2002 Dutch General Election
The Fortuyn election15 May 2002 · Purple and the Fortuyn revolt · 150 seats, 76 for a majority
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 15 May 2002. The elections were amongst the most dramatic in Dutch history, not just in terms of the electoral results, as they were completely overshadowed by the assassination of leader Pim Fortuyn only nine days before election day.
Prime Minister before
—
Prime Minister (continued)
Jan Peter Balkenende
CDA
Largest force
CDA
43 of 150 seats
Turnout
79.1%
The result
CDA
Jan Peter Balkenende · 27.9% of votes · +14 seats
43
seats
LPF
Pim Fortuyn (assassinated) · 17.0% of votes
26
seats
VVD
Hans Dijkstal · 15.4% of votes · -14 seats
24
seats
PvdA
Ad Melkert · 15.1% of votes · -22 seats
23
seats
GL
Paul Rosenmöller · 7.0% of votes · -1 seats
10
seats
SP
Jan Marijnissen · 5.9% of votes · +4 seats
9
seats
D66
Thom de Graaf · 5.1% of votes · -7 seats
7
seats
CU
Kars Veling · 2.5% of votes · -1 seats
4
seats
SGP
Bas van der Vlies · 1.7% of votes · -1 seats
2
seats
LN
Fred Teeven · 1.6% of votes · +2 seats
2
seats