Dutch General Elections 2010 Results and Updates
Written by Daniel Vill Elux on Friday, June 11th, 2010
The Dutch General Elections 2010 was held on Wednesday, June 9, 2010. Queen Beatrix accepted the resignation of the PvdA ministers on February 23 after the fall of the cabinet Balkenende IV on February 20.
As of now, Members of the CDA and CU replaced the ministers who had resigned, and have continued as a demissionary cabinet with limited powers until the elections. 150 seats of Dutch House of Representatives were contested, and were filled using party-list proportional representation for a nominal four-year term.
Dutch House of Representatives election results (as of June 9, 2010)
Top 4 Parties
People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy
(Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie, VVD)
Top Candidate: Mark Rutte
Votes: 1,896,569
Seats: 31
+/- +9
Vote %: 20.4
Seat %: 20.7
Labour Party
(Partij van de Arbeid, PvdA)
Votes: 1,816,647
Seats: 30
+/- -3
Vote %: 19.6
Seat %: 20.0
Party for Freedom
(Partij voor de Vrijheid, PVV)
Votes: 1,435,349
Seats: 24
+/- +15
Vote %: 15.5
Seat %: 16.0
Christian Democratic Appeal
(Christen-Democratisch Appèl, CDA)
Votes: 1,270,266
Seats: 21
+/- -20
Vote %: 13.7
Seat %: 14.0