The Central Electoral Office of The Hague determined the official results of the municipal council election of March 18, 2026, on March 26, 2026. The turnout was 46.4%. Of the 438,895 eligible voters, 203,533 cast their votes. Of the twenty parties that participated in the election, eleven parties received sufficient votes for one or more seats in the municipal council. The remaining nine parties did not win a seat. Four candidates were appointed by preferential votes who otherwise would not have been elected.
The distribution of the 45 seats has been determined as follows:
| Side | Number of seats |
| Hart voor Den Haag / Groep de Mos | 16 |
| D66 | 8 |
| GROENLINKS / PvdA | 7 |
| VVD | 3 |
| DENK | 3 |
| Partij voor de Dieren | 2 |
| CDA | 2 |
| SP (Socialist Party) | 1 |
| Forum for Democracy | 1 |
| Volt | 1 |
| ChristenUnie-SGP | 1 |
34 full seats were allocated. This left eleven residual seats. Three residual seats go to list 1 Hart voor Den Haag / Groep de Mos. The following lists received one residual seat: list 2 GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA), list 3 D66, list 6 CDA, list 7 DENK, list 9 SP (Socialistische Partij), list 11 ChristenUnie-SGP, list 12 Forum voor Democratie, and list 13 Volt.
Candidates
The seats of each party were first allocated to candidates elected with sufficient preferential votes. Four candidates were elected by preferential votes who otherwise would not have been elected. These are Van de Voort and Timsi (GROENLINKS / Labour Party (PvdA)), Fonville (Partij voor de Dieren), and Alpsoy (DENK). After their appointment, candidates have ten days to decide whether to accept the appointment. If they do not, the Central Electoral Committee appoints the next candidate.
2026 municipal council election numbers
| Eligible voters | 438,895 |
| Votes cast | 203,533 (turnout: 46.4%) |
| Valid votes | 202,203 (99.34%) |
| Blank votes | 361 (0.18%) |
| Invalid votes | 969 (0.48%) |
Residents make election possible
Jan van Zanen, Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission: “The municipal council election requires a greater organizational effort from the municipality than other elections. In addition, the preparation time was short this time: less than 4.5 months ago, we went to the polls for the House of Representatives election. Nevertheless, we managed once again to ensure the election ran virtually flawlessly. That is why I would like to compliment the thousands of involved residents of the city and the hundreds of civil servants who dedicated themselves to this election. Whether that was at a polling station, during the counting, or behind the scenes. They make the elections in The Hague possible.”
On Wednesday, April 1, the newly elected municipal council will meet for the first time. The full results and all official reports can be viewed at uitslagen.denhaag.nl .