Official reports on the vote counts for the 2026 municipal council election
Here are the results of the municipal council election in Zoetermeer. Votes in our municipality were counted centrally. This means that an initial count was conducted at the polling station on Wednesday evening. At that stage, we only count how many votes each party received. On Thursday, all votes for the candidates were counted during the meeting of the municipal election committee (GSB). The results for the entire municipality are then calculated. The final results, including the distribution of seats, will be announced by the Central Election Board on March 26, 2026. If you notice an error in the results from a polling station or in the results for the entire municipality, please report it to the Central Election Board by 8:30 a.m. on March 24, 2026. This will allow the error to be investigated.
Terms and Conditions for Reporting
Reports must be submitted in writing to the central election committee. Reports cannot be submitted by phone or via social media. A report regarding potential counting errors must meet certain requirements in order to be considered by the central election committee.
The following conditions apply:
- Notifications must be received by the central election committee by 8:30 a.m. on March 24.
- Complaints must concern any errors in the counting or tallying of votes as recorded in the official report or the municipality’s digital file of results. These are errors that the municipal election board can correct. Objections regarding other matters may be raised during the session of the relevant (municipal) polling station. For example, regarding a polling station that opened late or where there were insufficient ballots.
- A report must be substantiated and specific. Simply stating that an error has been made is not sufficient. The person filing the report must specify the nature of the error, the polling place in question, and the exact nature of the error.
- Your report must be based on something you observed yourself, not on hearsay. For example: "I voted for candidate X and cannot find my vote." Not: "I heard that the votes weren't counted correctly at polling station X." Or: "My neighbor says he voted for candidate X, but that vote cannot be found."
- Notifications must be submitted in writing to the central election committee. You can do so using the form below. Notifications cannot be submitted by phone or via social media.
- Due to the secrecy of the ballot, you do not need to include any personal information about yourself in the report.
- The central election committee reports on the processing and handling of the reports received in the appendix to the official minutes. These official minutes are published on the municipal website immediately following the meeting.