Netherlands 2006 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Democratic Appeal won 41 of 150 seats with 26.5% of the vote; 80.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.3 points on 2003.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democratic Appeal | 41 | −3 | 26.5 | −2.1 | 2,608,573 |
| Labour Party | 33 | −9 | 21.2 | −6.1 | 2,085,077 |
| Socialist Party | 25 | +16 | 16.6 | +10.3 | 1,630,803 |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 22 | −6 | 14.7 | −3.2 | 1,443,312 |
| Party for Freedom | 9 | 5.9 | 579,490 | ||
| GroenLinks | 7 | −1 | 4.6 | −0.5 | 453,054 |
| Christian Union | 6 | +3 | 4.0 | +1.9 | 390,969 |
| Democrats 66 | 3 | −3 | 2.0 | −2.1 | 193,232 |
| Party for the Animals | 2 | +2 | 1.8 | +1.3 | 179,988 |
| Reformed Political Party | 2 | 0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 153,266 |
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0.6 | 62,829 |
± is the change against the Netherlands 2003 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Christian Democratic Appeal 2,608,573
- Labour Party 2,085,077
- Socialist Party 1,630,803
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1,443,312
- Party for Freedom 579,490
- GroenLinks 453,054
- Christian Union 390,969
- Democrats 66 193,232
- Party for the Animals 179,988
- Reformed Political Party 153,266
- Largest party without seats 62,829
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
80.4% of the 12,264,503 registered voters cast a ballot (9,854,998 ballots), up 0.3 points on 2003. 9,838,683 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1986 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Christian Democratic Appeal26.5% of votes27.3% of seats
- Labour Party21.2% of votes22.0% of seats
- Socialist Party16.6% of votes16.7% of seats
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy14.7% of votes14.7% of seats
- Party for Freedom5.9% of votes6.0% of seats
- GroenLinks4.6% of votes4.7% of seats
- Christian Union4.0% of votes4.0% of seats
- Democrats 662.0% of votes2.0% of seats
- Party for the Animals1.8% of votes1.3% of seats
- Reformed Political Party1.6% of votes1.3% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.8 by votes and 5.5 by seats; Christian Democratic Appeal led Labour Party by 5.3 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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