Elections: Amsterdam coalition loses majority
The current Labour GroenLinks coalition in Amsterdam lost its majority in Wednesday’s election, falling one seat short of the 23 necessary to form a governing coalition.
With all the votes counted, Labour lost five seats but remains the biggest party with 15 out of 45. GroenLinks remained on seven seats, despite earlier hopes it would go up one.
The VVD remained unchanged in Amsterdam on eight seats while D66 added five to take seven.
The animal rights party PvdD, Rita Verdonk’s populist TON and the anti-metro campaigners Red Amsterdam all took one seat on the city council.
For the full results from the Volkskrant website, click here
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