2006 Dutch General Election
22 November 2006 · The fragmented century · 150 seats, 76 for a majority
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 22 November 2006, following the fall of the Second Balkenende cabinet. The election proved relatively successful for the governing Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) which remained the largest party with 41 seats, a loss of only three seats.
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
Jan Peter Balkenende
CDA
Largest force
CDA
41 of 150 seats
Turnout
80.3%
The result
CDA
Jan Peter Balkenende · 26.5% of votes · -3 seats
41
seats
PvdA
Wouter Bos · 21.2% of votes · -9 seats
33
seats
SP
Jan Marijnissen · 16.6% of votes · +16 seats
25
seats
VVD
Mark Rutte · 14.7% of votes · -6 seats
22
seats
PVV
Geert Wilders · 5.9% of votes
9
seats
GL
Femke Halsema · 4.6% of votes · -1 seats
7
seats
CU
André Rouvoet · 4.0% of votes · +3 seats
6
seats
D66
Alexander Pechtold · 2.0% of votes · -3 seats
3
seats
PvdD
Marianne Thieme · 1.8% of votes
2
seats
SGP
Bas van der Vlies · 1.6% of votes · 0 seats
2
seats