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
VVD
Mark Rutte · 20.5% of votes · +9 seats
31
seats
PvdA
Job Cohen · 19.6% of votes · -3 seats
30
seats
PVV
Geert Wilders · 15.4% of votes · +15 seats
24
seats
CDA
Jan Peter Balkenende · 13.6% of votes · -20 seats
21
seats
SP
Emile Roemer · 9.8% of votes · -10 seats
15
seats
D66
Alexander Pechtold · 7.0% of votes · +7 seats
10
seats
GL
Femke Halsema · 6.7% of votes · +3 seats
10
seats
CU
André Rouvoet · 3.2% of votes · -1 seats
5
seats
SGP
Kees van der Staaij · 1.7% of votes · 0 seats
2
seats
PvdD
Marianne Thieme · 1.3% of votes · 0 seats
2
seats