House of Representatives (Netherlands) - Current Situation

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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e • d Summary of the 12 September 2012 Dutch House of Representatives election results
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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