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
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Prime Minister (continued)
Mark Rutte
VVD
Largest force
VVD
41 of 150 seats
Turnout
74.6%
The result
| Share of the House of Representatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VVD | Mark Rutte | 41 | +10 | — | 26.6% | — | |
| PvdA | Diederik Samsom | 38 | +8 | — | 24.8% | — | |
| PVV | Geert Wilders | 15 | -9 | — | 10.1% | — | |
| SP | Emile Roemer | 15 | 0 | — | 9.7% | — | |
| CDA | Sybrand van Haersma Buma | 13 | -8 | — | 8.5% | — | |
| D66 | Alexander Pechtold | 12 | +2 | — | 8.0% | — | |
| CU | Arie Slob | 5 | 0 | — | 3.1% | — | |
| GL | Jolande Sap | 4 | -6 | — | 2.3% | — | |
| SGP | Kees van der Staaij | 3 | +1 | — | 2.1% | — | |
| PvdD | Marianne Thieme | 2 | 0 | — | 1.9% | — | |
| 50+ | Henk Krol | 2 | — | — | 1.9% | — |