Choose your party
for 29 October 2025

You too want to enter the polling booth with peace of mind. The challenge? No fewer than 27 parties will appear on the ballot and the campaign period is shorter than ever. We turn choice stress into clarity without forcing you into a single pigeonhole. Discover how to decide your vote smartly, fairly and with a future-focused outlook before the clock strikes midnight on Wednesday 29 October 2025.

27 options, one vote.

What should you look at?

Political compass made practical and human

Automate

Where possible you can use voting aids such as StemWijzer and Kieskompas. They go live on 1 October and 29 September and will give you a rough match in ten minutes, nothing more and nothing less.

Compare

Check the official candidate lists on the Electoral Council website. Eighteen parties compete nationwide, nine only regionally. This way you know immediately whether your preference is actually on the ballot paper in your municipality.

Integrate

Combine online tools with offline sources: read at least two manifestos in full and follow one debate. That helps you avoid bubble blindness.

Fact check

Use open data sources on voting behaviour such as partijgedrag.nl to see whether promises made in 2023 matched votes cast in 2024. Our observation: words and deeds are often wary of one another.

A ballot is like the menu in an unfamiliar restaurant: everything looks appetising, but your stomach can cope with only one main course..

Key insights before the 29 October 2025 elections

A ballot is like the menu in an unfamiliar restaurant: everything looks appetising, but your stomach can cope with only one main course.

A ballot is like the menu in an unfamiliar restaurant: everything looks appetising, but your stomach can cope with only one main course.

Key points

The 29 October 2025 elections are coming faster than usual after the fall of the cabinet. Municipalities have confirmed that the date is feasible and the Minister of the Interior calls it the best date to cast your vote in the best possible manner.

Why this matters

With 27 valid lists – from PVV to the Party for the Rule of Law – you have more choice than ever. At the same time some newcomers appear only locally, which makes targeted information crucial.

What now?

Online voting aids will not go live until early October. Until then everything revolves around preparatory self-reflection: your values, your top three themes and your trust in proven voting behaviour.

  • Check that your polling card is correct

  • Note three topics that matter to you

  • Read at least one fact-checking site

  • Test yourself as soon as StemWijzer opens

  • Sleep on it, really

Step by step towards an informed vote.

A concrete roadmap to reach a considered decision without stress.

Step 1: Define your values

Step 1: Define your values.

First consider which core values guide your life. Think of sustainability, purchasing power or personal freedom. Write them down because that forces real choices. In practice we often see voters discover what truly matters to them only while filling in a voting aid.

Step 2: Scan the candidate lists

Step 2: Scan the candidate lists.

Go to Kiesraad.nl and download the list for your constituency. Pay attention to locally operating parties; it would be a shame if your favourite simply is not on your ballot paper.

Step 3: Use two voting aids

Step 3: Use two voting aids.

Complete both StemWijzer and Kieskompas. Each platform weights statements differently, so a double check avoids tunnel vision. Notice major differences? Read the explanation per statement before drawing conclusions.

Step 4: Check voting records

Step 4: Check voting records.

Dive into datasets such as StemmenTracker or partijgedrag.nl. This shows whether a party voted in Parliament as you would have hoped. Divergent voting behaviour can reveal more than a glossy campaign poster.

Step 5: Make the final decision

Step 5: Make the final decision.

Plan a moment – preferably before 28 October at 22:00 – to make your decision final. Share it with a friend if you wish; speaking it out loud helps. And remember: casting a blank vote is also a choice but delivers zero influence on seat distribution.

Why more choice is not always easier

Why more choice is not always easier

The paradox of abundance

Too many options can paralyse. Psychologist Barry Schwartz already described this and elections are no different. When 27 parties appear on your ballot, the fear of missing the perfect match sneaks in. We notice that voters then keep doubting endlessly.

Cognitive noise

Excessive information creates mental noise. A voting aid reduces this but only in part.

Filtering strategies

Choose one theme you are not willing to compromise on. Anything that conflicts with that can be ruled out – simple and effective.

Five concrete actions before you head to the polls

Five concrete actions before you head to the polls

Practical, feasible and ready for tomorrow

You do not need to be a political scientist to cast a well-founded vote. These actions take little time and yield a lot of clarity.

Action 1: Check the date

The general election is officially scheduled for Wednesday 29 October 2025. Mark it in red in your diary.

Action 2: Read local news

Municipalities often publish additional polling stations or opening hours. Do not miss them; they exist for your convenience.

Action 3: Compare two manifestos

Take one established party and one outsider. That contrast sharpens your view and prevents predictable choices.

Action 4: Follow one debate live

Watch on television or via stream. Observe non-verbal signals as well as words.

Action 5: Sleep on it

Well known fact: decisions mature during sleep. Put your phone away and let your brain do the work.

A critical look at voting aids

A critical look at voting aids

Useful starting point, not the final station

StemWijzer, Kieskompas, JongerenKieswijzer – all useful. Yet never base your choice purely on algorithms.

Limited statements

Certain themes barely feature, for example digital rights.

