green Left

The 2025 Gladsaxe Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 25 members to sit in the regional council for the Gladsaxe Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029. ^[1] Serdal Benli from the Green Left, would win the mayoral position. ^[2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Trine Græse from Social Democrats became mayor for her second term. ^[3] She would run for a third term. ^[4]

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. Gladsaxe Municipality had 25 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source ^[5]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party			Political alignment
	A	Social Democrats	Centre-left
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
	M	Moderates	Centre to Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	L	Lokallisten Gladsaxe	Local politics
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-Left

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political alignment
	C	Conservatives	Centre-right
	V	Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 4

Party			Political alignment
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	O	Danish People's Party	Right-wing to Far-right
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	Right-wing to Far-right

Results by polling station

Division	A	B	C	F	I	L	M	O	V	Æ	Ø
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Bagsværd	20.7	11.4	7.5	14.4	6.2	2.9	3.9	6.5	16.6	1.3	8.6
Hovedbiblioteket	27.8	10.1	5.2	17.1	4.4	3.0	1.4	7.0	11.5	1.8	10.6
Egegård	23.9	9.3	5.9	15.2	4.6	3.4	1.9	10.7	12.3	2.9	9.8
Grønnemose	27.4	12.0	4.1	16.0	2.9	4.0	0.9	6.2	7.8	1.9	16.8
Mørkhøj	26.6	8.9	4.3	15.9	4.5	3.3	1.3	9.1	10.1	2.5	13.5
Stengård	24.0	13.6	6.8	17.2	5.5	3.1	1.8	4.3	13.6	1.4	8.9
Søborg (Gladsaxe Idrætscenter)	23.6	12.4	6.1	18.2	4.5	3.2	1.2	5.4	12.2	1.7	11.4
Vadgård	27.1	9.0	6.7	16.7	4.7	2.6	1.4	7.9	12.5	2.4	9.1
Værebro	19.9	10.2	6.9	13.8	5.0	2.6	1.3	6.2	16.3	1.9	15.8

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Gladsaxe Municipality
	A	Social Democrats	8,524	24.93	-8.02	7	-1
	F	Green Left	5,534	16.18	+4.80	4	+1
	V	Venstre	4,164	12.18	-1.00	3	-1
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	3,944	11.53	+0.92	3	0
	B	Social Liberals	3,718	10.87	+3.22	3	+1
	O	Danish People's Party	2,396	7.01	+3.59	2	+1
	C	Conservatives	1,988	5.81	-5.85	1	-2
	I	Liberal Alliance	1,588	4.64	+3.11	1	+1
	L	Lokallisten Gladsaxe	1,096	3.20	-0.67	1	0
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	668	1.95	New	0	New
	M	Moderates	578	1.69	New	0	New
Total			34,198	100	N/A	25	N/A
Invalid votes			155	0.29	-0.02
Blank votes			477	0.89	+0.09
Turnout			34,830	65.06	+2.64
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	A	V	C	F	Ø	B	L	O	I	M	Æ	Others	Lead
Epinion	4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025	542	29.4	5.8	6.3	19.4	13.0	4.9	–	10.6	6.6	1.1	1.7	1.2	10.0
2024 european parliament election	9 Jun 2024		16.7	9.6	8.4	22.3	9.5	10.3	–	5.5	6.2	6.0	2.5	–	5.6
2022 general election	1 Nov 2022		27.7	9.5	4.8	11.6	6.9	6.4	–	3.2	7.3	10.9	3.1	–	16.1
2021 regional election	16 Nov 2021		29.5	10.8	15.1	11.1	10.6	10.1	–	3.6	1.9	–	–	–	14.4
2021 municipal election	16 Nov 2021		32.9 (8)	13.2 (4)	11.7 (3)	11.4 (3)	10.6 (3)	7.7 (2)	3.9 (1)	3.4 (1)	1.5 (0)	–	–	–	19.7

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. "Et yderst sjældent syn i lokalpolitik: Kvinderne har taget magten i Gladsaxe Byråd | Nyheder". dr.dk (in Danish). 18 November 2021. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
4. "Socialdemokratiet har listen med kandidater til kommunalvalget kla". gladsaxekredsen.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
5. "Stemmefordeling i Gladsaxe Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.