The Greens (Netherlands)
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The Greens De Groenen | |
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| Ideology | Green politics |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| European affiliation | European Green Party |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| Colours | Green |
| Seats in the House of Representatives | 0 / 150 |
| Seats in the Senate | 0 / 75 |
| States-Provincial | 0 / 566 |
| Amstel, Gooi en Vecht Water Board | 1 / 26 |
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The Greens (DG, De Groenen) is a
History
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A group of Dutch environmentalists led by Marten Bierman founded The Greens on 17 December 1983. They entered the European elections under the name "European Greens" since the name "The Greens" was controlled by
For the
In 1989,
For the Dutch general election of 1994, GroenLinks proposed a candidate chosen by The Greens on place 10 on their list, but this was rejected by The Green's Congress. The party entered the election with Hein Westerouen van Meeteren as top-candidate and won 0.2% of vote. In the 1994 municipal elections the party expanded its number of seats and won seats in Leiden, Nijmegen, Zwolle and Amsterdam. In 1991, GroenLinks MEP Herman Verbeek left his party and continued as an independent. He became a member of The Greens in 1994 and led their European list in the European Parliament election. The party won 2.36% of vote, below the threshold.
In 1995, the party contested several provincial elections. It won seats in North Holland and
The Greens have not participated in the Dutch general elections since 1998. The party received 0.19% of the vote in the European elections of 2009 and 0.23% of the vote in the European elections of 2014.
By 2017, the party was split into two conflicting groups both claiming legitimacy with the total party membership being 33. One faction held a congress with 10 attendees which elected Otto ter Haar party leader.[2]
Election results
House of Representatives
The Greens have participated in five elections, failing to pass the threshold of 0,67 percent on each occasion.
| Election | Lead candidate | List | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
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| 1986 | Marten Bierman | List | 18,641 | 0.20 | 0 / 150
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New | Extra-parliamentary |
| 1989 | Roel van Duijn | List | 31,312 | 0.35 | 0 / 150
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| 1994 | Hein Westerouen van Meeteren | List | 13,902 | 0.15 | 0 / 150
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Extra-parliamentary |
| 1998 | Jaap Dirkmaat | List | 16,585 | 0.19 | 0 / 150
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Extra-parliamentary |
| 2021 | Otto ter Haar | List
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119 | 0.00 | 0 / 150
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Extra-parliamentary |
| 2023[a] | Mark van Treuren | List
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9,117 | 0.09 | 0 / 150
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Extra-parliamentary |
European Parliament
The Greens is a founding party of the European Green Party.[3]
The Greens participated since 1984 six times in the European elections.
| Election | List | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
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| 1984 | List
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67,413 | 1.27 (#8) | 0 / 25
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New | – |
| 1994 | List
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97,206 | 2.35 (#7) | 0 / 31
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| 2009 | List
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8,517 | 0.19 (#14) | 0 / 25
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| 2014 | List
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10,883 | 0.23 (#14) | 0 / 26
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| 2019 | List
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9,546 | 0.17 (#15) | 0 / 26
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| 2024[a] | List
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23,764 | 0.38 (#16) | 0 / 31
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- ^ In a joint list with Pirate Party.
States-Provincial
The Greens have been elected in the
Municipal councils
The Greens have been elected in the municipal councils of Amsterdam, Leiden, Zwolle, Nijmegen, Haarlem and Haren.[citation needed]
Water boards
In March 2015 The Greens were elected to the water board of Amstel, Gooi en Vecht with 23,604 votes (5.9%).[4]
See also
References
- ^ "addressen" [addresses]. De Groenen (in Dutch).
- European Greens. Archived(PDF) from the original on July 10, 2018.
- ^ "Green Parties". European Greens. Archived from the original on May 15, 2012.
- ^ "election result AGV". www.agv.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.