Tag: Municipal
New municipal councils installed | 1Limburg
The members of the new municipal councils will be installed on Wednesday for the period 2022-2026. During the first council meeting, the appointed members, who were elected during the municipal…
Heemstede is going to recount votes municipal election after doubt about Eric Geels seat
All votes in Heemstede will be recounted tomorrow, the city council decided this evening. Party leader Eric Geels of the political party Samen Sterk Heemstede made it clear after the…
459 women elected by preferential vote in municipal elections
If it’s up to the voter, 459 women who were in an ineligible place will go into city councils. This has been calculated by the Stem op een Vrouw foundation,…
More women in Limburg municipal councils after elections | 1Limburg
After the elections two weeks ago, there are more women in Limburg municipal councils than before. The ANP reports this in collaboration with data processor LocalFocus. Mook and MediatorThe increase…
Female domination in Haarlem municipal elections: "The city has spoken"
Last week, more than half of the Haarlem voters chose one of the 142 female candidates on the electoral list for the municipal elections. And that while there were almost…
Aletta Jacobs Northern Netherlands and Atria want representative municipal policy in Groningen
The Aletta Jacobs Foundation North Netherlands and Atria want to help the municipalities in Groningen, among other places, in drawing up a representative coalition that also includes women and minorities.…
Many candidates with preferential votes in municipal councils
What does a preference vote mean? A candidate councilor can be elected to the municipal council with preferential votes. The number of votes required for this differs per municipality. There…
Municipal elections: the votes have been counted, now what?
Over the past three days we have voted for who gets a place in the Zoetermeer city council. The result is known, but what now? Ad is loading… Coalition As…
How new one-person councilors can still influence municipal politics
Many municipalities see new members joining the municipal council this year, from parties such as Volt, BIJ1, Party for the Animals and Forum for Democracy. One seat means that as…
Significant drop in turnout for municipal elections in North Holland
The turnout in municipal elections in our province has fallen sharply compared to four years ago. Local parties made the biggest gains, the number of votes for local parties rose…