Netherlands 2010 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : People's Party for Freedom and Democracy won 31 of 150 seats with 20.5% of the vote; 75.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 5.0 points on 2006.
- Netherlands
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 31 | +9 | 20.5 | +5.8 | 1,929,575 |
| Labour Party | 30 | −3 | 19.6 | −1.6 | 1,848,805 |
| Party for Freedom | 24 | +15 | 15.4 | +9.6 | 1,454,493 |
| Christian Democratic Appeal | 21 | −20 | 13.6 | −12.9 | 1,281,886 |
| Socialist Party | 15 | −10 | 9.8 | −6.8 | 924,696 |
| Democrats 66 | 10 | +7 | 7.0 | +5.0 | 654,167 |
| GroenLinks | 10 | +3 | 6.7 | +2.1 | 628,096 |
| Christian Union | 5 | −1 | 3.2 | −0.7 | 305,094 |
| Reformed Political Party | 2 | 0 | 1.7 | +0.2 | 163,581 |
| Party for the Animals | 2 | 0 | 1.3 | −0.5 | 122,317 |
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | −0.1 | 52,937 |
± is the change against the Netherlands 2006 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1,929,575
- Labour Party 1,848,805
- Party for Freedom 1,454,493
- Christian Democratic Appeal 1,281,886
- Socialist Party 924,696
- Democrats 66 654,167
- GroenLinks 628,096
- Christian Union 305,094
- Reformed Political Party 163,581
- Party for the Animals 122,317
- Largest party without seats 52,937
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
75.4% of the 12,524,152 registered voters cast a ballot (9,442,977 ballots), down 5.0 points on 2006. 9,416,001 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1998 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy20.5% of votes20.7% of seats
- Labour Party19.6% of votes20.0% of seats
- Party for Freedom15.4% of votes16.0% of seats
- Christian Democratic Appeal13.6% of votes14.0% of seats
- Socialist Party9.8% of votes10.0% of seats
- Democrats 667.0% of votes6.7% of seats
- GroenLinks6.7% of votes6.7% of seats
- Christian Union3.2% of votes3.3% of seats
- Reformed Political Party1.7% of votes1.3% of seats
- Party for the Animals1.3% of votes1.3% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 0.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 7.0 by votes and 6.7 by seats; People's Party for Freedom and Democracy led Labour Party by 0.9 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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