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Revision as of 19:55, 12 March 2017

Dutch general election, 2017
Netherlands
← 2012 15 March 2017
All 150 seats to the House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Current seats
VVD Mark Rutte
PvdA Lodewijk Asscher
SP Emile Roemer
CDA Sybrand van Haersma Buma
PVV Geert Wilders
D66 Alexander Pechtold
CU Gert-Jan Segers
GL Jesse Klaver
SGP Kees van der Staaij
PvdD Marianne Thieme
50+ Henk Krol
independent (politician) n/a
Incumbent Prime Minister
Mark Rutte Mark Rutte
VVD

General elections are planned to be held in the Netherlands on Wednesday, 15 March 2017 to elect all 150 members of the House of Representatives.[1]

For a considerable time (2002–2012), every cabinet has resigned before completing its full four-year term. The 2012 elections saw the Labour Party (PvdA) and People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) go head-to-head for the position of prime minister, gathering enough seats in the process to form an absolute majority. Incumbent Prime Minister Mark Rutte (VVD) formed a coalition government with the PvdA, ousting the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) from government, while the Party for Freedom (PVV) went back to full opposition. Because the second Rutte cabinet lacked a majority in the Senate, it has relied on the support of the Democrats 66 (D66), ChristianUnion (CU) and Reformed Political Party (SGP).

Electoral system and organisation

The House of Representatives, or Second Chamber (Tweede Kamer) is composed of 150 seats elected by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency.

Following reports from the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) that Russian hacking groups Fancy Bear and Cozy Bear had made several attempts to hack into Dutch ministries, including the Ministry of General Affairs to gain access to secret government documents,[2] Dutch Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk announced that votes for the election would be counted by hand,[3] although that decision was later reversed.[4]

File:Dutch election posters 2017 (The Municipality of Amsterdam).jpg
Election posters in Amsterdam.

Participating parties

List[5] Party Dutch
Acronym 		Leading
Candidate
1 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy VVD Mark Rutte
2 Labour Party PvdA Lodewijk Asscher
3 Party for Freedom PVV Geert Wilders
4 Socialist Party SP Emile Roemer
5 Christian Democratic Appeal CDA Sybrand van Haersma Buma
6 Democrats 66 D66 Alexander Pechtold
7 Christian Union CU Gert-Jan Segers
8 GroenLinks GL Jesse Klaver
9 Reformed Political Party SGP Kees van der Staaij
10 Party for the Animals PvdD Marianne Thieme
11 50Plus 50+ Henk Krol
12 Entrepreneurs Party OP Hero Brinkman
13 VoorNederland VNL Jan Roos
14 Denk DENK Tunahan Kuzu
15 Nieuwe Wegen NW Jacques Monasch
16 Forum voor Democratie FvD Thierry Baudet
17 The Civil Movement DBB Ad Vlems
18 Free Thinking Party VZP Norbert Klein
19 GeenPeil GP Jan Dijkgraaf
20 Pirate Party PPNL Ancilla van de Leest
21 Artikel 1 AR1 Sylvana Simons
22 Niet Stemmers NS Peter Plasman
23 Libertarian Party LP Robert Valentine
24 Lokaal in de Kamer LidK[6] Jan Heijman
25 Jezus Leeft JL Florens van der Spek
26 StemNL SNL Mario van den Eijnde
27 Party for Human and Spirit / Basisinkomen Partij / V-R MenS Tara-Joëlle Fonk
28 Vrije Democratische Partij VDP Burhan Gökalp

Campaign

Debates

Dutch general election debates, 2017
Date Organisers Venue     P  Present    NI  Non-invitee   A  Absent invitee  Notes
Roemer Krol Thieme Klaver Asscher Pechtold Rutte Segers Buma Wilders
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26 February RTL Nieuws De Rode Hoed P NI NI P P P A NI P A [7]
5 March BNR Nieuwsradio / RTL Nieuws / Elsevier Carré Theatre P P P P P P P A P A [8]
13 March EenVandaag Erasmus University NI NI NI NI NI NI P NI NI P [9]
14 March NOS House of Representatives P NI NI P P P P P P P [10]

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the Dutch general election, 2017

The seat projections in the graphs below are continuous from September 2012 (the last general election) up to the current date. Each colored line specifies a political party; numbers on the vertical axis represent numbers of seats. These seat estimates are derived from estimates by Peilingwijzer ("polling indicator") by Tom Louwerse, a professor of political science at Leiden University; they are not strictly polling averages, but the results of a model calculating a "trajectory" for each party based on changes in support over time in between polls conducted by I&O Research, Ipsos, TNS NIPO, LISS panel, Peil, and De Stemming, and adjusting for the house effects of each individual pollster.[11]

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See also

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References

  1. ^ "Verkiezingskalender". Kiesraad. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  2. ^ Modderkolk, Huib (February 4, 2017). "Russen faalden bij hackpogingen ambtenaren op Nederlandse ministeries". De Volkskrant (in Dutch).
  3. ^ Cluskey, Peter (February 3, 2017). "Dutch opt for manual count after reports of Russian hacking". The Irish Times.
  4. ^ Huib Modderkolk (3 March 2017). "Plasterk draait: tóch stemsoftware bij verkiezingen". de Volkskrant.
  5. ^ 28 partijen nemen deel aan Tweede Kamerverkiezingen 2017, kiesraad.nl, 3 februari 2017
  6. ^ http://lokaalindekamer.nl/persberichten/
  7. ^ "Rode Hoed Debat scoort ondanks Boer Zoekt Vrouw". Mediacourant.nl (in Dutch).
  8. ^ "Carré-debat" (in Dutch).
  9. ^ {{Cite web |url=http://www.eenvandaag.nl/politiek/72143/confrontatie_rutte_en_wilders_in_eenvandaag_debat |title=Confrontatie Rutte en Wilders in EenVandaag-debat |website=EenVandaag |language=Dutch}
  10. ^ "Loting NOS-verkiezingsdebatten verricht". NOS (in Dutch).
  11. ^ "Peilingwijzer" (in Dutch).
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