2003 Dutch General Election
22 January 2003 · The fragmented century · 150 seats, 76 for a majority
In the 2002 general election the Labour Party (PvdA) ran a campaign to transfer the premiership from Wim Kok to Ad Melkert, but its elitist tone alienated voters; Labour lost 22 seats and Melkert resigned.
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
Jan Peter Balkenende
CDA
Largest force
CDA
44 of 150 seats
Turnout
80.0%
The result
| Share of the House of Representatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDA | Jan Peter Balkenende | 44 | +1 | — | 28.6% | — | |
| PvdA | Wouter Bos | 42 | +19 | — | 27.3% | — | |
| VVD | Gerrit Zalm | 28 | +4 | — | 17.9% | — | |
| SP | Jan Marijnissen | 9 | 0 | — | 6.3% | — | |
| LPF | Mat Herben | 8 | -18 | — | 5.7% | — | |
| GL | Femke Halsema | 8 | -2 | — | 5.1% | — | |
| D66 | Thom de Graaf | 6 | -1 | — | 4.1% | — | |
| CU | André Rouvoet | 3 | -1 | — | 2.1% | — | |
| SGP | Bas van der Vlies | 2 | 0 | — | 1.6% | — |