2012 Dutch General Election
12 September 2012 · The fragmented century · 150 seats, 76 for a majority
Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 12 September 2012 after Prime Minister Mark Rutte handed in his government's resignation to Queen Beatrix on 23 April. The 150 seats of the House of Representatives were contested using party-list proportional representation.
Prime Minister before
—
Prime Minister (continued)
Mark Rutte
VVD
Largest force
VVD
41 of 150 seats
Turnout
74.6%
The result
VVD
Mark Rutte · 26.6% of votes · +10 seats
41
seats
PvdA
Diederik Samsom · 24.8% of votes · +8 seats
38
seats
PVV
Geert Wilders · 10.1% of votes · -9 seats
15
seats
SP
Emile Roemer · 9.7% of votes · 0 seats
15
seats
CDA
Sybrand van Haersma Buma · 8.5% of votes · -8 seats
13
seats
D66
Alexander Pechtold · 8.0% of votes · +2 seats
12
seats
CU
Arie Slob · 3.1% of votes · 0 seats
5
seats
GL
Jolande Sap · 2.3% of votes · -6 seats
4
seats
SGP
Kees van der Staaij · 2.1% of votes · +1 seats
3
seats
PvdD
Marianne Thieme · 1.9% of votes · 0 seats
2
seats
50+
Henk Krol · 1.9% of votes
2
seats