GroenLinks-PvdA biggest party in Rotterdam, Utrecht; Richard de Mos wins in The Hague
GroenLinks-PvdA has won the elections in Rotterdam, winning over 3,000 more votes than Leefbaar Rotterdam. The left-wing combination is also the largest in Utrecht. Amsterdam is still counting, but with 70 percent of the votes counted, GroenLinks seems to be the largest party in the capital, followed by D66 and PvdA. In The Hague, Richard de Mos’s Hart voor Den Haag won the election.
Amsterdam
In Amsterdam, the interim results show that GroenLinks secured 18 percent of the votes, good for 10 seats. The second-largest party for now is D66 with 16 percent of the votes (8 seats). The PvdA follows in third with 14 percent (8 seats). These three parties have ruled together in a coalition over the past four years. Based on these interim results, they still hold a majority - 26 of the 45 seats.
Amsterdam hopes to finish counting votes this morning, but a spokesperson warned NOS that it could take until the afternoon.
Amsterdam’s turnout currently stands at 46.9 percent.
Rotterdam
In Rotterdam, GroenLinks-PvdA secured over 3,000 votes more than Leefbaar Rotterdam. Both parties now have 11 seats in the Rotterdam city council, two more for GL-PvdA, 1 more for Leefbaar Rotterdam.
Coalition parties D66 and VVD each have 5 seats, unchanged for D66 and one less for VVD. The fourth coalition party, DENK, remains at four seats. These three parties formed the municipal executive together with Leefbaar Rotterdam and still hold a majority.
FvD rose from 1 to 2 seats. No fewer than seven parties will be in the council with 1 seat - Volt, PvdD, BIJ1, 50Plus, ChristenUnie, SP, and CDA. The all-female party Verkoelen JOU Rotterdam did not get enough votes for a seat in the council.
At 40.7 percent, turnout was nearly 2percent higher than in 2022. This means that Mayor Carola Schouten will soon have to abseil down the Euromast. She promised to do so if the turnout was higher.
Utrecht
Groenlinks-PvdA secured 14 seats in Utrecht, making it the largest party. After the 2022 elections, the two parties in the left-wing coalition held a combined 13 seats.
In total, there are 45 seats to be distributed in Mayor Sharon Dijksma’s municipality. D66 secured 9 seats, 1 more than in the last elections. The VVD holds 5 seats and CDA 3; both parties unchanged. The PvdD lost 1 seat and ended up wth 2, while DENK rose from 1 to 2. BIJ1 remains represented in Utrecht with 1 seat, just as in the past four years.
The PVV is disappearing from the Utrecht city council, losing its 1 seat. The same applies to the SP. JA21, FvD, and the local parties Utrecht Solidair and UtrechtNU! enter with one seat each.
The Hague
Hart voor Den Haag, the party of former alderman Richard de Mos, emerged as the largest in The Hague, as expected. The party secured 16 seats, one fewer than in Wednesday evening’s exit polls. De Mos’s party has received the most votes in The Hague for the third time in a row.
D66 is the second largest party with 8 seats, followed by GroenLinks-PvdA, which secured 7 seats. Four years ago, GroenLinks and PvdA won a combined 8 seats.
DENK secured 3 seats in the city council, up from 2 after the previous election. The VVD drops from 7 to 3 seats. Both the PvdD and CDA dropped from 3 to 2 seats.
The Haagse Stadspartij and the PVV disappear from the city council. Volt enters with 1 seat. The SP, ChristenUnie, and FvD retain their 1 seat each.
The turnout in The Hague was 46.4 percent. That is higher than four years ago, when 43 percent of the city’s eligible voters cast a vote.
