Elections: a round-up of other election news

Thursday 04 March 2010

Student political parties have won seats on the local councils in Delft and Groningen, Nos tv reports on Thursday.

The Delft student party STIP has taken three seats on the city council, up one from 2006. And in Groningen, one student will join the city council for the fifth election period in a row.

First past the post

The tiny local authority area of Rozendaal was again first to declare its result in Wednesday's local election, completing the count in 23 minutes. Nearly 78% of the village's 1,172 voters cast their ballot.

Animal rights

The animal rights party PvdD won one seat in all six local authority areas where it took part: Amsterdam, Leiden, Groningen, Apeldoorn and Buren. The party is to focus on a ban on circuses with wild animals.

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Rita Verdonk's Trots op Nederland contested the election in 38 local authority areas and has won about 50 seats. In Den Helder the party has five, making it the second biggest in the naval port town.

Local parties win

Independent local parties have taken over 20% of the vote in the local elections, according to calculations by news agency ANP. This makes them the biggest party overall. Local issue parties are particularly popular in rural areas.

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