Local party
Lokaal Eén
New party, formed from Democraten Hilversum, De Lokale Partij and DorpsBelangen.
- Lead candidate
- Margriet Rademaker
- Programme
- Published
„Lokaal Eén is niet verbonden aan een landelijke partij of ideologie. We laten ons leiden door wat er leeft in onze gemeente.”Translation: Lokaal Eén is not linked to a national party or ideology. We are guided by what matters to people in our municipality.
Profile
Lokaal Eén was formed from three local parties: Democraten Hilversum, De Lokale Partij and DorpsBelangen. The programme takes spatial quality and ‘limits to growth’ as its starting point and wants to bring housing under stronger control of the municipality. A permanent meeting place and a village or neighbourhood coordinator in every community are meant to organise the dialogue between the municipality and residents. Financially, the party chooses a structurally balanced budget.
Key positions
Summarised from the programme on the party’s website. Click “source” to read the passage itself (in Dutch).
Housing
- Housing under stronger control of the municipality. Housing associations get room to build social and mid-priced homes. source (opens in a new tab)
- Priority for local residents for rental and owner-occupied homes, and letting older people move while keeping their rent. source (opens in a new tab)
Space and growth
- Push back against ‘big-city claims on space’. The party sees ‘limits to growth’. source (opens in a new tab)
Merger and governance
- A permanent meeting place in every village and neighbourhood, with a village or neighbourhood coordinator as point of contact. source (opens in a new tab)
- Invest in strong local journalism. source (opens in a new tab)
Traffic
- Adjust speed limits where possible for safety, clean air and less noise, and a fine-meshed public transport network. source (opens in a new tab)
Asylum
- Small-scale reception of asylum seekers, spread across the municipality. source (opens in a new tab)
Sustainability
- Cooperation instead of coercion. Discourage demolition and encourage the reuse of buildings. source (opens in a new tab)
Education
- Integrated child centres, and places in villages and neighbourhoods where young people can go after school. source (opens in a new tab)
Finances
- Structurally balanced budgets and a ‘prudent financial policy’. source (opens in a new tab)
The profile and positions are our own summaries, translated from Dutch. Party names and quotes are original.
Election programme
Partijprogramma
This programme is only available on the party’s website, not as a separate document. On 29 September 2026 we saved the text in our own copy, so that you can check later what it said at the time. The programme itself is in Dutch.
Before the summer the party announced a more extensive election programme. The website has the party programme with key points per theme.
- Checked on
- 29 September 2026
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At the previous election
Lokaal Eén is a merger of Democraten Hilversum, De Lokale Partij and DorpsBelangen.
Municipal elections of 16 March 2022. At that time Hilversum and Wijdemeren each still had their own council; the new council will have 39 seats.
Hilversum
3 of the 37 seats · 6.9% of the votes
- Democraten Hilversum: 3 seats, 2,475 votes
Wijdemeren
10 of the 19 seats · 48.3% of the votes
- De Lokale Partij: 8 seats, 4,159 votes
- DorpsBelangen: 2 seats, 1,419 votes
source: Kiesraad, Databank verkiezingsuitslagen (opens in a new tab). See also previous elections in figures (in Dutch).
Candidates
The official list of candidates will be known after the session of the central electoral committee, around 9 October 2026. Until then you can view the candidates on the party’s website (opens in a new tab).
Sources
Compiled by the editors. The party has not yet checked this page. Updated on 29 September 2026.