2003 Dutch general election

2003 Dutch general election
Netherlands
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All 150 seats in the House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout80.04% (Increase 0.98pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
CDA Jan Peter Balkenende 28.62 44 +1
PvdA Wouter Bos 27.26 42 +19
VVD Gerrit Zalm 17.91 28 +4
SP Jan Marijnissen 6.32 9 0
LPF Mat Herben 5.70 8 −18
GL Femke Halsema 5.14 8 −2
D66 Thom de Graaf 4.07 6 −1
CU André Rouvoet 2.12 3 −1
SGP Bas van der Vlies 1.56 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Most voted-for party by municipality
Cabinet before Cabinet after
First Balkenende cabinet
CDA–LPF–VVD		 Second Balkenende cabinet
CDA–VVD–D66

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 22 January 2003.[1]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7