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Latest election news

Last minute plans as campaign nears end
02-03-2010 - A flurry of last-minute appeals to voters and calls for less bureaucracy marked the second-last day of campaigning ahead of Wednesday's local elections.......more

Wilders again under fire in tv election debate
02-03-2010 - Geert Wilders' anti-Islam party PVV again came under fire from other party leaders in Monday night's final televised debate ahead of Wednesday's local elections.......more

Rotterdam party wants ban on hissing
26-02-2010 - Leefbaar Rotterdam, the political party founded by Pim Fortuyn before he entered national politics and was murdered, has made a ban on hissing and whistling at women part of its local election campaign.......more

Geert Wilders' PVV set to win in Almere
24-02-2010 - Geert Wilders' anti-immigration party PVV is leading the polls in the new town of Almere, one of two places it is contesting the local elections, according to a TNS Nipo poll for Wednesday's Volkskrant.......more

Expat voters in demand
24-02-2010 - Just one week before voters head to polling stations around the country for the local elections, politicians from the main parties are busy vying for the expat vote.......more

Election debate, The Hague
23-02-2010 - February 24 in the Town Hall at 8.30pm, representatives of all the main parties in a debate in English. Hosted by The Hague Online.......more

Local election turnout forecast at 49%
17-02-2010 - Only 49% of the electorate are planning to vote in the March 3 local elections, according to research by TNS Nipo.......more

Election event: radio debate at Bright City
17-02-2010 - The Grand Cafe of Amsterdam Bright City will host a live radio debate featuring six city politicians on Friday February 26. Organised by English Breakfast Radio.......more

Election event: Boom Chicago's Political Party
17-02-2010 - Boom Chicago's Political Party in Amsterdam focuses on expat issues on February 21 and sees Greg Shapiro, Pep Rosenfeld and Maurice de Hond take on Labour campaign leader Lodewijk Asscher on February 22.......more

PVV catches up with Labour in the Hague
16-02-2010 - Geert Wilders' anti-Islam party is on to take seven seats on the Hague city council, according to a new poll by TNS Nipo.......more

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Useful election resources

Amsterdam
Amsterdam city council election information in English www.iamsterdam.com

Rotterdam
Rotterdam city council information in English www.rotterdam.nl

Other local authorities
A list of all 431 local authorities with websites and contact details almanak.overheid.nl

The Hague
All about the elections in The Hague. website

VVD Amsterdam
The VVD Liberal party in Amsterdam has launched a website section specially targeting expats. http://www.vvdamsterdam.nl/expats/

CDA in Wassenaar
The CDA in Wassenaar has a prominent local expat on its list, and a special website in English. website

PvdA in The Hague
website

Voting in the Hague
The winter issue of Access magazine has two pages of information about the local political situation. Click here

D66 Maastricht
Information for expats and international students in English. website

Rijswijk CDA
Frenchman stands for the CDA. 'I want to represent everyone,' he tells The Hague Online.

What the parties want
The main manifesto points of all the main parties' standing in The Hague in an eight-page brochure. Click here

Archipelbuurt and Willemspark, the Hague
The local residents' association put together a questionaire for the parties in English. Click here for the results.

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