False precision

A score of 83 % sounds exact, but it is simply a match between your answers and party points. Nuance is missing.

Human judgement remains essential

A tool does not know your local interests. You do.

Would you like to brainstorm about your vote together?

Would you like to brainstorm about your vote together?

We are ready to talk further, without sales talk. Send us a message and together we will find the sources or tools that give you the final push towards clarity.

Hans Lugtenberg

"A deal is a deal"

Yield.inc is a new asset manager in the Netherlands that focuses on excellent customer experience, sustainability and technology. When faced with the question of whether to develop our platform in-house or with a partner, we got in touch with Spartner. We are still 100% behind the choice for Spartner because we own the source code and with Spartner, a deal really is a deal, whether it concerns the delivery date or the agreed budget!

Hans Lugtenberg Partner at Yield Inc.

Norbert Wegter

"A professional software partner since 2010"

Spartner is involved and contributes in our search for innovations and always delivers top-notch work. After the first Huurda.nl version got out-dated, we collaboratively launched a completely new version in 2020.

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After transferring our D&K portal to Spartner, we have elevated the further development and continuity to a higher level. Although the D&K platform was originally developed internally, our technical expert can now focus on other innovations within Doijer & Kalff. Spartner provides the quality we need without excessive costs. They have seamlessly taken over the care of our portal, allowing us to benefit from a flexible capacity that perfectly aligns with our future plans and innovation goals.

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"Pragmatic and flexible collaboration"

Spartner has created a customized portal for us for the accountability of large-scale collaborative projects. This enables us and our partners to execute and account for their plans in a shared environment that is secure, transparent, and manageable. The pragmatic and flexible collaboration with Spartner has ensured that we have quickly achieved a functional and user-friendly environment.

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Marco Caspers

"AI and machine learning as legal tools"

In 2020, we transferred the development of Lynn to Spartner. As a result of their fast development process, the Lynn platform achieves an increasingly central role in the legal world.

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Bjorn Gubbels

"As a business you must dare to move forward"

Innovation and change are not always welcomed with equal enthusiasm by our employees, man is a creature of habit but as a company you have to dare to move forward and the need for a contemporary drawing program for the realization of various constructions with our Masterbloc bricks was high. For us but also for Spartner, this challenge was a bit of pioneering and together we had to overcome some hurdles to arrive at a beautiful and efficient business tool. A development and learning process for both parties, in which the feedback of questions and desired adjustments by our employees to Spartner was always in good consultation and we could count on quick feedback and targeted solutions. We continue to exchange experiences with Spartner and look back and forward to a successful collaboration.

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Marco Leenders

"Spartner extends our capabilities and development capacity"

With weekly calls, using our Azure DevOps sprint system, Spartner actively works together with our innovation, communication and software development departments.

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Josh Mountain

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We requested custom help to a performance challenge we had in our implementation of Laravel Excel. I was amazed how quickly these Laravel artisans achieved significant performance gains, which saved us a lot of development time.

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Maurice Evers

"Higher occupancy rate thanks to our user-friendly platform"

Throughout the great years that we cooperate with Spartner (previously Maatwebsite, Ed.), our software has been developed continuously. Students and landlords actively work with features like allocation, payments, chat, contract generation and more.

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Maarten Bremer

"Innovating in the digital identification network of The Netherlands and Europe"

The pro-active approach of Spartner was crucial in understanding the complexity of the eHerkenning network.

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Niels Winters

"Innovation in legal technology"

As jurists with knowledge of IT, we highly value quality; within code, but also in process. The high work-level and trustworthiness of Spartner gives us the capacity to continuously create innovative features.

Legal tech platform

Niels Winters Managing Director JuriBlox

Frequently asked questions

Practical answers to the questions we hear most often.

How can I be sure that my party stands in every constituency? 🙂

Check the candidate list on Kiesraad.nl. It shows per constituency which parties compete. Eighteen parties are active nationwide, nine only regionally.

Is StemWijzer for 2025 already online? 🤔

No. The makers have announced that it will go live on 1 October 2025. Until then you can practise with the 2023 edition to explore your positions.

What if the voting aids give different outcomes? 😅

That happens regularly. Look at the overlapping parties or read the explanation for the statements on which you differ.

Does casting a blank vote really make no difference? 🙃

Your turnout is counted, but a blank vote does not influence the seat allocation. In effect you grant others relatively more influence.

Can I still switch party on polling day itself? 😬

Yes, as long as you have not yet handed in your ballot paper. Take your time in the polling booth; nobody forces you to hurry.

What do parties actually do about sustainability? 🌱

Visit Kiesklimaat.nl for an environmental label based on voting behaviour. You will see immediately whether green words were followed by green deeds.

Are there apps to follow voting behaviour live? 📱

Yes. StemmenTracker offers a real-time overview of parliamentary votes, handy if you value policy over promises.

What about privacy in voting aids? 🔒

Serious platforms such as StemWijzer and Kieskompas follow strict GDPR standards. You can still use an incognito window for an extra layer of safety.

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