2010 Dutch general election

The 2010 Dutch general election to elect the members of the House of Representatives was held on 9 June 2010.

The conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy won the most seats. Mark Rutte became the prime minister shortly after the election. The Christian Democratic Appeal lost the most seats in this election, while the Party for Freedom won the most.^[1]^[2]

Results[change | change source]

Party	Shortened	Seats	+/–	Votes	Vote %	Party leader
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	VVD	31	9	1,929,575	20.5%	Mark Rutte
Labour Party	PvdA	30	3	1,848,805	19.6%	Job Cohen
Party for Freedom	PVV	24	15	1,454,493	15.4%	Geert Wilders
Christian Democratic Appeal	CDA	21	20	1,281,886	13.6%	Jan Peter Balkenende
Socialist Party	SP	15	10	924,696	9.8%	Emile Roemer
Democrats 66	D66	10	7	654,167	7.0%	Alexander Pechtold
GreenLeft	GL	10	3	628,096	6.7%	Femke Halsema
ChristianUnion	CU	5	1	305,094	3.2%	André Rouvoet
Reformed Political Party	SGP	2	0	163,581	1.7%	Kees van der Staaij
Party for the Animals	PvdD	2	0	122,317	1.3%	Marianne Thieme
others		0	0	103,291	1.1%
Total		150	0	9,416,001	100%

Election results by municipality.

↑ "Lengthy coalition talks loom after far-right gain in Dutch elections". France24. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2017. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
↑ "Geert Wilders to enter Dutch government after support for anti-Islamic party triples". Telegraph.co.uk. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2017. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

NSD: European Election Database - Netherlands publishes regional level election data; allows for comparisons of election results, 1994–2010
(nl) Tweede Kamerverkiezingen 2010, Parlement.com

Elections of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands