Current Situation
The 2012 Dutch general elections were held on Wednesday, September 12, 2012, and followed the call for new elections after the fall of the First Rutte cabinet.
The formation talks led to the installation of the Second Rutte cabinet, composed of VVD and PvdA on November 5, 2012.
| President | Name | Since | Political Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anouchka van Miltenburg | September 25, 2012 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
| Parliamentary leader | Name | Since | Political Party | Seats | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halbe Zijlstra | November 1, 2012 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 41 | ||
| Diederik Samsom | March 20, 2012 | Labour Party | 38 | Party leader | |
| Geert Wilders | November 23, 2006 | Party for Freedom | 15 | Party leader | |
| Emile Roemer | March 5, 2010 | Socialist Party | 15 | Party leader | |
| Sybrand van Haersma Buma | October 14, 2010 | Christian Democratic Appeal | 13 | Party leader | |
| Alexander Pechtold | November 23, 2006 | Democrats 66 | 12 | Party leader | |
| Arie Slob | April 28, 2011 | ChristianUnion | 5 | Party leader | |
| Bram van Ojik | October 8, 2012 | GreenLeft | 4 | ||
| Kees van der Staaij | June 17, 2010 | Reformed Political Party | 3 | Party leader | |
| Marianne Thieme | May 15, 2012 | Party for the Animals | 2 | Party leader | |
| Henk Krol | September 13, 2012 | 50PLUS | 2 | Vice Chairman |
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| Party | Political Ideology | Lijsttrekker | Votes | Seats | +/- | Vote % | +/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie, VVD) |
Conservative liberalism | Mark Rutte | 2,504,948 | 41 | +10 | 26.6 | +6.1 | ||
| Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid, PvdA) |
Social democracy | Diederik Samsom | 2,340,750 | 38 | +8 | 24.8 | +5.2 | ||
| Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid, PVV) |
Anti-Islam Conservative liberalism Right-wing populism Euroscepticism |
Geert Wilders | 950,263 | 15 | -9 | 10.1 | -5.4 | ||
| Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij, SP) |
Democratic socialism | Emile Roemer | 909,853 | 15 | 0 | 9.7 | -0.2 | ||
| Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl, CDA) |
Christian democracy | Sybrand van Haersma Buma | 801,620 | 13 | -8 | 8.5 | -5.1 | ||
| Democrats 66 (Democraten 66, D66) |
Social liberalism | Alexander Pechtold | 757,091 | 12 | +2 | 8.0 | +1.1 | ||
| ChristianUnion (ChristenUnie, CU) |
Christian democracy Social Christian |
Arie Slob | 294,586 | 5 | 0 | 3.1 | -0.1 | ||
| GreenLeft (GroenLinks, GL) |
Green Politics | Jolande Sap | 219,896 | 4 | -6 | 2.3 | -4.3 | ||
| Reformed Political Party (Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij, SGP) |
Christian right Social conservatism |
Kees van der Staaij | 196,780 | 3 | +1 | 2.1 | +0.4 | ||
| Party for the Animals (Partij voor de Dieren, PvdD) |
Animal welfare Animal rights |
Marianne Thieme | 182,162 | 2 | 0 | 1.9 | 0.6 | ||
| 50PLUS | Pensioners' Party | Henk Krol | 177,631 | 2 | - | 1.9 | - | ||
| Pirate Party (Piratenpartij) |
Pirate politics Direct democracy Open government |
Dirk Poot | 30,600 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | +0.2 | ||
| Party for Human and Spirit (Partij voor Mens en Spirit, MenS) |
Spiritual politics | Lea Manders | 18,310 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | -0.1 | ||
| Sovereign Independent Pioneers Netherlands (Soeverein Onafhankelijke Pioniers Nederland, SOPN) |
Johan Oldenkamp | 12,982 | 0 | – | 0.1 | – | |||
| Party of the Future (Partij van de Toekomst, PvdT) |
Political satire | Johan Vlemmix | 8,194 | 0 | – | 0.1 | – | ||
| Democratic Political Turning Point (Democratisch Politiek Keerpunt, DPK) |
Conservative liberalism Nationalism Soft euroscepticism Populism |
Hero Brinkman | 7,363 | 0 | – | 0.1 | – | ||
| Libertarian Party (Libertarische Partij, LP) |
Libertarianism | Toine Manders | 4,163 | 0 | – | <0.1 | – | ||
| Netherlands Local (Nederland Lokaal, NL) |
Ton Schijvenaars | 2,842 | 0 | – | <0.1 | – | |||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Liberaal Democratische Partij, LibDem) |
Social liberalism | Sammy van Tuyll van Serooskerken | 2,126 | 0 | – | <0.1 | – | ||
| Anti-Europe Party (Anti Europa Partij, AeuP) |
Euroscepticism | Arnold Reinten | 2,013 | 0 | – | <0.1 | – | ||
| Political Party NXD (Politieke Partij NXD) |
Anil Samlal | 62 | 0 | – | <0.1 | – | |||
| Total | 9,424,235 | 150 | – | 100.0 | – | ||||
| Invalid / Blank | 37,988 | ||||||||
| Turnout | 9,462,223 | ||||||||
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