Labour Party

As of 5 October 2026, Labour Party's latest result in our data is 5.7% of the vote and 9 seats in the Netherlands 2021 general election; its highest share in our data, since 1946, came in 1977, with 33.8% of the vote.

Partij van de Arbeid
Netherlands
32 elections in our data, 1946 to 2021

Labour Party, share of the vote at national parliament elections

Every result

Election	Share %	Seats
Netherlands 2021 general election	5.7	9 of 150
Netherlands 2017 general election	5.7	9 of 150
Netherlands 2012 general election	24.8	38 of 150
Netherlands 2010 general election	19.6	30 of 150
Netherlands 2006 general election	21.2	33 of 150
Netherlands 2003 general election	27.3	42 of 150
Netherlands 2002 general election	15.1	23 of 150
Netherlands 1998 general election	29.0	45 of 150
Netherlands 1994 general election	24.0	37 of 150
Netherlands 1989 general election	31.9	49 of 150
Netherlands 1986 general election	33.3	52 of 150
Netherlands 1982 general election	30.4	47 of 150
Netherlands 1981 general election	28.3	44 of 150
Netherlands 1977 general election	33.8	53 of 150
Netherlands 1972 general election	27.3	43 of 150
Netherlands 1971 general election	24.6	39 of 150
Netherlands 1967 general election	23.6	37 of 150
Netherlands 1963 general election	28.0	43 of 150
Netherlands 1959 general election	30.4	48 of 150
Netherlands 1956 general election	32.7	50 of 150
Netherlands 1952 general election	29.0	30 of 100
Netherlands 1948 general election	25.6	27 of 100
Netherlands 1946 general election	28.3	29 of 100

European Parliament

Election	Share %	Seats
Netherlands 2019 European Parliament election	19.0	6
Netherlands 2014 European Parliament election	9.4	3
Netherlands 2009 European Parliament election	12.1	3
Netherlands 2004 European Parliament election	23.6	7
Netherlands 1999 European Parliament election	20.1	6
Netherlands 1994 European Parliament election	22.9	8
Netherlands 1989 European Parliament election	30.7	8
Netherlands 1984 European Parliament election	33.7	9
Netherlands 1979 European Parliament election	30.4	9

Sources and licence

ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
Party Facts, Version 2023 (Bederke, Döring and Regel), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal

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Labour Party

Share of the vote

Every result

European Parliament

Other parties in the Netherlands

Sources and licence