2018 Dutch municipal elections
Municipal elections were held on 21 March 2018 in 335 municipalities in the Netherlands . This election determined the composition of the municipal councils for the following four years.[ 1] Intelligence and Security Services Act referendum .[ 2]
PvdA campaign poster In the previous municipal elections, local political parties won by far most votes and seats. Nationally, all local political parties won 28% of the votes and a third of municipal council seats.[ 3] Vlieland will be the only municipality in which no national political parties will contest the election.[ 4]
Of all national political parties, the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) will contest most municipal elections; the party will be on the ballot in all but three (Rozendaal , Vlieland and Schiermonnikoog ). The Labour Party (PvdA) comes second, contesting over 320 elections, albeit on a joint list with allied parties in some municipalities. The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) will participate in over 315 elections, and the Democrats 66 in over 270, followed by GroenLinks in 220, the Christian Union in 169, the Socialist Party in 118 and the Reformed Political Party (SGP) in 99.
The Party for Freedom (PVV), which had previously only participated in The Hague and Almere , initially planned to expand to a total of sixty municipalities, but has only been able to find suitable candidates in thirty, including Rotterdam . 50PLUS will expand to twenty municipalities, while the Party for the Animals (PvdD) will contest fifteen elections. Two new national political parties will make their entrance to municipal politics. Denk will contest the elections in fourteen municipalities, while the Forum for Democracy will only contest in Amsterdam . Additionally, the latter has endorsed the local party Livable Rotterdam .[ 5]
45 municipalities did not have elections on 21 March due to mergers.
Municipal councils are elected using party-list proportional representation . The number of seats depends on the population of the municipality, ranging from nine seats for municipalities with a population below 3,000, to 45 seats for municipalities with a population over 200,000.
Party Votes % Seats Local Parties 1,945,904 28.65 2,612 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 916,930 13.50 1,131 Christian Democratic Appeal 910,441 13.41 1,293 Democrats 66 623,671 9.18 602 GroenLinks 602,157 8.87 527 Labour Party 510,527 7.52 549 Socialist Party 301,600 4.44 285 Christian Union 260,007 3.83 303 Reformed Political Party 129,181 1.90 173 Party for Freedom 94,118 1.39 75 Christian Union – Reformed Political Party 87,762 1.29 107 Party for the Animals 80,904 1.19 30 DENK 70,832 1.04 24 GroenLinks –Labour Party 65,566 0.97 114 50PLUS 55,786 0.82 33 D66 –GroenLinks –Labour Party 22,251 0.33 43 Forum for Democracy 20,015 0.29 3 NIDA 16,870 0.25 3 Frisian National Party 13,848 0.20 22 D66 –GroenLinks 8,368 0.12 14 United Seniors Party 7,933 0.12 8 General Elderly Alliance 7,310 0.11 9 Elderly Politically Active 6,104 0.09 2 Trots op Nederland 6,066 0.09 3 Pirate Party 5,713 0.08 0 D66 –Labour Party 4,596 0.07 5 D66 –GL –PvdA –SP 4,528 0.07 10 D66 –VVD 3,491 0.05 8 Jesus Lives 2,348 0.03 0 New Communist Party 2,346 0.03 3 Ubuntu Connected Front 1,587 0.02 0 Libertarian Party 923 0.01 0 Basic Income Party 635 0.01 0 Peace and Justice 616 0.01 0 TROTS –OPA510 0.01 0 QUEER 260 0.00 0 Total 6,791,704 100.00 7,991 Valid votes 6,791,704 99.15 Invalid/blank votes 58,084 0.85 Total votes 6,849,788 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 12,461,540 54.97 Source: Kiesraad[ 6]
Polling firm
Date
D66
PvdA
VVD
SP
GL
PvdD
CDA
PvdO
CU
DENK
FvD
Bij1
50+
Lead
Ref
OIS
17 Mar 2018
8
5
6
4
9
3
1
0/1
0
3
4
1
0/1
1
[ 7]
Peil.nl
10 Mar 2018
9
5
4
5
9
2
1
0
1
3
4
1
1
Tied
[ 8]
OIS
17 Jan 2018
10
8
5
4
8
2
1
0/1
0
2
3
1
0/1
2
[ 9]
Peil.nl
10 Jan 2018
9
5
6
4
9
2
1
0
0
3
3
2
1
Tied
[ 10]
2014 election
19 Mar 2014
14
10
6
6
6
1
1
1
0
did not contest
4
Party Votes % Seats +/– GroenLinks 70,880 20.42 10 +4 Democrats 66 55,724 16.05 8 –6 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 39,702 11.44 6 0 Labour Party 37,181 10.71 5 –5 Socialist Party 26,070 7.51 3 –3 Party for the Animals 24,672 7.11 3 +2 DENK 23,138 6.67 3 New Forum for Democracy 20,015 5.77 3 New Christian Democratic Appeal 11,991 3.45 1 0 Party for the Elderly 7,752 2.23 1 0 Christian Union 6,837 1.97 1 +1 Amsterdam BIJ1 6,571 1.89 1 New Other parties 16,615 4.79 0 0 Total 347,148 100.00 45 – Valid votes 347,148 98.72 Invalid/blank votes 4,511 1.28 Total votes 351,659 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 674,286 52.15 Source: Kiesraad[ 11]
