2022 Dutch municipal elections

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2022 Dutch municipal elections
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Municipal elections were held on 16 March 2022 in 333 municipalities in the Netherlands. This election determined the composition of the municipal councils for the following four years. [1]

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Background

In the previous municipal elections, local political parties won by far the most votes and seats. Nationally, all local political parties won a total of 29% of the votes and around a third of municipal council seats. [2] Local parties have seen a steady rise since the 1990s and in Vlieland there are only local parties that participate. [3]

Of all national political parties, the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) will contest the most municipal elections; the party will be on the ballot in all but five (Diemen, Ouder-Amstel, Rozendaal, Vlieland and Schiermonnikoog). The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) comes in second, contesting in 317 elections, while Democrats 66 participates in 289 elections. The Labour Party (PvdA) will participate in 303 elections, and GroenLinks in 229, many of which are joint lists between the two parties. Meanwhile, the ChristianUnion runs in 175 and the Reformed Political Party (SGP) in 96, with these parties also having many joint lists. The Socialist Party participates in 86, Forum for Democracy (FvD), which had previously only participated in Amsterdam, has expanded significantly to participate in 50 elections. The Party for Freedom (PVV) participates in 31, Party for the Animals (PvdD) in 30, DENK in 20, 50PLUS in 19 and BIJ1 in 5. There are also 3 national parties participating for the first time in municipal elections, BvNL in 20 municipalities, Volt in 10, and JA21 only in Amsterdam. [3]

Twelve municipalities will not have elections on 16 March due to mergers.

Electoral system

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. All people above the age of 18, who are registered in a municipality, and have not been excluded from voting following a court's decision are eligible to vote. Dutch citizenship is not required to be eligible to vote for municipal elections, non-EU nationals who have legally resided in the Netherlands for at least five years and EU citizens are also eligible to vote. [4]

National

Opinion polling

Polling firmRelease
date		Sample
size		Local VVD CDA D66 GL PvdA SP CU SGP PVV PvdD DENK 50+ FvD BIJ1 Volt JA21 OthersLeadRef
I&O Research10 Mar 20221,49535.4%11.2%6.8%7.5%7.8%7.4%3.6%3.8%2.9%3.3%3.6%0.9%1.1%1.3%0.5%1.5%0.6%0.4%24.2% [5]
I&O Research18 Feb 20221,44433.0%12.7%6.0%7.6%7.3%6.4%3.6%3.9%2.9%4.5%3.6%1.1%0.7%1.4%0.9%1.9%2.6%0.0%20.3% [6]
I&O Research31 Jan 20221,44431.8%12.3%5.2%7.2%7.3%6.0%3.0%3.3%3.0%6.3%4.0%1.3%1.1%2.5%0.9%2.6%2.2%0.0%19.5% [7]
2018 election 21 Mar 2018–28.7%13.5%13.4%9.2%8.9%7.5%4.4%3.8%1.9%1.4%1.2%1.0%0.8%0.3%0.1%did not contest4.6%15.2%

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Local parties2,134,96530.952,988+377
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 807,08511.701,000–131
Christian Democratic Appeal 773,39911.211,105–240
Democrats 66 607,3538.81620+18
GroenLinks 585,6738.49546+19
Labour Party 541,1407.85560+11
Christian Union 268,7943.90305+2
Socialist Party 192,1322.79173–112
Reformed Political Party 158,7812.30229+56
Party for the Animals 135,5871.9763+33
GroenLinks–PvdA 99,4721.44164+50
Forum for Democracy 76,7501.1150+47
CU-SGP 74,1881.08101–6
Denk 67,9820.99240
Party for Freedom 62,5590.9161–14
Volt 51,8230.7520New
Farmer–Citizen Movement 43,8920.6459New
50PLUS 43,5170.6324–9
BIJ1 40,3320.588+7
Frisian National Party 36,2000.5249+27
BVNL 21,4470.3117New
JA21 13,6910.202New
D66–GL–PvdA 12,5150.1826–17
Party for the Elderly and Safety10,1040.1511New
D66–GL 6,9360.1012–2
Party for the North 5,8290.085New
D66–PvdA 4,0430.064–1
Jesus Lives 3,8930.0600
Pirate Party 3,2510.051+1
General Elderly Alliance 3,2170.054-5
LEF - For the New Generation2,4660.040New
Heart for Freedom2,3340.031New
BBB–TROTS 2,1520.031New
Trots op Nederland 1,4220.022-1
D66–GL–PvdA–SP 1,2400.022–8
The Party Party 9120.010New
Total6,897,076100.008,237–
Valid votes6,897,07699.47
Invalid/blank votes37,0850.53
Total votes6,934,161100.00
Registered voters/turnout13,599,70050.99
Source: Kiesraad [8]

