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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 .
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]
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.
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 ...
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.
List English translation List name (Dutch) 1 list: GROENLINKS / Labour Party (PvdA) GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA) 2 list: VVD: VVD 3 list: CDA - European People's Party: CDA - Europese Volkspartij 4 list: Forum for Democracy: Forum voor Democratie 5 list: D66: D66 6 list: Party for the Animals: Partij voor de Dieren 7 list: 50PLUS ...
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)