After almost a hundred years, the Social Democrats lose the elections in Copenhagen

In the regional and municipal elections in Denmark the Social Democratic Party, led byPremier Mette Fredriksen, was dealt a heavy blow, less than a year before the parliamentary elections to be held by October 2026.

Venstre, the Liberal Party, currently in coalition with Fredriksen in parliament, overtook the Social Democrats in the number of elected mayors in Denmark.

In the Danish capital, the Social Democratslost the city they had governed since 1938, garnering 12.7% of the vote, far behind the Unity List (a red-green formation) with 22.1% of the vote and the Socialist People's Party with 17.9%, according to official results.

'We lost in Copenhagen, and that is a real shame,' said mayoral candidate Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil, former minister in the Fredriksen government, who left her post to run for mayor of the Danish capital.

"We decided that if we had to lose, we would fight until the end, and that is what we did," he added, reported by the Danish public service broadcaster, DR. Negotiations are now taking place between the left-wing parties to form a coalition within the Copenhagen Common Council in which the Social Democrats have not been invited to participate.