Amsterdam

Opinion polling

Polling firmDate GL D66 VVD PvdA SP PvdD DENK FvD CDA PvdO [lower-alpha 1] CU BIJ1 JA21 Volt LeadRef
OIS13 Mar 202277472421101243Tied [9]
I&O Research5 Mar 202288463421010323Tied [10]
Peil.nl22 Feb 20225/6865/624311113132 [11]
OIS5 Feb 2022764524211112461 [12]
I&O Research31 Jan 202288552422000324Tied [13]
Peil.nl18 Jan 2022585524311113153 [14]
2018 election 21 Mar 20181086533331111did not contest2

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party 57,09317.579+4
GroenLinks 48,09614.808–2
Democrats 66 44,73213.777–1
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 34,18010.525–1
Amsterdam BIJ1 22,6236.963+2
Party for the Animals 22,0316.7830
Volt 14,0434.322New
Socialist Party 14,0364.322–1
JA21 13,6914.212New
DENK 13,0394.012–1
Christian Democratic Appeal 8,2702.5510
Forum for Democracy 6,6882.061–2
Other parties26,3478.110–2
Total324,869100.0045–
Valid votes324,86999.11
Invalid/blank votes2,9240.89
Total votes327,793100.00
Registered voters/turnout703,71446.58
Source: Kiesraad [15]

Rotterdam

Opinion polling

Polling firmDate LR VVD D66 GL PvdA DENK SP CDA PvdD 50+ CU BIJ1 FvD Volt S010 [lower-alpha 2] LeadRef
Peil.nl6 Mar 202213564341120121207 [16]
Peil.nl22 Feb 202213563331120121317 [17]
2018 election 21 Mar 2018115555422111 [lower-alpha 3] did not contest6

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Livable Rotterdam 39,97220.0810-1
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 22,41011.266+1
GroenLinks 19,8069.9550
Democrats 66 19,7619.9350
Labour Party 17,1138.604–1
DENK 15,6127.8440
Volt 10,3655.212New
Party for the Animals 8,5524.302+1
BIJ1 8,2054.122New
50PLUS 7,2163.6310
Christian Union 6,8223.431New
Socialist Party 5,7662.901–1
Christian Democratic Appeal 5,7492.891–1
Forum for Democracy 4,6372.331New
Other parties7,0533.540–4
Total199,039100.0045–
Valid votes199,03998.93
Invalid/blank votes2,1611.07
Total votes201,200100.00
Registered voters/turnout516,98638.92
Source: Kiesraad [18]

The Hague

Opinion polling

Polling firmDate GDM VVD D66 GL CDA PvdA HSP [lower-alpha 4] PvdD PVV CU-SGP SP 50+ FvD DENK LeadRef
I&O Research8 Mar 2022957524243110022 [19]
I&O Research8 Feb 2022966515232120033 [20]
Peil.nl18 Jan 20221177423132110124 [21]
2018 election 21 Mar 2018876533322111did not contest1

