A historically low turnout didn’t stand in the way of various local parties celebrating a successful evening in last week's municipal elections.
A number of the major Dutch political parties also enjoyed some solid wins across different municipalities, but the Netherlands’ local political parties were the big winners, further strengthening their hold on local politics.
Local parties took home around 36% of the vote, up from 29% four years ago. De Mos (also known as Hart voor Den Haag) remains the largest party in The Hague. Similarly, in Rotterdam, Leefbaar Rotterdam held onto its majority and kept all 11 of its seats on the Municipal Council. In Maastricht, the Senioren Partij overtook the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) to become the biggest party in the municipality.
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