Netherlands 2012 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : People's Party for Freedom and Democracy won 41 of 150 seats with 26.6% of the vote; 74.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.8 points on 2010.
- Netherlands
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 41 | +10 | 26.6 | +6.1 | 2,504,948 |
| Labour Party | 38 | +8 | 24.8 | +5.2 | 2,340,750 |
| Party for Freedom | 15 | −9 | 10.1 | −5.4 | 950,263 |
| Socialist Party | 15 | 0 | 9.7 | −0.2 | 909,853 |
| Christian Democratic Appeal | 13 | −8 | 8.5 | −5.1 | 801,620 |
| Democrats 66 | 12 | +2 | 8.0 | +1.1 | 757,091 |
| Christian Union | 5 | 0 | 3.1 | −0.1 | 294,586 |
| GroenLinks | 4 | −6 | 2.3 | −4.3 | 219,896 |
| Reformed Political Party | 3 | +1 | 2.1 | +0.3 | 196,780 |
| Party for the Animals | 2 | 0 | 1.9 | +0.6 | 182,162 |
| 50PLUS | 2 | 1.9 | 177,631 | ||
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | −0.2 | 30,600 |
± is the change against the Netherlands 2010 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 2,504,948
- Labour Party 2,340,750
- Party for Freedom 950,263
- Socialist Party 909,853
- Christian Democratic Appeal 801,620
- Democrats 66 757,091
- Christian Union 294,586
- GroenLinks 219,896
- Reformed Political Party 196,780
- Party for the Animals 182,162
- 50PLUS 177,631
- Largest party without seats 30,600
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
74.6% of the 12,689,810 registered voters cast a ballot (9,462,223 ballots), down 0.8 points on 2010. 9,424,235 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 Democracy26.6% of votes27.3% of seats
- Labour Party24.8% of votes25.3% of seats
- Party for Freedom10.1% of votes10.0% of seats
- Socialist Party9.7% of votes10.0% of seats
- Christian Democratic Appeal8.5% of votes8.7% of seats
- Democrats 668.0% of votes8.0% of seats
- Christian Union3.1% of votes3.3% of seats
- GroenLinks2.3% of votes2.7% of seats
- Reformed Political Party2.1% of votes2.0% of seats
- Party for the Animals1.9% of votes1.3% of seats
- 50PLUS1.9% 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 5.9 by votes and 5.7 by seats; People's Party for Freedom and Democracy led Labour Party by 1.7 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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