Local Election Maps

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2002:




2006:




Lokale partijen = local parties, usually (but not always) independents. Traditionally strong in the South (Noord-Brabant, Limburg) where the Catholic Party KVP in most municipalities reached somewhere between 80-100% in the national elections until about 1970. In their strongholds, the KVP usually didn't contest local elections. Instead, different groups of (Catholic) independents ran against each other. The last 20 years, local parties were founded in most municipalities in the Netherlands, with increasing success in the elections.

Overige partijen (2002) is the New Communist Party, in North East Groningen.

Geen verkiezingen = No elections, due to municipal redistricting the elections were either postponed to later that year, or were held 1 or 2 years before.