2025 Køge municipal election

2025 Køge municipal election
18 November 2025

All 27 seats to the Køge municipal Council
14 seats needed for a majority
 
A
V
C
Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives
Last election 10 seats, 31.8% 6 seats, 22.9% 5 seats, 16.8%
Current seats 11 5 7

 
F
B
Ø
Party Green Left Social Liberals Red–Green Alliance
Last election 2 seats, 8.9% 1 seat, 5.6% 1 seat, 4.3%
Current seats 2 1 1

 
TBD
O
Party New Right Danish People's Party
Last election 1 seat, 4.0% 1 seat, 3.8%
Current seats 0 0

Incumbent Mayor

Marie Stærke
Social Democrats



The 2025 Køge Municipal election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 27 members to sit in the regional council for the Køge Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Marie Stærke from Social Democrats became mayor for her second term. [2] She is set to run for a third term. [3]

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. Køge Municipality had 27 seats in 2025.

Elecotral Alliances

Electoral Alliance 1

Party[4] Political position
C Conservatives Centre-right
D New Right Right-wing to Far-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
V Venstre Centre-right
Æ Denmark Democrats Right-wing
TBD Frit Fællesskab Local poltiics

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
A V C F B Ø O I Å M Æ Others Lead
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 15.8 15.2 9.9 16.7 6.0 4.8 8.4 7.4 2.1 7.5 6.1 0.9
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 25.3 14.1 5.2 14.3 2.4 2.5 3.4 7.7 1.7 11.5 7.1 4.6 11.0
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 30.2 20.4 18.9 9.3 4.1 4.7 4.7 1.5 0.4 5.7 9.7
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 2021 31.8
(10)
22.9
(6)
16.8
(5)
8.9
(2)
5.6
(1)
4.3
(1)
3.8
(1)
1.1
(0)
0.6
(0)
4.2
(1)
8.8

References

  1. ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  2. ^ "Marie Stærke fortsætter som borgmester i Køge | Nyheder". tv2kosmopol (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  3. ^ "Socialdemokratiet forbereder sig til kommunalvalget". sn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  4. ^ "Efter langt tilløb - blå partier går sammen frem mod valget". sn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.