{"id":124491,"date":"2021-03-19T16:05:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T15:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=124491"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:29","slug":"d66-comes-out-tops-in-student-town-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/03\/19\/d66-comes-out-tops-in-student-town-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"D66 comes out tops in student town elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

D66 and VVD had cause for celebration this week, and this was also borne out by the electoral results<\/a>\u00a0in the 16 larger cities with research universities and universities of applied sciences. The most impressive election victories were booked by the two liberal parties.<\/p>\n

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With nine \u2018conquered\u2019 cities and towns, Sigrid Kaag and her party have a slight edge over their more conservative colleagues. D66 chalked up the highest percentages in among other towns Utrecht (25.8 per cent), Nijmegen (23.2 per cent), Groningen (22.9 per cent) and Amsterdam (half-time score: 22.8 per cent). In Rotterdam, D66 also pipped VVD to the post with 16.7 per cent.<\/p>\n

In turn, Mark Rutte and his VDD achieved high marks in the student towns of Noord-Brabant. The liberals emerged victorious in, among other towns, Breda (26.5 per cent), Den Bosch (23.7 per cent), Tilburg (21.5 per cent) and Eindhoven (19.7 per cent).<\/p>\n

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