Netherlands 2003 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Democratic Appeal won 44 of 150 seats with 28.6% of the vote; 80.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.0 points on 2002.
- Netherlands
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democratic Appeal | 44 | +1 | 28.6 | +0.7 | 2,763,480 |
| Labour Party | 42 | +19 | 27.3 | +12.2 | 2,631,363 |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 28 | +4 | 17.9 | +2.5 | 1,728,707 |
| Socialist Party | 9 | 0 | 6.3 | +0.4 | 609,723 |
| Pim Fortuyn List | 8 | −18 | 5.7 | −11.3 | 549,975 |
| GroenLinks | 8 | −2 | 5.1 | −1.8 | 495,802 |
| Democrats 66 | 6 | −1 | 4.1 | −1.0 | 393,333 |
| Christian Union | 3 | −1 | 2.1 | −0.4 | 204,694 |
| Reformed Political Party | 2 | 0 | 1.6 | −0.2 | 150,305 |
| Party for the Animals | 0 | 0.5 | 47,754 |
± is the change against the Netherlands 2002 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Christian Democratic Appeal 2,763,480
- Labour Party 2,631,363
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1,728,707
- Socialist Party 609,723
- Pim Fortuyn List 549,975
- GroenLinks 495,802
- Democrats 66 393,333
- Christian Union 204,694
- Reformed Political Party 150,305
- Party for the Animals 47,754
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
80.0% of the 12,076,711 registered voters cast a ballot (9,666,602 ballots), up 1.0 points on 2002. 9,654,475 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1989 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Christian Democratic Appeal28.6% of votes29.3% of seats
- Labour Party27.3% of votes28.0% of seats
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy17.9% of votes18.7% of seats
- Socialist Party6.3% of votes6.0% of seats
- Pim Fortuyn List5.7% of votes5.3% of seats
- GroenLinks5.1% of votes5.3% of seats
- Democrats 664.1% of votes4.0% of seats
- Christian Union2.1% of votes2.0% of seats
- Reformed Political Party1.6% of votes1.3% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.0 by votes and 4.7 by seats; Christian Democratic Appeal led Labour Party by 1.4 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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