2016 Speaker of the Dutch House of Representatives election
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The 2016 Speaker of the House of Representatives (Dutch: Voorzitter van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal) election was called to elect the new Speaker of the House of Representatives after incumbent Anouchka van Miltenburg of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) had resigned on 12 December 2015. Van Miltenburg who had been the Speaker since 25 September 2012 resigned after increasing criticism on her performance as Speaker.[1][2] Khadija Arib of the Labour Party (PvdA) who had been a Member of the House of Representatives from 19 May 1998 until 30 November 2006 and again since 1 March 2007 beat Ton Elias of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who has been a Member of the House of Representatives since 18 December 2008.[3][4]
Candidates
Four members of the House declared their candidacy:
- Khadija Arib, member for the Labour Party (PvdA) since 2007.
- Martin Bosma, member for the Party for Freedom (PVV) since 2006.
- Ton Elias, member for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) since 2008.
- Madeleine van Toorenburg, member for the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) since 2007.
Results
| Speaker of the House of Representatives election, 2016 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 4th round | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Dutch Labour Party/meta/color" | | PvdA | Khadija Arib | 58 | 56 | 60 | 83 |
| style="background-color:Template:People's Party for Freedom and Democracy/meta/color" | | VVD | Ton Elias | 40 | 43 | 44 | 51 |
| style="background-color:Template:Christian Democratic Appeal/meta/color" | | CDA | Madeleine van Toorenburg | 30 | 34 | 32 | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party for Freedom/meta/color" | | PVV | Martin Bosma | 16 | 13 | 11 | |
| style="background-color:Template:Dutch Labour Party/meta/color" | | PvdA | Roos Vermeij (write-in) | 2 | 2 | ||
References
- ^ Template:Nl icon Geen nieuwe kandidaatvoorzitters Tweede Kamer, NOS, 12 January 2016
- ^ Template:Nl icon Kamer kiest voorzitter, RTL Nieuws, 12 January 2016
- ^ Template:Nl icon PvdA-Kamerlid Arib is de nieuwe voorzitter van de Tweede Kamer, NOS, 13 January 2016
- ^ Template:Nl icon Tweede Kamer kiest Khadija Arib (PvdA) als nieuwe voorzitter, RTL Nieuws, 13 January 2016
External links
- Official
- Template:Nl icon Voorzitter Tweede Kamer Parlement & Politiek
- Template:Nl icon Voorzitter Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
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