PROVINCE OF UTRECHT – In this now closed live blog we followed the municipal elections. All (provisional) results are in. Read what happened below.
01.40 am Residents’ party Future of Houten the largest
01.38 a.m. ChristenUnie largest in Bunschoten
01.31 am VoorBaarn the biggest
01.19 pm And the locals keep winning, also in Utrechtse Heuvelrug
01.16 hours Three seats for Volt in Utrecht
All votes in Utrecht have now been counted. Small shift: Volt comes with not two but three seats on the council. Think loses one seat.
01.01 am Ronde Venen Interest overjoyed
Maarten van der Greft about victory Ronde Venen Interest
Disappointment at VVD in De Ronde Venen
00.50 am Result Amersfoort
As we mentioned earlier, a narrow victory for D66, just for GroenLinks. VVD, BPA, CDA and SP lose. The Party for the Animals wins two seats. View the full results below.
00.44 hours The provisional results of Wijk bij Duurstede have arrived
SamenWerkt has become the largest in Wijk bij Duurstede. The party consists of the local party Open, GroenLinks and the PvdA.
00.38 hrs GroenLinks wins in De Bilt
00.29 am Local Liberal remains the largest in Stichtse Vecht
00.28 hours ProVeenendaal win
00.24 hours D66 narrowly wins in Amersfoort
D66 has narrowly become the largest in Amersfoort, closely followed by GroenLinks. Both parties won six seats. CDA is the third party.
00.20 am GroenLinks largest in Zeist, followed by VVD and D66
00.18 hours VHL Local wins in Vijfheerenlanden
00.14 pm CDA slightly bigger than winning VVD in Oudewater
00.13 am Big victory Ronde Venen Belang
23:52 GroenLinks remains largest in Utrecht, Volt with two seats in council
GroenLinks has become the largest in Utrecht with nine seats. This is followed by D66 with eight seats and the VVD with five. There will be a total of fifteen parties in the Utrecht council. New are Volt (2), EenUtrecht (1) and Bij1 (1). Mayor Sharon Dijksma, who is at home with a corona infection, announced the provisional results by midnight. At that point, 85 percent of the votes had been counted.
23:51 Soest2002 the biggest
23.49 SGP largest in Rhenen
23.47 Local parties win in many municipalities
The trend is very clear: local parties are doing well in the Utrecht municipalities, such as in Eemnes, Lopik, Montfoort, IJsselstein and Renswoude, among others.
A remarkable result also in the municipality of Leusden. Locally Important has become the largest from scratch with seven seats. “I am stunned,” responds party leader Alexandra Kolkman. “We’re going to roll up our sleeves.”
23.44 SGP wins in Woudenberg, followed by GemeenteBelangen
11:41 pm LDIJ largest in IJsselstein
11.40 pm Win for Local Montfoort
11:37 pm Utrecht result is coming, says the mayor
23.31 CDA remains largest in Woerden, profit for local parties here too
11.20 pm Bunnik has arrived
11.18 pm GroenLinks largest in Nieuwegein
More election news and other information can be found in our UKiest file.