Pekela: PVV would still come first on today's polls
Pekela (Groningen) has 9,709 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.
- 9,709voters
- 28.0%PVV on today's polls (Netherlands: 12.6%)
- 36.0%PVV, first at the general election of October 2025
Today's polls here, against the general election of October 2025
- PVV 36.0% → 28.0%
- PRO 8.6% → 13.4%
- FvD 8.0% → 12.4%
- JA21 4.0% → 8.8%
- SP 5.0% → 7.4%
- CDA 9.6% → 6.5%
- VVD 9.3% → 5.8%
- D66 7.6% → 4.2%
- 50PLUS 1.7% → 3.8%
- BBB 4.9% → 2.4%
- CU 1.4% → 2.1%
- PvdD 1.0% → 2.0%
- SGP 1.3% → 1.4%
- Volt 0.3% → 1.2%
- Others 1.0% → 0.6%
Pale bar: the general election of October 2025; solid: today's national polls carried down to Pekela (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 Pekela
Pekela has 9,709 voters, the 10th largest of 10 in Groningen and 320th of 342 across the Netherlands.
At the general election of October 2025 it voted PVV 36%, CDA 9.6%, VVD 9.3%. PVV did 19 points better here than across the Netherlands.
The council election, March 2026: PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) came first with 4 of 15 seats, ahead of SP (Socialistische Partij) (4).
Moved to today's national polls, our projection here has PVV on 28% and PRO on 13.4%.
The council election, March 2026
15 seats on the council.
- PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) 25.0% · 1,083 · 4 seats
- SP (Socialistische Partij) 24.7% · 1,072 · 4 seats
- Samen Voor Pekela 21.5% · 933 · 3 seats
- CDA 15.8% · 686 · 2 seats
- GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA) 13.0% · 566 · 2 seats
Gemeenten of a similar size in Groningen
- Westerwolde20,396 voters · PVV first
- Veendam22,342 voters · PVV first
- Stadskanaal25,766 voters · PVV first
- Oldambt32,032 voters · PVV first
- Eemsdelta35,704 voters · PRO first
- Het Hogeland38,237 voters · PRO first
- Midden-Groningen48,716 voters · PRO first
- Westerkwartier50,815 voters · PRO first
Every gemeente in Groningen → · 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.