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
| Share of the House of Representatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDA | Jan Peter Balkenende | 41 | -3 | — | 26.5% | — | |
| PvdA | Wouter Bos | 33 | -9 | — | 21.2% | — | |
| SP | Jan Marijnissen | 25 | +16 | — | 16.6% | — | |
| VVD | Mark Rutte | 22 | -6 | — | 14.7% | — | |
| PVV | Geert Wilders | 9 | — | — | 5.9% | — | |
| GL | Femke Halsema | 7 | -1 | — | 4.6% | — | |
| CU | André Rouvoet | 6 | +3 | — | 4.0% | — | |
| D66 | Alexander Pechtold | 3 | -3 | — | 2.0% | — | |
| PvdD | Marianne Thieme | 2 | — | — | 1.8% | — | |
| SGP | Bas van der Vlies | 2 | 0 | — | 1.6% | — |