page_title: Hilversum
section_title: Local government
hierarchical_section_title: Hilversum / Local government
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Topografische kaart van Hilversum (woonplaats). Resolutie: 300 pixels/km. Kaartbeeld samengesteld uit de open geodata van de Top10NL en Top25namen (Basisregistratie Topografie, Kadaster), Creative Commons BY licentie. Gebouwvlakken uit open geodata BAG extract. Wegen uit de OpenStreetMap, OpenStreetMap community. Reliëfschaduw uit de Actuele Hoogtekaart AHN2. Samenstelling en kleurenschema: Jan-Willem van Aalst, met QGIS2. Zie ook de Legenda.
context_page_description: Hilversum is a city and municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. Located in the heart of the Gooi, it is the largest urban centre in that area. It is surrounded by heathland, woods, meadows, lakes, and smaller towns. Hilversum is part of the Randstad, one of the largest conurbations in Europe.
context_section_description: The municipal council of Hilversum consists of 37 seats, which are divided as followed since the last local election of 2018:
  Hart voor Hilversum - 8 seats
  D66 – 7 seats
  VVD – 6 seats
  GroenLinks – 5 seats
  CDA – 4 seats
  SP – 2 seats
  PvdA – 2 seats
  ChristenUnie – 2 seats
  Leefbaar Hilversum – 1 seat
  Government
  After the 2018 elections, the municipal government was made up of aldermen from the political parties Hart voor Hilversum, D66 and VVD.
  The mayor of Hilversum is Pieter Broertjes, former lead editor of the Volkskrant, a nationwide distributed newspaper.
  It was the first city with a "Leefbaar" party (which was intended as just a local party). Today, Leefbaar Hilversum has been reduced to only 1 seat, but some other parties have their origins in Leefbaar Hilversum:
  Hart voor Hilversum. Originated from a Leefbaar Hilversum separation party called DLPH, which won 1 seat in the 2006 elections. Leadership was taken over in 2006 by Leonie Sazias, a TV celebrity. Leonie Sazias later changed the party name to Hart voor Hilversum. She won 3 seats in the 2010 elections and increased her influence to 6 seats in 2014. They won the 2018 elections and have 8 seats now.
  Hilversum 1. Was founded by Hans Roos, originally a council member for Hart voor Hilversum, but due to disagreements with the party on the list of candidates for the elections in 2014, decided to split and start his own party in 2013.
caption: Dutch Topographic map of the city of Hilversum, March 2014
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