2010 Dutch municipal elections
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{{Infobox election
|election_name= 2010 Dutch municipal elections
|country= Netherlands
|previous_election= 2006 Dutch municipal elections
|previous_year= 2006
|next_election= 2014 Dutch municipal elections
|next_year= 2014
|election_date= 3 March 2010
}}
{{Politics of the Netherlands}}
Municipal elections were held on Wednesday 3 March 2010 in most municipalities in the Netherlands. This election determined the composition of the municipal councils for the following four years. The elections were held a few weeks after the fall of the Fourth Balkenende cabinet.
Nearly 24% of the vote went to local parties and independent candidates, more than any national political party. The Labour Party remained the most popular party overall, despite a significant decline in their vote share. Support for the CDA also decreased, while the VVD made moderate gains and Democrats 66 nearly doubled their support. The CDA held the most seats of any party, mainly due to its higher level of support in rural areas. The Party for Freedom only contested the cities of Almere and The Hague, where it became the largest and second-largest party respectively.
Results
A total of 8,654 seats in 392 municipalities were up for election:{{Cite web |date=3 March 2010|title=Gemeenteraad 3 maart 2010 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20100303 |access-date=23 June 2024 |website=www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}
{{Election results
|party1=Local parties and independents|votes1=1559658|seats1=2277
|party2=Labour Party|votes2=1035948|seats2=1251
|party3=People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|votes3=1031983|seats3=1432
|party4=Christian Democratic Appeal|votes4=975388|seats4=1531
|party5=Democrats 66|votes5=531760|seats5=541
|party6=GroenLinks|votes6=442925|seats6=436
|party7=Socialist Party|votes7=273594|seats7=250
|party8=Christian Union|votes8=247648|seats8=331
|party9=Reformed Political Party|votes9=116371|seats9=197
|party10=Trots op Nederland|votes10=81877|seats10=61
|party11=Christian Union – Reformed Political Party|votes11=68163|seats11=90
|party12=Party for Freedom|votes12=50529|seats12=17
|party13=PvdA–GL|votes13=37208|seats13=62
|party14=Frisian National Party|votes14=26841|seats14=52
|party15=PvdA–GL–D66|votes15=23400|seats15=44
|party16=Party for the Animals|votes16=19717|seats16=6
|party17=United Pensioners Party|votes17=14234|seats17=12
|party18=GL–D66|votes18=13557|seats18=24
|party19=PvdA–D66|votes19=6803|seats19=11
|party20=PvdA–GL–D66–Socialist Party|votes20=6533|seats20=15
|party21=VVD–D66|votes21=5159|seats21=11
|party22=Dutch Muslim Party|votes22=3266|seats22=0
|party23=The Greens|votes23=2911|seats23=0
|party24=New Communist Party|votes24=2177|seats24=3
|party25=Party for Mind and Spirit|votes25=1369|seats25=0
|party26=Dutch Whistleblowers' Party|votes26=1336|seats26=0
|party27=Dutch Peoples' Union|votes27=975|seats27=0
}}