Help in the voting booth: If you have a physical disability: bring someone or ask a polling station member. Large print and a magnifier: At every polling station. Sign language interpreter: Remotely, via a QR code at the polling station. Bring your phone. Extra accessible polling station: Wijkcentrum Lopes Dias, Lopes Diaslaan 213, Hilversum. With an audio voting template, a speech-to-text interpreter and a host who can accompany you. Sunflower lanyard: Polling station members look out for the Hidden Disabilities lanyard. Practise: How voting works (in Dutch).

18 or older: On 18 November. Registered in Hilversum or Wijdemeren: On 5 October. Dutch, EU citizen or five years here: Another nationality is also fine if you have lived in the Netherlands legally and without interruption for at least five years.

The election of 18 November

Q: What do I need to bring?

Your voting pass (stempas): Arrived by post at the end of October. You may use it at any polling station in Hilversum and Wijdemeren. Proof of identity: Passport, ID card, driving licence or residence document. It may have expired up to 5 years ago: valid until (geldig tot) 19 November 2021 or later is fine.

Q: Can’t vote yourself?

Give them your voting pass: Fill in the back together and give them a copy of your proof of identity. That person must be allowed to vote in Hilversum or Wijdemeren too, casts your vote together with their own, and may vote for no more than two others. Written proxy (schriftelijke volmacht): With DigiD or by post by Friday 13 November, at the desk until Tuesday 17 November, 12 noon. If you cannot hand over your voting pass or have no valid proof of identity. At the desk in the town hall of your own municipality.

Q: Lost your voting pass, or didn’t receive it?

With DigiD or by post: Up to and including Friday 13 November. DigiD only for residents of Hilversum. By post: Team verkiezingen, Postbus 9900, 1201 GM Hilversum. At the desk: Until Tuesday 17 November, 12 noon, by appointment. At the town hall of your own municipality (Hilversum or Wijdemeren). Your old voting pass becomes invalid: If you find it later, you can no longer vote with it. Proof of identity lost or stolen?: Bring a declaration of loss from the municipality and a card with your photo, for example a personal OV-chipkaart.

This page is a translation by Stemgids Hilversum. The official information is in Dutch; if anything differs, the information from the municipality applies.

Where can I vote?Polling stations What do I need to bring?What to bring CalendarCalendar Can’t vote yourself?Can’t vote yourself Lost your voting pass, or didn’t receive it?Lost voting pass Help with votingHelp with voting Can I vote?Can I vote?

Where can I vote?

7.30–21.00
other opening hours

60 polling stations

All polling stations are accessible for people with a physical disability.

's-Graveland

Ankeveen

Breukeleveen

Hilversum

Kortenhoef

Loosdrecht

Nederhorst den Berg

Source: Waar is mijn stemlokaal (opens in a new tab), data from the municipality. Retrieved on 31 October 2026. Your postcode stays on your own device.

More from the municipality (in Dutch): Polling stations in Hilversum and Wijdemeren (opens in a new tab)

What do I need to bring?

Your voting pass (stempas)
Arrived by post at the end of October.
You may use it at any polling station in Hilversum and Wijdemeren.
Lost or not received?
Proof of identity
Passport, ID card, driving licence or residence document.
It may have expired up to 5 years ago: valid until (geldig tot) 19 November 2021 or later is fine.

More from the municipality (in Dutch): What do I need to vote (opens in a new tab)

