Meppel: PRO would now come first, ahead of D66
Meppel (Drenthe) has 28,227 voters. Below: how it voted at the general election of October 2025, and the same figures moved to today's national polls. The next council elections are in March 2030.
- 28,227voters
- 17.6%PRO on today's polls (Netherlands: 18.8%)
- 16.8%D66, first at the general election of October 2025
Today's polls here, against the general election of October 2025
- PRO 11.8% → 17.6%
- JA21 6.1% → 12.1%
- PVV 15.2% → 11.1%
- VVD 14.9% → 9.7%
- FvD 5.8% → 9.7%
- D66 16.8% → 9.6%
- CDA 13.1% → 9.2%
- CU 3.2% → 4.5%
- SP 2.2% → 3.7%
- 50PLUS 1.5% → 3.6%
- PvdD 1.7% → 3.0%
- Volt 0.9% → 2.2%
- BBB 3.7% → 1.7%
- SGP 0.8% → 0.9%
- DENK 1.2% → 0.7%
- Others 1.1% → 0.7%
Pale bar: the general election of October 2025; solid: today's national polls carried down to Meppel (each party moves by its national change, half by the same number of points and half in proportion, scaled so that every gemeente adds up to the national average). Our national polls: Netherlands forecast →
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About Meppel
Meppel has 28,227 voters, the 5th largest of 12 in Drenthe and 156th of 342 across the Netherlands.
At the general election of October 2025 it voted D66 16.8%, PVV 15.2%, VVD 14.9%.
The council election, March 2026: Sterk Meppel (SteM) came first with 7 of 25 seats, ahead of VVD (6).
Moved to today's national polls, our projection here has PRO on 17.6% and JA21 on 12.1%.
The council election, March 2026
25 seats on the council.
- Sterk Meppel (SteM) 28.5% · 4,544 · 7 seats
- VVD 22.3% · 3,552 · 6 seats
- GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA) 13.6% · 2,157 · 3 seats
- CDA 11.7% · 1,857 · 3 seats
- ChristenUnie 8.5% · 1,349 · 2 seats
- D66 7.9% · 1,258 · 2 seats
- SP (Socialistische Partij) 7.5% · 1,201 · 2 seats
Gemeenten of a similar size in Drenthe
- Midden-Drenthe27,815 voters · PRO first
- Coevorden28,831 voters · PVV first
- Tynaarlo27,337 voters · PRO first
- Noordenveld25,717 voters · PRO first
- Borger-Odoorn21,275 voters · PRO first
- Aa en Hunze21,226 voters · PRO first
- De Wolden19,960 voters · PRO first
- Hoogeveen43,832 voters · PVV first
Every gemeente in Drenthe → · All of the Netherlands →
Kiesraad, via data.overheid.nl (CC0): Tweede Kamer election of 29 October 2025 and gemeenteraad elections of 18 March 2026, by gemeente.