2025 Herlev municipal election

2025 Herlev municipal election
18 November 2025

All 19 seats to the Herlev municipal Council
10 seats needed for a majority
 
A
C
Ø
Party Social Democrats Conservatives Red–Green Alliance
Last election 9 seats, 45.9% 5 seats, 19.2% 2 seats, 10.2%
Current seats 9 4 2

 
F
B
I
Party Green Left Social Liberals Liberal Alliance
Last election 2 seats, 10.1% 1 seat, 3.9% 0 seats, 1.0%
Current seats 2 0 1

 
M
Party Moderates
Last election Did not stand
Current seats 1

Incumbent Mayor

Marco Damgaard
Social Democrats



The 2025 Herlev Municipal election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 19 members to sit in the regional council for the Herlev Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Thomas Gyldal Petersen from Social Democrats became mayor for third term. [2] However, on December 4, 2024 it was revealed that he would step down as mayor, and Marco Damgaard would take over. [3] [4] Damgaard will run to continue as mayor. [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. Herlev Municipality had 19 seats in 2025.

Elecotral Alliances

Electoral Alliance 1

Party[6] Political position
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
M Moderates Centre to Centre-right
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right
V Venstre Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party[7] Political position
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Ø Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
A C Ø F B V O I M Æ Å Others Lead
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 19.5 9.6 10.1 19.0 7.2 8.8 7.5 5.8 6.5 3.5 2.5 0.4
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 33.8 5.8 6.8 9.4 3.8 8.2 3.4 6.3 9.8 4.3 2.5 5.7 24.0
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 37.7 17.9 9.6 10.4 5.5 6.4 3.8 1.4 0.6 6.8 19.8
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 2021 45.9
(9)
19.2
(5)
10.2
(2)
10.1
(2)
3.9
(1)
3.0
(0)
3.0
(0)
1.0
(0)
3.9
(0)
26.7

References

  1. ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  2. ^ "Borgmester: Socialdemokratiet stadig det største parti | Nyheder". heleherlev (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  3. ^ "Endnu en S-borgmester stopper i utide". dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  4. ^ "Marco Damgaard er ny borgmester i Herlev". herlev.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  5. ^ "Socialdemokratiet har valgt sin spids- og borgmesterkandidat". socialdemokratiet-herlev.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  6. ^ "Konservative ærgerlige over at stå uden for valgforbund". heleherlev.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  7. ^ "SF, Enhedslisten og radikale gør det igen". heleherlev.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-30.