Calendar

Mon5Oct
Key date
Nomination day. Your address on this day determines where you may vote.
Fri9Oct
Key date· 17.00
Candidate lists approved
The central electoral committee approves the candidate lists and numbers them.
Raadhuis Hilversum
Fri16Oct
Key date· 16.30
Voting aid MijnStem opens
The online voting aid MijnStem opens.
More information (opens in a new tab)
Thu22Oct
Event· 19.00–21.00
Circle of Democracy
Circle of Democracy (ProDemos): free evening on how local democracy works. Registration required.
Bibliotheek Loosdrecht, Tjalk 41More information (opens in a new tab)
26–30Oct
Key date
Your voting pass arrives by post
Thu29Oct
Event· 19.00–21.00
Circle of Democracy
Circle of Democracy (ProDemos). Register via bloemrijk@versawelzijn.nl.
Buurthuis Bloemrijk, Leliestraat 10, HilversumMore information (opens in a new tab)
Tue3Nov
Debate· 19.00–21.00
Housing debate
Housing debate, organised by the housing associations together.
De Vorstin, HilversumMore information (opens in a new tab)
Tue3Nov
Event· 20.00–21.30
The Great Election Show
The Great Election Show with De Kiesmannen and both mayors. Free, register via griffie@hilversum.nl.
Raadhuis Hilversum, Dudokpark 1More information (opens in a new tab)
Wed4Nov
Event· 13.00–16.00
Symposium on living too large
Mini-symposium by seniors’ association Senver on older people living in homes that are too large, with the parties invited: can large houses be split up or shared? Doors open 12.30 pm. Free, register via inschrijving@senver.nl.
Raadhuis Hilversum (Burgerzaal), Dudokpark 1More information (opens in a new tab)
Thu5Nov
Cancelled· 19.00–20.30
~~BV Hilversum debate~~
Debate hosted by business association BV Hilversum on economic policy: what do the parties plan for entrepreneurs?
Theater De Vioolkist, 's-Gravelandseweg 50, Hilversum
Fri6Nov
Debate· 13.00–15.30
NH Gooi debate
Debate hosted by NH Gooi.
Gemeentehuis Wijdemeren, Loosdrecht
Sat7Nov
Event· 10.00–16.00
Election market
Election market: all parties in one place.
Winkelcentrum KortenhoefMore information (opens in a new tab)
9–13Nov
Key date
The list of candidates arrives by post
Tue10Nov
Debate· 19.30–22.00
Debate on nature and water
Debate between fourteen parties, organised by members of Natuurmonumenten Gooi en Vechtstreek and the Goois Natuurreservaat, on nature and recreation, housing and open landscape, farming, nitrogen and water quality, and the energy transition. Free, followed by drinks.
De Dillewijn, Stichts Eind 57, Ankeveen
Wed11Nov
Debate· 14.00–16.00
Senver debate
Debate hosted by seniors’ association Senver on care for older people, safety, housing and traffic. Doors open 1.30 pm. Free, register via inschrijving@senver.nl.
Sint Annagebouw (achter de Vituskerk), Emmastraat 1, HilversumMore information (opens in a new tab)
Thu12Nov
Event· 19.30–21.30
18? Go vote!
18? Go vote! For first-time voters: how voting works, and meet the parties. Free, register via griffie@hilversum.nl.
Raadhuis Hilversum, Dudokpark 1More information (opens in a new tab)
Fri13Nov
Deadline
Last day to apply in writing for a replacement voting pass or a written proxy
Request a new voting pass Arrange a proxy
Sat14Nov
Event· 10.00–16.00
Election market
Election market: all parties in one place.
De Groest, HilversumMore information (opens in a new tab)
Mon16Nov
Debate· 20.00–22.00
Lead candidates’ debate
Lead candidates’ debate hosted by the municipality, livestreamed on the municipality’s website. Register via griffie@hilversum.nl.
Studio Blended, Franciscusweg 249, HilversumMore information (opens in a new tab)
Tue17Nov
Deadline· 12.00
Last moment to collect a replacement voting pass at the desk
Request a new voting pass
Wed18Nov
Election· 7.30–21.00
Election day. Followed by results night: the provisional result per party.
Thu19Nov
Key date· 9.00
Counting per candidate
Counting the votes per candidate (open to the public).
Sporthal De Fuik, Kortenhoef
Fri20Nov
Key date
The municipality announces the provisional result
Thu26Nov
Key date· 10.00
Official result
The central electoral committee confirms the official result (open to the public).
Raadhuis Hilversum
Wed16Dec
Key date· 20.00
New council admitted
Admission of the new councillors and farewell to the 2022–2026 council.
Raadhuis Hilversum
Mon4Jan
Key date
The new councillors are sworn in: the council of the new municipality of Hilversum begins

Sources: the election agenda of the municipality of Hilversum and the organisers. Times may still change.

More from the municipality (in Dutch): Election calendar and key dates (opens in a new tab)

Can’t vote yourself?

Give them your voting pass
Fill in the back together and give them a copy of your proof of identity.
That person must be allowed to vote in Hilversum or Wijdemeren too, casts your vote together with their own, and may vote for no more than two others.
Make a safe copy with KopieID (opens in a new tab)
Written proxy (schriftelijke volmacht)
With DigiD or by post by Friday 13 November, at the desk until Tuesday 17 November, 12 noon.
If you cannot hand over your voting pass or have no valid proof of identity. At the desk in the town hall of your own municipality.
Apply with DigiD (Hilversum residents) (opens in a new tab)Written proxy form (opens in a new tab)Make an appointment (Hilversum town hall) (opens in a new tab)

More from the municipality (in Dutch): Having someone vote for you (proxy) (opens in a new tab)

Lost your voting pass, or didn’t receive it?

With DigiD or by post
Up to and including Friday 13 November.
DigiD only for residents of Hilversum. By post: Team verkiezingen, Postbus 9900, 1201 GM Hilversum.
Apply with DigiD (Hilversum residents) (opens in a new tab)
At the desk
Until Tuesday 17 November, 12 noon, by appointment.
At the town hall of your own municipality (Hilversum or Wijdemeren).
Make an appointment (Hilversum town hall) (opens in a new tab)
Your old voting pass becomes invalid
If you find it later, you can no longer vote with it.
Proof of identity lost or stolen?
Bring a declaration of loss from the municipality and a card with your photo, for example a personal OV-chipkaart.

More from the municipality (in Dutch): Voting pass lost, damaged or not received (opens in a new tab)

Help with voting

Help in the voting booth
If you have a physical disability: bring someone or ask a polling station member.
Large print and a magnifier
At every polling station.
Sign language interpreter
Remotely, via a QR code at the polling station. Bring your phone.
Video in sign language (opens in a new tab)
Extra accessible polling station
Wijkcentrum Lopes Dias, Lopes Diaslaan 213, Hilversum.
With an audio voting template, a speech-to-text interpreter and a host who can accompany you.
Sunflower lanyard
Polling station members look out for the Hidden Disabilities lanyard.
Practise
How voting works (in Dutch).
hoewerktstemmen.nl (opens in a new tab)

More from the municipality (in Dutch): Voting with a disability (opens in a new tab)

Can I vote?

You can vote if all three apply:

18 or older
On 18 November.
Registered in Hilversum or Wijdemeren
On 5 October.
Dutch, EU citizen or five years here
Another nationality is also fine if you have lived in the Netherlands legally and without interruption for at least five years.

More from the municipality (in Dutch): Who can vote (opens in a new tab)