2010 Dutch General Election
Rutte's arrival9 June 2010 · The fragmented century · 150 seats, 76 for a majority
General elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday 9 June 2010. This was triggered by the fall of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's fourth cabinet on 20 February with Queen Beatrix accepting the resignation of the Labour Party (PvdA) ministers on 23 February.
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
Mark Rutte
VVD
Largest force
VVD
31 of 150 seats
Turnout
75.4%
The result
| Share of the House of Representatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VVD | Mark Rutte | 31 | +9 | — | 20.5% | — | |
| PvdA | Job Cohen | 30 | -3 | — | 19.6% | — | |
| PVV | Geert Wilders | 24 | +15 | — | 15.4% | — | |
| CDA | Jan Peter Balkenende | 21 | -20 | — | 13.6% | — | |
| SP | Emile Roemer | 15 | -10 | — | 9.8% | — | |
| D66 | Alexander Pechtold | 10 | +7 | — | 7.0% | — | |
| GL | Femke Halsema | 10 | +3 | — | 6.7% | — | |
| CU | André Rouvoet | 5 | -1 | — | 3.2% | — | |
| SGP | Kees van der Staaij | 2 | 0 | — | 1.7% | — | |
| PvdD | Marianne Thieme | 2 | 0 | — | 1.3% | — |