Municipal elections were held on 16 March 2022 in 333 municipalities in the Netherlands. This election determined the composition of the municipal councils for the following four years.

Background In the previous municipal elections, local political parties won by far the most votes and seats. Nationally, all local political parties won a total of 29% of the votes and around a third of municipal council seats. Local parties have seen a steady rise since the 1990s and in Vlieland there are only local parties that participate.

Of all national political parties, the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) will contest the most municipal elections; the party will be on the ballot in all but five (Diemen, Ouder-Amstel, Rozendaal, Vlieland and Schiermonnikoog). The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) comes in second, contesting in 317 elections, while Democrats 66 participates in 289 elections. The Labour Party (PvdA) will participate in 303 elections, and GroenLinks in 229, many of which are joint lists between the two parties. Meanwhile, the ChristianUnion runs in 175 and the Reformed Political Party (SGP) in 96, with these parties also having many joint lists. The Socialist Party participates in 86, Forum for Democracy (FvD), which had previously only participated in Amsterdam, has expanded significantly to participate in 50 elections. The Party for Freedom (PVV) participates in 31, Party for the Animals (PvdD) in 30, DENK in 20, 50PLUS in 19 and BIJ1 in 5. There are also 3 national parties participating for the first time in municipal elections, BvNL in 20 municipalities, Volt in 10, and JA21 only in Amsterdam.

Twelve municipalities did not have elections on 16 March due to mergers.

Electoral system Municipal councils are elected using party-list proportional representation. The number of seats depends on the population of the municipality, ranging from nine seats for municipalities with a population below 3,000, to 45 seats for municipalities with a population over 200,000. All people above the age of 18, who are registered in a municipality, and have not been excluded from voting following a court's decision are eligible to vote. Dutch citizenship is not required to be eligible to vote for municipal elections, non-EU nationals who have legally resided in the Netherlands for at least five years and EU citizens are also eligible to vote.

National Opinion polling Polling firmReleasedateSamplesizeLocalVVDCDAD66GLPvdASPCUSGPPVVPvdDDENK50+FvDBIJ1VoltJA21Others Lead I&O Research10 Mar 20221,49535.4%11.2%6.8%7.5%7.8%7.4%3.6%3.8%2.9%3.3%3.6%0.9%1.1%1.3%0.5%1.5%0.6%0.4%24.2% I&O Research18 Feb 20221,44433.0%12.7%6.0%7.6%7.3%6.4%3.6%3.9%2.9%4.5%3.6%1.1%0.7%1.4%0.9%1.9%2.6%0.0%20.3% I&O Research31 Jan 20221,44431.8%12.3%5.2%7.2%7.3%6.0%3.0%3.3%3.0%6.3%4.0%1.3%1.1%2.5%0.9%2.6%2.2%0.0%19.5% 2018 election21 Mar 2018–28.7%13.5%13.4%9.2%8.9%7.5%4.4%3.8%1.9%1.4%1.2%1.0%0.8%0.3%0.1% did not contest4.6%15.2%

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Amsterdam

Opinion polling Polling firm Date GL D66 VVD PvdA SP PvdD DENK FvD CDA PvdO CU BIJ1 JA21 Volt Lead OIS13 Mar 2022 7 7 4 7 2 4 2 1 1 0 1 2 4 3 Tied I&O Research5 Mar 2022 8 8 4 6 3 4 2 1 0 1 0 3 2 3 Tied Peil.nl22 Feb 2022 5/6 8 6 5/6 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 2 OIS5 Feb 2022 7 6 4 5 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 6 1 I&O Research31 Jan 2022 8 8 5 5 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 3 2 4 Tied Peil.nl18 Jan 2022 5 8 5 5 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 5 3 2018 election21 Mar 2018 10 8 6 5 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 did not contest 2

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Rotterdam

Opinion polling Polling firm Date LR VVD D66 GL PvdA DENK SP CDA PvdD 50+ CU BIJ1 FvD Volt S010 Lead Peil.nl6 Mar 2022 13 5 6 4 3 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 0 7 Peil.nl22 Feb 2022 13 5 6 3 3 3 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 3 1 7 2018 election21 Mar 2018 11 5 5 5 5 4 2 2 1 1 1 did not contest 6

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The Hague Opinion polling Polling firm Date HvDH VVD D66 GL CDA PvdA HSP PvdD PVV CU–SGP SP 50+ FvD Denk Lead I&O Research8 Mar 2022 9 5 7 5 2 4 2 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 I&O Research8 Feb 2022 9 6 6 5 1 5 2 3 2 1 2 0 0 3 3 Peil.nl18 Jan 2022 11 7 7 4 2 3 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 4 2018 election21 Mar 2018 8 7 6 5 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 did not contest 1

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Utrecht Opinion polling Polling firm Date GL D66 VVD PvdA CDA PvdD DENK CU S&S SP PVVSBU BIJ1 Volt FvD Lead I&O Research5 Mar 2022 9 8 6 3 1 4 3 1 0 1 2 1 2 4 0 1 Peil.nl24 Feb 2022 7 8 6 3 1 3 3 2 2 0/1 2 2 0/1 4 1 1 2018 election21 Mar 2018 12 10 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 did not contest 2

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Groningen Opinion polling Polling firm Date GL PvdA D66 SP VVD CU PvdD CDA SP100G S&S PVV PvhN Lead I&O Research5 Mar 2022 8 5 9 3 5 3 4 1 4 0 2 1 1 2018 reorganisation election21 Nov 2018 11 6 5 5 4 3 3 2 4 1 1 did not contest 5

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Nijmegen Results

Eindhoven

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