Stemgids Hilversum
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Hilversum and Wijdemeren together elect one new municipal council on Wednesday 18 November. Answer twenty statements about the new municipality, plus two about where you live if you choose a town or village. You then see which parties agree with you most, and why.
Where do the positions come from?
The positions come from the answers the parties themselves gave on our questionnaire. Only the VVD did not fill in the questionnaire. That party's positions therefore come from its 2026 election programme and from how its group voted in the council. How we determine the positions.
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6 days to the election
Election day today: polling stations open until 9 pm
Coming up
Key date
Nomination day. Your address on this day determines where you may vote.
Key date· 17.00
Candidate lists approved
Hilversum
Key date
Your voting pass arrives by post
Cancelled· 19.00–20.30
BV Hilversum debateHilversum
Debate· 13.00–15.30
NH Gooi debate
Loosdrecht
Key date
The list of candidates arrives by post
Debate· 19.30–22.00
Debate on nature and water
Ankeveen
Deadline
Last day to apply in writing for a replacement voting pass or a written proxy
Deadline· 12.00
Last moment to collect a replacement voting pass at the desk
Election· 7.30–21.00
Election day. Followed by results night: the provisional result per party.
Key date· 9.00
Counting per candidate
Kortenhoef
Key date
The municipality announces the provisional result
Key date· 10.00
Official result
Hilversum
Key date· 20.00
New council admitted
Hilversum
Key date
The new councillors are sworn in: the council of the new municipality of Hilversum begins
Preview where the parties stand
How does a voting compass work?
The compass places each party on two lines at once. From left to right is mainly about money: what the municipality does and what that may cost. From bottom to top is about change: climate, greenery, traffic and reception of asylum seekers. The further from the centre, the more strongly a party leans that way.
- PROGRESSIVE
- Speeding up on climate and greenery, fewer cars in the town centre, more money for culture and receiving more asylum seekers.
- LEFT
- The municipality does more for those who need it, such as help on a low income, youth care, community centres and affordable rent. More money may go to that.
- RIGHT
- The municipality keeps costs for residents low and spends less. More room for personal choice and for businesses.
- CONSERVATIVE
- Keeping what works: the car easy to get around with, careful with new climate rules, preferably no large wind turbines near the villages, and receiving fewer asylum seekers.
Neither side is better or worse: the compass only shows where parties stand.
How to read the compass
A party’s place follows from its positions: for each statement we recorded whether ‘agree’ moves left or right (mainly money, taxes and care) and towards progressive or conservative (mainly climate, nature, traffic and reception of asylum seekers). These are local topics, so a party can be placed differently than in a national voting compass. For parties with few known positions, the place is less certain. Your own place (the black dot) is the average of your answers on those two axes, as in the Kieskompas.
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Independent
Not an official voting guide and not affiliated with the municipality of Hilversum or Wijdemeren. This is not voting advice.
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Anonymous
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Verifiable
Read how the voting guide works and where the positions come from →
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Three short questions for research
We are researching how voters in Hilversum and Wijdemeren vote in the first election of the new municipality. This research is separate from the voting guide. It does not change your result.
Thank you for your answers.
The compass and the ranking measure different things: the compass sums up your answers on two axes, the ranking counts statement by statement. So the party at the top of the ranking is not always the closest to you.
How does a voting compass work?
The compass places each party on two lines at once. From left to right is mainly about money: what the municipality does and what that may cost. From bottom to top is about change: climate, greenery, traffic and reception of asylum seekers. The further from the centre, the more strongly a party leans that way.
- PROGRESSIVE
- Speeding up on climate and greenery, fewer cars in the town centre, more money for culture and receiving more asylum seekers.
- LEFT
- The municipality does more for those who need it, such as help on a low income, youth care, community centres and affordable rent. More money may go to that.
- RIGHT
- The municipality keeps costs for residents low and spends less. More room for personal choice and for businesses.
- CONSERVATIVE
- Keeping what works: the car easy to get around with, careful with new climate rules, preferably no large wind turbines near the villages, and receiving fewer asylum seekers.
Neither side is better or worse: the compass only shows where parties stand.
How to read the compass
A party’s place follows from its positions: for each statement we recorded whether ‘agree’ moves left or right (mainly money, taxes and care) and towards progressive or conservative (mainly climate, nature, traffic and reception of asylum seekers). These are local topics, so a party can be placed differently than in a national voting compass. For parties with few known positions, the place is less certain. Your own place (the black dot) is the average of your answers on those two axes, as in the Kieskompas.
Ranking and compass
The ranking and the compass are two different ways of looking at your answers, and they do not have to match. The ranking counts, statement by statement, how often you agree with a party, and only compares statements where we know the party’s position. The compass summarises all your answers on two axes. So the party at the top of the ranking is not always the one closest to you on the compass.
Not an official voting guide. Stemgids Hilversum is an independent initiative and is not affiliated with the municipality of Hilversum or the municipality of Wijdemeren.
This is not voting advice. The result shows how much your answers match the positions of the parties. Most parties gave these themselves on our questionnaire. For parties that did not, they come from the election programme and from how the group voted in the municipal council. Positions labelled not verified were derived by us and have not yet been confirmed by the party. How we determine the positions