Yes, the party leaders also received many votes in these municipal elections. But now that the results are being determined at candidate level, the unexpected voting cannons are also becoming clear. It is not just about well-known list pushers – such as TV personalities Johan Derksenwho, as a VVD list pusher, received enough votes for a council seat in Aa and Hunze in Drenthe. It also concerns people with a special story or striking campaign, such as in Hoorn, Gouda, Haaksbergen and Oss.
Hoorn: Tony from Autosloperij Tony is going to take ‘his responsibility’
Hart van Hoorn, one outspoken anti-azc partyis the big winner of the Hoorn municipal elections. Tony van der Kooy – broad smile, long mat – was in 11th place, but takes won a seat thanks to 242 preferential votes. Van der Kooy lives in one of the last large family caravan camps in the Netherlands. He took part in it RTL program At our camp.
His mission: to dispel prejudices about caravan residents. “Unfortunately, we have the stigma that we are all criminals,” said he will discuss this in 2020. While Van der Kooy has been earning a living since he was fifteen with his own car company: Autosloperij Tony, which receives impeccable five-star reviews on Google.
When he heard that he had enough votes for a seat, Van der Kooy was present at the victory party. He will certainly “take his responsibility,” explains he at it Noordhollands Dagblad. “For the people who have entrusted their vote to me.”
Gouda: recently deceased ‘neighborhood mother’ is said to have joined the council
“The sun of Gouda.” Like this mentioned party leader of GroenLinks-PvdA Gouda, 59-year-old Marian Eisden. Almost every day, Eisden, ‘Dushi’ to intimates, could be found in the community center of the Gouda district of Korte Akkeren. As a cook, or a listening ear. But she also contributed to the iftar, the Keti Koti celebration and the integration of new ‘Gouwenaars’. roll up her sleeves.
In September 2025, Eisden made national news. Her fifteen-year-old foster son Jerryson was shot dead by a police officer after he was involved in the theft of a fat bike. Eisden continued to call for peace and connection.
Jerryson’s death motivated her to enter politics,told them to Omroep West. Her goal was to give a voice to young people who would otherwise not be heard. She came in 18th place on the GroenLinks-PvdA list. But a week before the elections she died unexpectedly. Still, 258 people voted for Eisden. This gave her one of the party’s 7 seats. On Friday she received even more posthumous honors: she became an honorary citizen.
Haaksbergen: veteran returns after involuntary farewell – to another party
It A.D labeled 67-year-old Frans Winkelhuis as a “vote magnet”. No exaggerated characterization: he received 732 preference votes, the preference threshold in Haaksbergen is around 150. He is entering the council for the first time for the local party Nieuw Haaksbergen (5 seats, Winkelhuis was in 7th place).
The council chamber is not new to Winkelhuis. Until March 18, he served no fewer than seven consecutive terms in the municipal council on behalf of the CDA. In January it turned out that that party did not want to put him on the list an eighth time. That saddened him. “I considered myself, just like anyone would, an added value,” he wrote on Facebook.
This will also be a big victory for Winkelhuis personally. He goes to stake for a ‘friendly rural area’ in which there is ‘sufficient balance’ between residents, agriculture and nature. Waste collection will also be a spearhead.
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Oss: Wimke’s election poster was mocked by Lubach, but he still won
Wim van Rooij, alias Wimke from Snackbar Wimke, already relied on preferential votes, said he against Brabant DTV News. He was number 23 of local party VDG (For the Community), which had 9 seats the largest party van Oss was certainly not in a desirable position. Wimke hoped to win votes through fun videos TikTok and Instagram, with self-made songs about his snack bar and the elections. It earned ‘Wimke’ 391 votes.
Arjen Lubach picked up the campaign. In his program LUBACH he discussed Van Rooij’s poster: “Always fun at the Wimke snack bar. Come and have a nice meal here!” Lubach suggested it was a disguised advertising message.
“It’s not a joke,” said he against Omroep Brabant. “All kinds of things are always discussed in a chip shop, including politics.” It is about quality of life, housing, and traffic and transport “in the durpkes“. But elderly care is also discussed. From April 1, Wimke is expected in the council chamber every Thursday evening. Regular customers do not have to fear a fries-free Thursday. Van Rooij’s wife does the honors.
