2017 Dutch general election
This article documents a current election. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses, and initial news reports may be unreliable. The latest updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. (March 2017) |
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General elections are being 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] Preliminary results based on a "quick count" will be available on 15 March, but the official result will not be announced until 16:00 CET on 21 March.[5]
Participating parties
Campaign
Debates
Opinion polls
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.[12]
Results
Template:Dutch general election, 2017
See also
References
- ^ "Verkiezingskalender". Kiesraad. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ Modderkolk, Huib (February 4, 2017). "Russen faalden bij hackpogingen ambtenaren op Nederlandse ministeries". De Volkskrant (in Dutch).
- ^ Cluskey, Peter (February 3, 2017). "Dutch opt for manual count after reports of Russian hacking". The Irish Times.
- ^ Huib Modderkolk (3 March 2017). "Plasterk draait: tóch stemsoftware bij verkiezingen". de Volkskrant.
- ^ "Hoe wordt de uitslag bij de Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2017 vastgesteld?". Kiesraad. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ 28 partijen nemen deel aan Tweede Kamerverkiezingen 2017, kiesraad.nl, 3 februari 2017
- ^ "Persberichten van Lokaal in de Kamer - eigen berichtgeving".
- ^ "Rode Hoed Debat scoort ondanks Boer Zoekt Vrouw". Mediacourant.nl (in Dutch).
- ^ "Carré-debat" (in Dutch).
- ^ "Confrontatie Rutte en Wilders in EenVandaag-debat". EenVandaag (in Dutch).
- ^ "Loting NOS-verkiezingsdebatten verricht". NOS (in Dutch).
- ^ "Peilingwijzer" (in Dutch).