2003 Dutch general election
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in the Netherlands on 22 January 2003.[1]
Background
The election was held following the resignation of the
In the early days of the campaign the
, saw a major lead.After TV debates the
Results
The LPF lost as spectacularly as it won in 2002, with its seat count dropping from 26 to 8. Commentators attributed the result to voters feeling that the LPF had become rudderless without its original leader and that the government had already implemented some of its policies, but argued disaffected LPF supporters would still back an "anti-establishment" party if a viable option was available.
The exciting race of which party would become the largest was eventually won by the CDA, which went from 43 to 44 seats, ensuring a continuation of Balkenende's career as prime minister.
Most of the smaller parties on both the left and right side did not experience significant changes. Several other parties (among them
After severe disagreements had frustrated the formation of a CDA-PvdA cabinet, a CDA-VVD-D66 cabinet was formed on 27 May 2003, with Balkenende as prime minister.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Christian Democratic Appeal | 2,763,480 | 28.62 | 44 | +1 | |
Labour Party | 2,631,363 | 27.26 | 42 | +19 | |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1,728,707 | 17.91 | 28 | +4 | |
Socialist Party | 609,723 | 6.32 | 9 | 0 | |
Pim Fortuyn List | 549,975 | 5.70 | 8 | –18 | |
GroenLinks | 495,802 | 5.14 | 8 | –2 | |
Democrats 66 | 393,333 | 4.07 | 6 | –1 | |
Christian Union | 204,694 | 2.12 | 3 | –1 | |
Reformed Political Party | 150,305 | 1.56 | 2 | 0 | |
Party for the Animals | 47,754 | 0.49 | 0 | New | |
Livable Netherlands | 38,894 | 0.40 | 0 | –2 | |
Party of the Future | 13,845 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | |
Ratelband List | 9,045 | 0.09 | 0 | New | |
Durable Netherlands | 7,271 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | |
New Communist Party of the Netherlands | 4,854 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |
DeConservatieven.nl | 2,521 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
Progressive Integration Party | 1,623 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
Alliance for Renewal and Democracy | 990 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
Veldhoen List | 296 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
Total | 9,654,475 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 9,654,475 | 99.87 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 12,127 | 0.13 | |||
Total votes | 9,666,602 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 12,076,711 | 80.04 | |||
Source: Kiesraad |
By province
Province | CDA | PvdA | VVD | SP | LPF | GL | D66 | CU | SGP | Others |
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Drenthe | 24.8 | 37.8 | 16.8 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
Flevoland | 24.7 | 25.5 | 21.3 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
Friesland
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32.0 | 33.5 | 12.6 | 6.0 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
Gelderland | 31.6 | 26.6 | 16.5 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.2 |
Groningen | 20.6 | 39.6 | 13.0 | 7.3 | 3.4 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
Limburg | 37.5 | 26.6 | 14.1 | 7.2 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.6 |
North Brabant | 33.9 | 23.6 | 18.2 | 8.4 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
North Holland | 21.1 | 29.0 | 21.5 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
Overijssel | 36.6 | 27.3 | 13.5 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
South Holland | 24.9 | 25.9 | 19.8 | 5.3 | 8.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
Utrecht | 27.3 | 23.5 | 20.4 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 1.1 |
Zeeland | 32.0 | 23.8 | 15.7 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 7.7 | 1.1 |
Further reading
- Van Holsteyn, Joop J. M.; Galen A. Irwin (January 2004). "The Dutch parliamentary elections of 2003". .
References
- ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ "Tweede Kamer 22 januari 2003". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 November 2021.