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Big cities buck national trend with wins for GroenLinks/PvdA

November 23, 2023
Stickers on a lamp post in Amsterdam

The far-right PVV narrowly emerged as the biggest party in Rotterdam and The Hague but the GroenLinks/PvdA alliance was by far the biggest in Amsterdam and Utrecht, and just beat Geert Wilder’s group in Eindhoven, Leeuwarden and Groningen.

Denk, which gathers most of its support among ethnic minority groups, was the fourth party in The Hague and Rotterdam and just made the top 5 in the Dutch capital. In Amstelveen, the VVD lost support, but held on to the top spot.

Here’s a round-up of the top five parties in the big cities (figures rounded up or down, unless crucial to the ranking)

Amsterdam
GLPVDA 29%
VVD 10%
D66 9%
PVV 8%
Denk 6%

The Hague
PVV 22%
GLPVDA 19%
VVD 15%
Denk 8.7%
NSC 8.5%

Rotterdam
PVV 22%
GLPVDA 20%
VVD 11%
Denk 10%
NSC 9%

Utrecht
GLPVDA 35%
D66 12%
VVD 11%
PVV 10%
NSC 7%

Eindhoven
GLPVDA 21%
PVV 20%
VVD 14%
NSC 12%
D66 9%

Leeuwarden
GLPVDA 22.3%
PVV 21.6%
NSC 14%
VVD 11%
D66 6%

Groningen
GLPVDA 30%
PVV 13%
VVD 11%
NSC 12%
D66 9%

Maastricht
PVV 26%
GLPVDA 22%
VVD 14%
NSC 12%
D66 7%

Haarlem
GLPVDA 28%
PVV 15%
VVD 14%
D66 11%
NSC 9%

Amstelveen
VVD 23%
GLPVDA 21%
PVV 15%
NSC 11%
D66 10%

NOS has a handy tool which you can use to check the results in your neighbourhood.

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