Dutch Election Results 2017 & 2012 Map
Dutch Election: PM Rutte’s VVD Party Leads
As per the exit polls, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s centre-right VVD Party won the highest number of seats in parliamentary elections.
10.9% votes were counted early on Thursday, and the VVD had polled 17.8%.
81% of voter participation in the general election was the highest in three decades.
The three parties that are projected to win 19 seats each, include Geert Wilders’ anti-immigration Freedom Party (PVV), the D66 party and the Christian Democrats.
Wilders’ anti-immigration Freedom Party was leading in opinion polls but its support appeared to fall in recent days.
General elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday 15 March 2017 to elect all 150 members of the House of Representatives.
Dutch General Election Results 2017 |
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| Party | Leader | % | Seats | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VVD | Mark Rutte | 21.2 | 33 | -8 |
| PVV | Geert Wilders | 13.1 | 20 | 5 |
| CDA | Sybrand van Haersma Buma | 12.4 | 19 | 6 |
| D66 | Alexander Pechtold | 12.1 | 19 | 7 |
| SP | Emile Roemer | 9.1 | 14 | -1 |
| GL | Jesse Klaver | 9 | 14 | 10 |
| PvdA | Lodewijk Asscher | 5.7 | 9 | -29 |
| CU | Gert-Jan Segers | 3.4 | 5 | 0 |
| PvdD | Marianne Thieme | 3.2 | 5 | 3 |
| 50PLUS | Henk Krol | 3.1 | 4 | 2 |
| SGP | Kees van der Staaij | 2.1 | 3 | 0 |
| DENK (Dutch political party) | Tunahan Kuzu | 2.1 | 3 | 3 |
| Forum voor Democratie | Thierry Baudet | 1.8 | 2 | 2 |
Dutch Election 2017 Participating parties & Candidates |
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| List | Party | Acronym | Candidate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy | VVD | Mark Rutte |
| 2 | Labour Party | PvdA | Lodewijk Asscher |
| 3 | Party for Freedom | PVV | Geert Wilders |
| 4 | Socialist Party | SP | Emile Roemer |
| 5 | Christian Democratic Appeal | CDA | Sybrand van Haersma Buma |
| 6 | Democrats 66 | D66 | Alexander Pechtold |
| 7 | Christian Union | CU | Gert-Jan Segers |
| 8 | GroenLinks | GL | Jesse Klaver |
| 9 | Reformed Political Party | SGP | Kees van der Staaij |
| 10 | Party for the Animals | PvdD | Marianne Thieme |
| 11 | 50PLUS | 50+ | Henk Krol |
| 12 | Entrepreneurs Party | OP | Hero Brinkman |
| 13 | VoorNederland | VNL | Jan Roos |
| 14 | Denk | DENK | Tunahan Kuzu |
| 15 | Nieuwe Wegen | NiWe | Jacques Monasch |
| 16 | Forum voor Democratie | FvD | Thierry Baudet |
| 17 | The Civil Movement | DBB | Ad Vlems |
| 18 | Free Thinking Party | VP | Norbert Klein |
| 19 | GeenPeil | GP | Jan Dijkgraaf |
| 20 | Pirate Party | PP | Ancilla van de Leest |
| 21 | Artikel 1 | A1 | Sylvana Simons |
| 22 | Niet Stemmers | NS | Peter Plasman |
| 23 | Libertarian Party | LP | Robert Valentine |
| 24 | Lokaal in de Kamer | LidK[11] | Jan Heijman |
| 25 | Jezus Leeft | JL | Florens van der Spek |
| 26 | StemNL | SNL | Mario van den Eijnde |
| 27 | Party for Human and Spirit / Basisinkomen Partij / V-R | MenS-BIP | Tara-Joëlle Fonk |
| 28 | Vrije Democratische Partij | VDP | Burhan Gökalp |
Dutch Election Results 2012 Map
Description :Here’s a map of the 2012 election results, where Rutte’s Liberal Party (blue) received the most votes and the Labor Party (red) won most of the large cities.
