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The country has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, and any one party has little chance of gaining power alone; parties work with each other to form coalition governments. The lower house of the legislature, the House of Representatives , is elected by a national party-list system of proportional representation .
Sixteen parties were elected to the House, the highest number since 1918. [1] After the election, the Fourth Rutte cabinet was formed for this term, consisting of People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD, 34 seats), Democrats 66 (D66, 24 seats), Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA, 15 seats) and Christian Union (CU, 5 seats).
Leaders of political parties in the Netherlands by party (17 C) ... People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians (5 C, 288 P) Pim Fortuyn List politicians (52 P)
No fewer than 26 Dutch political parties are seeking a share of the 150 seats in the lower house of parliament when the Netherlands holds a general election Wednesday. Only a few of them stand a ...
Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 22 November 2023 to elect the members of the House of Representatives. [1] [2] The elections had been expected to be held in 2025, but a snap election was called after the fourth Rutte cabinet collapsed on 7 July 2023 due to disagreements on immigration policy between the coalition parties. [3]
For the 22 November 2023 Dutch general election, 26 electoral lists were successfully submitted, totalling 1,126 candidates. [1] The 150 seats were awarded to party lists, with candidates over the preference threshold awarded a seat first if available and the other seats awarded based on position on the list.
Since no party ever won an absolute majority, these political parties had to work together in coalition governments. These alternated between a centre-left "Roman/Red" coalition of PvdA, KVP, ARP and CHU and a centre-right coalition of VVD, KVP, ARP and CHU. The seat distribution in the House of Representatives from 1946 to 2021.
Beating predictions, Wilders' Freedom Party won 37 seats out of 150 in the Dutch parliament, well ahead of the 25 seats secured by a joint Labour/Green ticket and 24 for the VVD in the Nov. 22 vote.