Politics
The municipal council of Haren has 17 seats. The table below gives political party and seat counts since 1998.
| Municipal council seats | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | |||||||||||
| VVD | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| D66 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| PvdA | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
| CDA | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||
| GreenLeft | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Gezond Verstand Haren | - | - | - | 2 | |||||||||||
| ChristianUnion | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | |||||||||||
The executive board consists of VVD, PvdA and D66.
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