2014 Dutch municipal elections
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Municipal elections were held on 19 March 2014 in most
Background
Municipal elections are, unless exempted by an act of parliament, held every fourth year in the Netherlands as prescribed by the
In the 2010 elections, local parties got 24% of the vote, with national parties taking most of the remaining seats. Since then a general election was held in 2012 for the House of Representatives. In this election, the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and Labour Party won a combined 79 out of 150 seats and formed a coalition government. These municipal elections were the first elections in the Netherlands since the new cabinet was formed.
Results
Local parties won 30% of the votes. The Christian Democratic Appeal became the largest party nationally, earning 14% of the votes. D66 and SP also saw significant rises compared to the 2010 elections, getting 12% and 7% respectively. VVD, although still ranked third nationwide, lost significantly compared to the 2010 elections, winning 12% of the votes. The undisputed loser of the elections, however, was the PvdA, getting 10% of the votes and losing its plurality in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague.
| Party | % Votes | % Seats | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local parties | 29.7% | 33.3% | 2,807 |
Christen-Democratisch Appèl (CDA) |
14.3% | 17.7% | 1,495 |
Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (VVD) |
11.9% | 12.7% | 1,075 |
Democraten 66 (D66) |
11.8% | 9.6% | 809 |
Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA) |
10.2% | 9.5% | 799 |
Socialistische Partij (SP) |
6.5% | 5.2% | 443 |
| combination Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij (CU-SGP) |
7.0% | 7.8% | 663 |
| GroenLinks (GL) | 5.2% | 4.0% | 335 |
Partij voor de Vrijheid (PVV) |
0.2% | 0.2% | 16 |
Partij voor de Dieren (PvdD) |
0.1% | 0.1% | 12 |
| Total | - | 100.00% | 8,454 |
The election results in the largest cities are as following:
| City | VVD | PvdA | PVV | CDA | SP | D66 | GL
|
Local | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 6 | 10 | - | 1 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Rotterdam | 3 | 8 | - | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 2 |
| The Hague | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Utrecht | 5 | 5 | - | 3 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
Aftermath
Geert Wilders's speech after the elections was widely seen as controversial because he led a chant at a rally after municipal elections last week, asking supporters in The Hague: "Do you want more or fewer Moroccans in this city and in the Netherlands?" The crowd chanted: "Fewer! Fewer! Fewer!", to which Wilders responded: "We'll take care of that.".[4]
References
- ^ Article 129, Constitution of the Netherlands. Retrieved on 20 March 2014.
- ^ (in Dutch) Gemeenteraden Archived 2014-02-09 at the Wayback Machine, Kiesraad. Retrieved on 19 March 2014.
- ^ "Friezen bellen: waar blijft stempas?" [Frisians call: where is the voter card?] (in Dutch). NOS. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ "Dutch right-winger losing party members over anti-Moroccan chant". Reuters. 22 March 2014.
External links
Media related to Dutch municipal elections 2014 at Wikimedia Commons
