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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. There is no ...
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)
The Socialist Party (SP), in its first years was a radical-socialist and communist party, a maoist split from the Communist Party Netherlands. It is now a socialist party advocating democratic socialism, rejecting the privatisation of public services and advocating increased social welfare and socialised education and safety. DENK, a small ...
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).
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 ...
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.
An exception to the above exists in the form of lijstduwer ("list pushers"), famous people (former politicians, but also sports people) who are put on the candidate list but will not accept a seat when they get enough votes for one. During the municipal elections in 2006 professor Joop van Holsteyn criticised this practise, saying someone on a ...
Leaders of political parties in the Netherlands (3 C, 39 P) Political parties in the Netherlands by ideology (11 C) Political parties in the Dutch Caribbean (7 C)