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Since 6 December 2023, 174 individuals have served as representatives in the House of Representatives, the 150-seat lower house of the States-General of the Netherlands. 150 members were elected after the general election of 22 November 2023 and were installed at the start of the term. 20 members were (temporary) replacements.
The House of Representatives (Dutch: Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal [ˈtʋeːdə ˈkaːmər dɛr ˈstaːtə(ŋ) ɣeːnəˈraːl] ⓘ, literally "Second Chamber of the States General", or simply Tweede Kamer) is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands, the States General, the other one being the Senate.
Between 31 March 2021 and 5 December 2023, 187 individuals served as representatives in House of Representatives, the 150-seat lower house of the States General of the Netherlands. Vera Bergkamp was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives for this period. The members were elected during the general election of 17 March 2021.
The lower house of the legislature, the House of Representatives, is elected by a national party-list system of proportional representation. There is no threshold for getting a seat, so a party will win a seat with only two-thirds percent of the national vote, roughly one seat for every 67,000 votes.
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Between 23 March 2017 and 30 March 2021, 194 individuals served as representatives in the House of Representatives, the 150-seat lower house of the States-General of the Netherlands. 150 representatives were elected in the 15 March 2017 general election and installed at the start of the term; 44 representatives were appointed as replacements when elected representatives resigned or went on leave.
During the term, several members switched their parliamentary group affiliation, changing the party composition of the House of Representatives. On 3 June 2014, the 50+ group split into two, with both claiming the name 50+, resulting in 50+/Baay and 50+/Klein, until Norbert Klein decided to continue as independent on 13 November 2014.
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