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General elections are scheduled to be held in the Netherlands in May 2030 to elect the members of the House of Representatives, but may be held at an earlier date if a snap election is called.
Background
[edit]The 2025 Dutch general election resulted in losses for all parties in the Schoof cabinet. Democrats 66 (D66) obtained 26 seats to became the largest party in the House of Representatives for the first time, along with Party for Freedom (PVV). GroenLinks (GL) and the Labour Party (PvdA) are set to merge their parties in 2026.[1]
Regular general elections in the Netherlands are held in March, at least four years after the previous general election. However, due to municipal elections already taking place in March 2030, general elections would instead be held in May 2030.[2]
Electoral system
[edit]Pursuant to articles C.1, C.2 and C.3 of the electoral law, elections for the House of Representatives take place every four years, unless a snap election is called. The 150 members of the House of Representatives are elected by semi-open list proportional representation. The number of seats per list is determined using the D'Hondt method. A list must receive a number of votes equal to or exceeding the Hare quota (1 full seat) in order to qualify for seat distribution, meaning there is an electoral threshold of 0.67%.[3]
Voters have the option to cast a preferential vote. The seats won by a list are first allocated to the candidates who, in preferential votes, have received at least 25% of the Hare quota (effectively ¼ of a seat or 0.17% of the total votes), regardless of their placement on the electoral list. If multiple candidates from a list pass this threshold, their ordering is determined based on the number of votes received. Any remaining seats are allocated to candidates according to their position on the electoral list.[4][5]
Opinion polls
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Seats
[edit]There are 150 seats in total, 76 seats are needed for a majority. Parties are denoted with a dash if no indication is given of their level in the polls.
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
D66 | PVV | VVD | GL/PvdA | CDA | JA21 | FvD | BBB | Denk | SGP | PvdD | CU | SP | 50+ | Volt | Lead | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peil.nl | 29 Nov 2025 | – | 28 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | [6] |
| Verian | 21–24 Nov 2025 | 1,550 | 31 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | [7] |
| Peil.nl | 22 Nov 2025 | – | 28 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | [8] |
| Peil.nl | 7–8 Nov 2025 | – | 28 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | [9] |
| Jesse Klaver succeeds Frans Timmermans as leader of GL/PvdA[10] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 election | 29 Oct 2025 | – | 26 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Tie | |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "De leden hebben besloten: PvdA en GroenLinks gaan volgend jaar fuseren" [The members have decided: PvdA and GroenLinks will merge next year]. NOS (in Dutch). 12 June 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ "Tweede Kamer: hoe wordt de datum voor reguliere verkiezingen bepaald?" [House of Representatives: How is the date for regular elections determined?]. Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ "Zetelverdeling over partijen". Kiesraad (in Dutch). 22 April 2016. Archived from the original on 9 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ Nederland, Parlementsverkiezingen, 15 maart 2017: Eindrapport (Report). OSCE/ODIHR. 7 June 2017. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ "Zetelverdeling over kandidaten". Kiesraad (in Dutch). 22 April 2016. Archived from the original on 9 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ De Hond, Maurice (30 November 2025). "Minderheidscoalitie D66, CDA en VVD voor groot deel kiezers acceptabel" [Minority coalition D66, CDA and VVD acceptable to a large part of voters]. maurice.nl (in Dutch).
- ^ Lubbe, Rozemarijn (25 November 2025). "GroenLinks-PvdA en PVV verliezen in eerste zetelpeiling na verkiezingen, D66 duidelijk de grootste" [GroenLinks-PvdA and PVV lose in first seat poll after elections, D66 clearly the largest]. EenVandaag (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ De Hond, Maurice (23 November 2025). "Geworstel rondom formatie duurt voort" [Struggles surrounding formation continue]. maurice.nl (in Dutch).
- ^ De Hond, Maurice (9 November 2025). "De onontwarbare knoop na de verkiezingen" (in Dutch).
- ^ "Jesse Klaver volgt Frans Timmermans op als leider van GroenLinks-PvdA" [Jesse Klaver succeeds Frans Timmermans as leader of GroenLinks-PvdA]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 3 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
