2025 Lejre municipal election

2025 Lejre municipal election

←  2021 18 November 2025 2029  →
All 25 seats to the Lejre municipal council 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	17,416 (75.0%) 0.9%
First party Second party Third party   V F A Party Venstre Green Left Social Democrats Last election 8 seats, 28.2% 4 seats, 15.2% 6 seats, 21.6% Seats won 7 5 3 Seat change 1 1 3 Popular vote 4,666 3,434 1,933 Percentage 27.2% 20.0% 11.3% Swing 0.9% 4.9% 10.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Ø C O Party Red-Green Alliance Conservatives Danish People's Party Last election 1 seat, 6.9% 4 seats, 13.6% 1 seat, 3.5% Seats won 2 2 2 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 1,278 1,185 935 Percentage 7.5% 6.9% 5.5% Swing 0.5% 6.7% 2.0%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   I Æ B Party Liberal Alliance Denmark Democrats Social Liberals Last election 0 seats, 1.6% Did not stand 1 seat, 3.9% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 1 0 Popular vote 911 750 652 Percentage 5.3% 4.4% 3.8% Swing 3.7% New 0.1%
Mayor before election Tina Mandrup Venstre Mayor after election Mikael Ralf Baade Larsen Green Left

The 2025 Lejre Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 25 members to sit in the regional council for the Lejre Municipal council, in the Danish town of Lejre, for the period 2026 to 2029. ^[1] Pernille Beckmann from Venstre, would secure re-election. Mikael Ralf Baade Larsen from the Green Left, would win the mayoral position. ^[2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Tina Mandrup from Venstre became mayor for her first term. ^[3] She is set to run for a second 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. Lejre 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
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-Left
	Å	The Alternative	Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	V	Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political alignment
	C	Conservatives	Centre-right
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	M	Moderates	Centre to Centre-right
	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	N	O	V	Æ	Ø	Å
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Hyllinge-Lyndby	11.5	2.3	5.7	14.5	6.2	3.6	0.3	0.6	9.1	33.7	6.0	5.1	1.5
Rye	17.6	4.0	5.7	21.4	5.7	3.1	0.5	0.3	7.2	23.9	4.1	4.2	2.4
Sæby-Gershøj	9.1	2.5	5.4	19.1	5.5	2.9	0.7	1.6	5.8	36.5	4.8	4.4	1.9
Sonnerup	13.6	3.3	7.3	16.8	8.4	5.0	0.9	0.7	7.6	23.4	8.1	3.5	1.6
Glim	8.3	3.4	4.8	14.3	5.9	1.6	0.7	5.7	5.4	38.0	5.6	6.1	0.1
Hvalsø	14.6	4.5	7.9	23.1	4.4	2.8	0.6	1.5	3.5	19.8	2.9	12.2	2.4
Kr.Såby	11.7	1.7	10.4	18.2	4.0	12.0	0.5	0.3	6.0	21.8	7.9	5.1	0.5
Gevninge	9.0	4.0	6.3	18.3	4.1	2.5	0.7	1.1	4.8	37.7	3.6	7.2	0.7
Lejre (Kulturhuset Domus Felix)	5.0	4.6	6.9	30.7	5.9	2.1	0.1	9.2	1.7	21.2	0.8	10.8	1.0
Osted	10.8	6.5	6.8	15.2	5.6	2.9	1.5	2.1	6.3	28.6	5.0	6.9	1.9

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Lejre Municipality
	V	Venstre	4,666	27.22	-0.95	7	-1
	F	Green Left	3,434	20.03	+4.87	5	+1
	A	Social Democrats	1,933	11.28	-10.28	3	-3
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	1,278	7.45	+0.52	2	+1
	C	Conservatives	1,185	6.91	-6.69	2	-2
	O	Danish People's Party	935	5.45	+1.96	2	+1
	I	Liberal Alliance	911	5.31	+3.73	1	+1
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	750	4.37	New	1	New
	B	Social Liberals	652	3.80	-0.08	1	0
	L	Lokallisten Levende Landsbyer Lejre	645	3.76	New	1	New
	N	Nærdemokratiet	395	2.30	New	0	New
	Å	The Alternative	259	1.51	New	0	New
	M	Moderates	101	0.59	New	0	New
Total			17,144	100	N/A	25	N/A
Invalid votes			39	0.17	-0.02
Blank votes			233	1.00	+0.19
Turnout			17,416	75.05	+0.92
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	V	A	F	C	Ø	B	O	L	I	M	N	Å	Æ	Others	Lead
Epinion	4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025	578	20.9	20.1	19.0	5.0	7.3	3.4	8.6	–	5.7	1.9	–	1.1	5.1	1.4	0.8
2024 european parliament election	9 Jun 2024		14.3	13.9	21.6	7.7	6.6	6.8	7.3	–	6.5	7.3	–	1.8	6.1	–	7.3
2022 general election	1 Nov 2022		13.1	24.1	13.4	4.3	4.4	3.6	3.4	–	7.1	11.6	–	3.2	7.2	–	10.7
2021 regional election	16 Nov 2021		25.4	23.7	12.4	13.2	8.0	4.9	4.6	–	2.0	–	–	0.4	–	–	1.7
2021 municipal election	16 Nov 2021		28.2 (8)	21.6 (6)	15.2 (4)	13.6 (4)	6.9 (1)	3.9 (1)	3.5 (1)	2.4 (0)	1.6 (0)	–	–	–	–	–	6.6

References

1. "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
2. "Her er borgmestrene på plads". dknyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
3. "Kæmpe sejr for Venstre: Tina Mandrup er ny borgmester i Lejre | Nyheder". tv2kosmopol (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
4. "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionsvalget". venstre.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
5. "Stemmefordeling i Lejre Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.