2010 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
After the election, the formation of a new government took 127 days. Both the VVD and the PvdA hoped to have a leading role. VVD talks with the PvdA and other left-wing parties (trying to form a so-called
The 150 seats of the House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal) were contested, and were filled using party-list proportional representation for a nominal four-year term.
Background
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The election follows the PvdA's withdrawal in February from the coalition over the contribution of Dutch soldiers to the
Debates
The first radio debate was held on 21 May 2010. The first television debate, held on 23 May was, according to instant polls, won by Mark Rutte on 36%, with Job Cohen second on 24%, and Geert Wilders and Jan Peter Balkenende third, on 18%.[4]
Opinion polls
Party | 2006 | Politieke Barometer[5] | Peil.nl[6] | TNS-NIPO[7] | ||||
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% | Seats (150) | 8-6-2010 | Exit polls (21.00 hrs) | 7-6-2010 | Exit polls | 31-5-2010 | Exit polls | |
CDA | 26.5 | 41 | 24 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 21 |
PvdA | 21.2 | 33 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 29 |
SP | 16.6 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 |
VVD | 14.7 | 22 | 33 | 31 | 36 | 34 | 37 | 36 |
PVV | 5.9 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 |
GL
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4.6 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
CU
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4.0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
D66 | 2.0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
PvdD | 1.8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
SGP
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1.6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
ToN/Trots *
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– | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Others | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
* Trots op Nederland is the party formed by Rita Verdonk after she split from the VVD in 2007 and became an independent representative. |
Polls indicated that the elections were too close to call.[8]
Results
Turnout was reported to be over 5% less than the previous elections[9] allegedly due to heavy rain and stormy weather.[10]
Party for Human and Spirit 26,196 | 0.28 | 0 | New | | |||||
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Pirate Party | 10,471 | 0.11 | 0 | New | |||||
List 17 / Feijen List | 7,456 | 0.08 | 0 | New | |||||
Partij één | 2,042 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |||||
New Netherlands | 2,010 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |||||
Heel NL | 1,255 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |||||
Evangelical Party Netherlands | 924 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |||||
Total | 9,416,001 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 | |||||
Valid votes | 9,416,001 | 99.71 | |||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 26,976 | 0.29 | |||||||
Total votes | 9,442,977 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 12,524,152 | 75.40 | |||||||
Source: Kiesraad |
By province
Province | VVD | PvdA | PVV | CDA | SP | D66 | GL | CU | SGP | PvdD | Others |
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Drenthe | 19.2 | 26.2 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 9.8 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
Flevoland | 24.5 | 19.0 | 16.2 | 10.6 | 8.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
Friesland
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15.5 | 24.8 | 11.4 | 18.2 | 11.5 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
Gelderland | 19.4 | 18.7 | 13.5 | 15.7 | 9.7 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
Groningen | 14.5 | 27.6 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 6.5 | 8.3 | 6.1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 |
Limburg | 15.5 | 15.6 | 26.8 | 16.0 | 12.9 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
North Brabant | 21.0 | 16.1 | 17.4 | 16.2 | 13.4 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
North Holland | 23.5 | 23.6 | 13.5 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
Overijssel | 16.9 | 19.1 | 12.6 | 20.4 | 9.3 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
South Holland | 22.4 | 18.6 | 16.9 | 11.2 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
Utrecht | 23.2 | 18.1 | 12.5 | 12.0 | 7.1 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
Zeeland | 17.5 | 17.4 | 15.0 | 16.3 | 9.2 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 8.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
Reactions
Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende stepped down from his position in the CDA and resigned his parliamentary seat on the evening of the election, saying he was taking "political responsibility" for the unsatisfactory election results of his party and that "The voter has spoken, the outcome is clear."[12]
Government formation
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Expectations were that
On 14 October, Mark Rutte was sworn in as prime minister.[15] Rutte's government resigned on 24 April 2012 over austerity measures.
Analysis
Some international media speculated that "for the first time in this nation's history, a Jewish man, albeit a secular one, is on the verge of becoming the next prime minister ... Job Cohen, who was until recently the Mayor of Amsterdam, and represents the top of the ticket for the PvdA ... is at the end of a long battle to run the country that began in February when the PvdA backed out of the ruling coalition government because it did not want to send Dutch troops back to Afghanistan."[3]
See also
- List of members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–12
- List of candidates in the 2010 Dutch general election
References
- ^ "Ontslag en benoeming bewindspersonen" (in Dutch). Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst. 2009-02-23. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- ^ "Election 2010 – The Netherlands shifts to the right". nrc.nl. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
- ^ a b "The Netherlands decides its fate - Focus". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
- ^ "Peiling: Rutte wint debat". 23 May 2010.
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(help) - ^ "Politieke Barometer Week 23 – 08 juni 2010". Politiekebarometer.nl. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
- ^ "VVD nog 4 zetels voor op PvdA, incl. prognose voor TK2010 (laatste peiling)". Peil.nl. No Ties bv. 2010-06-08. Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
- TNS NIPO. 2010-05-12. Retrieved 2010-06-09. [permanent dead link]
- ^ "Radio Netherlands Worldwide (2010-06-09): Dutch election too close to call". Rnw.nl. 2010-06-04. Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
- ^ "Tweede Kamer Verkiezingen 2010". Telegraaf.
- ^ Verkiezingen nog nooit zo spannend, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 9 June 2010
- ^ "Tweede Kamer 9 juni 2010". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Dutch PM quits CDA party leadership - Europe". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
- ^ "Dutch Face Months of Coalition Talks; Wilders Third (Update2)". Bloomberg.com. 2005-05-30. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
- ^ "Dutch election gives austerity-minded Liberals slim win". Dw-world.de. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
- ^ "Dutch government - who's who | Radio Netherlands Worldwide". Archived from the original on 2010-10-19. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
External links
- NSD: European Election Database - Netherlands Archived 2010-11-30 at the Wayback Machine publishes regional level election data; allows for comparisons of election results, 1994–2010