Members of municipal councils and regional councils are elected during elections held every 4 years. These elections take place on the third Tuesday in November in the election year. The timing of local and regional elections is laid down in the Local and Regional Government Elections Act.
The next election will be held on Tuesday 18 November 2025.
Who can vote?
You are eligible to vote, if you:
- are above 18 years of age
- permanently reside in Denmark (in the municipality/region)
- are a Danish citizen of an EU Member State or a citizen of Iceland, Norway, or the UK.
If you are a citizen of a country other than those mentioned above, you will not be entitled to vote until you have been permanently residing in Denmark for a period of 4 years.
You will not be entitled to vote in local and regional elections if you are one of the following:
- A foreign national on tolerated stay
- A foreign national who has been expelled from Denmark through a final decision or judgement (under Sections 22 – 25(c) of the Danish Aliens Act)
- A foreign national staying in Denmark in order to serve a sentence, etc. imposed by an international criminal court.
Persons who are entitled to vote in local and regional elections are automatically registered in the electoral register.
Advance voting in Denmark: how, when and where?
You can vote in advance in any municipality in Denmark. If you vote in advance, you cannot also vote on election day.
You can vote in advance in any municipality from 6 weeks before election day until the Friday before election day. For the 2025 election, this is from Tuesday 7 October to Friday 14 November. On the municipality's website you can see addresses and opening hours for advance voting. They may vary from municipality to municipality.
Advance voting from abroad
If you are temporarily abroad, for instance on holiday, study or business trip or similar, you can vote in advance at any Danish embassy or consulate in the country where you are.
If you are in Greenland or the Faroe Islands or serving on a Danish ship travelling abroad or on Danish offshore installations – for instance oil rigs – you can vote in advance there.
If you are in one of the places mentioned above, you can vote in advance from the 3rd Tuesday in August in the election year. For the 2025 election, this is from Tuesday 19 August.
If you have any questions about your participation in an election, you must contact the municipality in which you live.
You can also read more about local and regional elections at the website of the Ministry of the Interior and Health of Denmark: