Netherlands 2017 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : People's Party for Freedom and Democracy won 33 of 150 seats with 21.3% of the vote; 81.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 7.4 points on 2012.
- Netherlands
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 33 | −8 | 21.3 | −5.3 | 2,238,351 |
| Party for Freedom | 20 | +5 | 13.1 | +3.0 | 1,372,941 |
| Christian Democratic Appeal | 19 | +6 | 12.4 | +3.9 | 1,301,796 |
| Democrats 66 | 19 | +7 | 12.2 | +4.2 | 1,285,819 |
| GroenLinks | 14 | +10 | 9.1 | +6.8 | 959,600 |
| Socialist Party | 14 | −1 | 9.1 | −0.6 | 955,633 |
| Labour Party | 9 | −29 | 5.7 | −19.1 | 599,699 |
| Christian Union | 5 | 0 | 3.4 | +0.3 | 356,271 |
| Party for the Animals | 5 | +3 | 3.2 | +1.3 | 335,214 |
| 50PLUS | 4 | +2 | 3.1 | +1.2 | 327,131 |
| Reformed Political Party | 3 | 0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 218,950 |
| Denk | 3 | 2.1 | 216,147 | ||
| Forum for Democracy | 2 | 1.8 | 187,162 | ||
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | +0.1 | 38,209 |
± is the change against the Netherlands 2012 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 2,238,351
- Party for Freedom 1,372,941
- Christian Democratic Appeal 1,301,796
- Democrats 66 1,285,819
- GroenLinks 959,600
- Socialist Party 955,633
- Labour Party 599,699
- Christian Union 356,271
- Party for the Animals 335,214
- 50PLUS 327,131
- Reformed Political Party 218,950
- Denk 216,147
- Forum for Democracy 187,162
- Largest party without seats 38,209
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
81.9% of the 12,893,466 registered voters cast a ballot (10,563,456 ballots), up 7.4 points on 2012. 10,516,041 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1986 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy21.3% of votes22.0% of seats
- Party for Freedom13.1% of votes13.3% of seats
- Christian Democratic Appeal12.4% of votes12.7% of seats
- Democrats 6612.2% of votes12.7% of seats
- GroenLinks9.1% of votes9.3% of seats
- Socialist Party9.1% of votes9.3% of seats
- Labour Party5.7% of votes6.0% of seats
- Christian Union3.4% of votes3.3% of seats
- Party for the Animals3.2% of votes3.3% of seats
- 50PLUS3.1% of votes2.7% of seats
- Denk2.1% of votes2.0% of seats
- Reformed Political Party2.1% of votes2.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 0.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 8.5 by votes and 8.1 by seats; People's Party for Freedom and Democracy led Party for Freedom by 8.2 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
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0. How to reuse and cite this page.