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Heart for The Hague 30,98816.979+1
Democrats 66 27,93715.308+2
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 24,29813.3070
GroenLinks 18,2239.9850
Party for the Animals 12,3636.773+1
Labour Party 11,7646.4430
Christian Democratic Appeal 11,4556.2730
DENK 10,2225.602New
The Hague City Party6,4713.541–2
Socialist Party 5,3372.9210
Party for Freedom 5,3242.921–1
Christian Union – Reformed Political Party 4,9712.7210
Forum for Democracy 3,8962.131New
Other parties9,3805.140–4
Total182,629100.0045–
Valid votes182,62999.20
Invalid/blank votes1,4650.80
Total votes184,094100.00
Registered voters/turnout428,13743.00
Source: Kiesraad [22]

Utrecht

Opinion polling

Polling firmDate GL D66 VVD PvdA CDA PvdD DENK CU S&S SP PVV SBU [lower-alpha 5] BIJ1 Volt FvD LeadRef
I&O Research5 Mar 20229863143101212401 [23]
Peil.nl24 Feb 20227863133220/1220/1411 [24]
2018 election 21 Mar 201812106322222211did not contest2

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
GroenLinks 29,11018.499–3
Democrats 66 25,62816.288–2
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 14,8569.445–1
Labour Party 12,4607.914+1
Christian Democratic Appeal 11,1177.063+1
Party for the Animals 10,1246.433+1
Volt 8,8965.653New
Student & Starter 8,5465.4320
Christian Union 6,0343.8320
DENK 5,5253.511–1
BIJ1 5,3983.431New
OneUtrecht4,3832.781New
Socialist Party 3,9452.511–1
City Interest Utrecht3,4322.1810
Party for Freedom 3,3852.1510
Other parties4,5862.9100
Total157,425100.0045–
Valid votes157,42599.59
Invalid/blank votes6450.41
Total votes158,070100.00
Registered voters/turnout280,57756.34
Source: Kiesraad [25]

Groningen

Opinion polling

Polling firmDate GL PvdA D66 SP VVD CU PvdD CDA SP100G [lower-alpha 6] S&S PVV PvhN LeadRef
I&O Research5 Mar 20228593534140211 [26]
2018 reorganisation election21 Nov 20181165543324 [lower-alpha 7] 11did not contest5

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
GroenLinks 18,66917.769–2
Labour Party 12,43411.8360
Democrats 66 10,98610.4550
Party for the Animals 9,7309.264+1
City Party 100% for Groningen9,6899.2240
Socialist Party 8,6318.214–1
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 7,8607.483–1
Student en Stad 6,6076.293+2
Christian Union 5,3445.082–1
Christian Democratic Appeal 5,2434.9920
Party for the North 4,2824.072New
Party for Freedom 2,2342.1310
Other parties3,4013.2400
Total105,110100.0045–
Valid votes105,11099.59
Invalid/blank votes4370.41
Total votes105,547100.00
Registered voters/turnout194,11354.37
Source: Kiesraad [27]

Nijmegen

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
GroenLinks 16,14920.369–2
City Party Nijmegen12,87316.237+4
Democrats 66 10,66413.4560
Labour Party 8,35210.534+1
Party for the Animals 7,7269.744+2
Socialist Party 7,0438.883–2
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 6,1847.803–1
Christian Democratic Appeal 3,5624.4920
Just Nijmegen.NOW2,7133.421–1
Other parties4,0365.090–1
Total79,302100.0039–
Valid votes79,30299.53
Invalid/blank votes3770.47
Total votes79,679100.00
Registered voters/turnout147,17454.14
Source: Kiesraad [28]

Notes

  1. ↑ Party for the Elderly
  2. ↑ Socialists 010
  3. ↑ contested as CU-SGP
  4. ↑ The Hague City Party
  5. ↑ City Interest Utrecht
  6. ↑ City Party 100% For Groningen
  7. ↑ contested as 100G, SSO and Sport Party

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