After the 2018 municipal elections, the GroenLinks held the largest share of seats on the municipal council, though not enough to hold a majority. As no party held a majority, a left-leaning governing coalition was formed between GroenLinks, D66, the Labour Party, and the Socialist Party, which together hold 26 of the city's 45 council seats.[ 12]
The new city council elected Femke Halsema , a member of the GroenLinks, to be the mayor of Amsterdam. Halsema is the first woman to be elected mayor of Amsterdam, as well as the first member of the GroenLinks to take that position.[ 13]
Party Votes % Seats +/– Livable Rotterdam 47,312 20.50 11 –3 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 24,641 10.68 5 +2 Democrats 66 22,920 9.93 5 –1 GroenLinks 22,721 9.85 5 +3 Labour Party 22,275 9.65 5 –3 DENK 16,955 7.35 4 New NIDA Rotterdam 12,389 5.37 2 0 Socialist Party 11,389 4.93 2 –3 Christian Democratic Appeal 10,756 4.66 2 –1 Party for Freedom 8,149 3.53 1 New Party for the Animals 8,091 3.51 1 0 50PLUS 7,359 3.19 1 New Christian Union – Reformed Political Party 6,956 3.01 1 0 Other parties 8,873 3.84 0 0 Total 230,786 100.00 45 – Valid votes 230,786 98.61 Invalid/blank votes 3,251 1.39 Total votes 234,037 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 501,234 46.69 Source: Kiesraad[ 16]
^ Contesting as Group de Mos - Heart for The Hague; contested as Group de Mos - Elderly Party The Hague in 2014.
Party Votes % Seats +/– De Mos Group/Heart for The Hague 32,632 16.80 8 +5 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 26,990 13.90 7 +3 Democrats 66 23,973 12.34 6 –2 GroenLinks 20,684 10.65 5 +3 Christian Democratic Appeal 12,618 6.50 3 0 Labour Party 12,567 6.47 3 –3 The Hague City Party 10,897 5.61 3 –2 Party for the Animals 10,201 5.25 2 +1 Party for Freedom 9,036 4.65 2 –5 Islam Democrats 6,943 3.57 1 –1 Christian Union – Reformed Political Party 6,129 3.16 1 0 Socialist Party 5,176 2.66 1 –1 NIDA 4,481 2.31 1 New 50PLUS 4,444 2.29 1 New Party of Unity 4,026 2.07 1 0 Other parties 3,439 1.77 0 0 Total 194,236 100.00 45 – Valid votes 194,236 98.85 Invalid/blank votes 2,261 1.15 Total votes 196,497 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 409,444 47.99 Source: Kiesraad[ 20]
Party Votes % Seats +/– GroenLinks 36,231 22.96 12 +3 Democrats 66 32,735 20.74 10 –3 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 20,522 13.00 6 +1 Labour Party 9,812 6.22 3 –2 Christian Democratic Appeal 8,428 5.34 2 –1 Party for the Animals 8,317 5.27 2 +1 DENK 7,662 4.85 2 New Christian Union 6,451 4.09 2 0 Student & Starter 6,445 4.08 2 +1 Socialist Party 6,419 4.07 2 –2 Party for Freedom 5,915 3.75 1 New City Interest Utrecht 4,295 2.72 1 –1 Other parties 4,590 2.91 0 0 Total 157,822 100.00 45 – Valid votes 157,822 99.23 Invalid/blank votes 1,224 0.77 Total votes 159,046 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 269,459 59.02 Source: Kiesraad[ 22]
Party Votes % Seats +/– People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 12,275 14.79 7 +1 GroenLinks 12,044 14.51 7 +3 Labour Party 10,180 12.27 6 –2 Democrats 66 9,735 11.73 6 –1 Christian Democratic Appeal 9,514 11.46 6 +2 Socialist Party 6,609 7.96 4 –3 Elderly Appeal Eindhoven 4,647 5.60 2 –3 Pim Fortuyn List Eindhoven 3,353 4.04 2 +1 50PLUS 3,249 3.91 2 New DENK 2,864 3.45 1 New Livable Eindhoven 2,294 2.76 1 –1 Christian Union 1,955 2.36 1 0 Other parties 4,275 5.15 0 0 Total 82,994 100.00 45 – Valid votes 82,994 98.82 Invalid/blank votes 988 1.18 Total votes 83,982 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 181,079 46.38 Source: Kiesraad[ 23]
^ Contested as the United Seniors Party.
Party Votes % Seats +/– GroenLinks 20,149 24.77 11 +3 Democrats 66 12,045 14.81 6 –1 Socialist Party 10,865 13.36 5 –3 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 8,407 10.34 4 0 City Party Nijmegen 6,355 7.81 3 +1 Labour Party 5,747 7.07 3 –1 Christian Democratic Appeal 4,094 5.03 2 0 Party for the Animals 3,694 4.54 2 New 50PLUS 3,001 3.69 1 New Just Nijmegen 2,815 3.46 1 –1 ForNijmegen.NOW 1,845 2.27 1 New Other parties 2,323 2.86 0 –2 Total 81,340 100.00 39 – Valid votes 81,340 99.27 Invalid/blank votes 598 0.73 Total votes 81,938 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 143,582 57.07 Source: Kiesraad[ 25]
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