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
CDA
Jan Peter Balkenende · 28.6% of votes · +1 seats
44
seats
PvdA
Wouter Bos · 27.3% of votes · +19 seats
42
seats
VVD
Gerrit Zalm · 17.9% of votes · +4 seats
28
seats
SP
Jan Marijnissen · 6.3% of votes · 0 seats
9
seats
LPF
Mat Herben · 5.7% of votes · -18 seats
8
seats
GL
Femke Halsema · 5.1% of votes · -2 seats
8
seats
D66
Thom de Graaf · 4.1% of votes · -1 seats
6
seats
CU
André Rouvoet · 2.1% of votes · -1 seats
3
seats
SGP
Bas van der Vlies · 1.6% of votes · 0 seats
2
seats