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Partij voor de Dieren

Local branch of the Partij voor de Dieren (Party for the Animals). Running in Hilversum and Wijdemeren for the first time.

Lead candidate
Jojanneke Vanderveen
Programme
Published
In 2022
New did not take part
Website
partijvoordedieren.nl (opens in a new tab)

Profile

The Partij voor de Dieren is running in Hilversum and Wijdemeren for the first time and wants to be the "dark green voice" on the council (p. 2). The programme calls for an alderman for animal welfare, more nature and trees, less room for the car and a climate-neutral municipality by 2030. Housing must be affordable, with at least 40% social rent (p. 12).

Key positions

Summarised from the election programme. Click the page number to read the passage itself (in Dutch).

Climate

  • Hilversum-Wijdemeren climate-neutral by 2030, with an insulation offensive in which residents get help. p. 4

Energy

  • Go all out for solar panels on roofs; solar parks are not placed in nature. No heat networks running on residual heat from the livestock industry. p. 4

Animals

  • An alderman for Animal Rights & Animal Welfare, and taking the interests of animals into account in every new policy. p. 6
  • No hunting on municipal land and no activities with animals for entertainment. The municipality itself uses no pesticides. p. 6

Nature

  • A felling permit from a trunk circumference of just 10 centimetres, a city park in the centre of Hilversum and a green standard for the whole built environment. p. 8
  • Quiet zones in nature where people do not go. It would be good if Hilversum airfield closed. p. 8

Economy

  • No more advertising in public space, except from the government, culture and charities. Advertising for animal products, fossil fuels, gambling and alcohol disappears first. p. 10

Housing

  • At least 40% social rent, and measures against speculation and vacancy, such as an owner-occupancy requirement and a fine for long-term vacancy. p. 12

Asylum

  • A fair share in the reception of refugees, on a small scale. p. 14

Traffic

  • No new on-street parking spaces, cars kept out of the centre and the village cores as much as possible, and free public transport for at least people on a low income. p. 16

Culture

  • More budget for arts, culture and heritage, and enough libraries. p. 20

Privacy

  • Very cautious about camera surveillance, and no cameras with facial recognition. p. 22

The profile and positions are our own summaries, translated from Dutch. Party names and quotes are original.

Election programme

Verkiezingsprogramma in het kort, Hilversum-Wijdemeren

2 October 2026 · 23 pages · 2,9 MB

The programme itself is in Dutch.

Read the programmeDownload PDFAs a web page

A short version of the programme, made on 2 October 2026. The cover still shows the national election date of 18 March 2026; inside it refers to 18 November.

Checked on
9 October 2026
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At the previous election

Partij voor de Dieren did not take part in the 2022 municipal elections in Hilversum or Wijdemeren.

It has not been on the municipal council before either, so there is no voting record or coalition to show.

source: Kiesraad, Databank verkiezingsuitslagen (opens in a new tab). See also all previous results.

Candidates

Provisional list, as published by the party itself (checked on 6 October 2026). The official list of candidates will be known after the session of the central electoral committee, around 9 October 2026. Source: hilversum.nl (opens in a new tab).

Only the first candidate is known, from the official report of the central electoral committee of 6 October. The list has 11 names.

1 new to a list

  1. Jojanneke VanderveenNew

    Was not on any list in Hilversum or Wijdemeren from 2010 to 2022.

How we find this out

We compare each name with the Electoral Council’s candidate lists for Hilversum and Wijdemeren (2010–2022) and with the names recorded at council votes (Hilversum since 9 September 2020, Wijdemeren since 30 January 2014). For council membership before we have votes with names, we count from the election at which the person was elected. Aldermen are not councillors. We match on name; where in doubt, we checked the records ourselves. Spotted a mistake? Email contact@stemgidshilversum.nl.

Sources

Compiled by the editors. The party has not yet checked this page. Updated on 9 October 2026.