2025 Gentofte municipal election

2025 Gentofte municipal election
18 November 2025

All 19 seats to the Gentofte municipal Council
10 seats needed for a majority
 
C
B
A
Party Conservatives Social Liberals Social Democrats
Last election 12 seats, 57.0% 2 seats, 10.3% 2 seats, 8.7%
Current seats 12 1 2

 
F
V
Ø
Party Green Left Venstre Red–Green Alliance
Last election 1 seat, 7.0% 1 seat, 5.7% 1 seat, 5.3%
Current seats 1 2 1

Incumbent Mayor

Michael Fenger
Conservatives



The 2025 Gentofte Municipal election will be 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]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Michael Fenger from Conservatives became mayor for his first term. [2] The party, has held the mayoral position in the municipality since 1888, and Fenger will run for a second term. [3] Morten Løkkegaard, current MEP from Venstre, currently sits in the council, and will run for re-election as a councillor. [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. Gentofte Municipality had 19 seats in 2025.

Elecotral Alliances

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

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
C B A F V Ø I O M Æ Å Others Lead
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 2.1 0.2
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 3.8 2.7 2.2
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 57.3 9.6 8.2 5.7 6.2 5.6 2.1 0.8 0.3 4.0 47.8
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)
2.8
(0)
46.7

References

  1. ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  2. ^ "Fenger løfter arven efter bykonge i landets rigeste kommune | Nyheder". tv2kosmopol (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  3. ^ "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionsvalget". konservative.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  4. ^ "Brixtofte overtager poster fra Løkkegaard". sn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.