2021 Dutch general election

2021 Dutch general election

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All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	78.71% ( 3.22 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– VVD Mark Rutte 21.87 34 +1 D66 Sigrid Kaag 15.02 24 +5 PVV Geert Wilders 10.79 17 −3 CDA Wopke Hoekstra 9.50 15 −4 SP Lilian Marijnissen 5.98 9 −5 PvdA Lilianne Ploumen 5.73 9 0 GL Jesse Klaver 5.16 8 −6 FvD Thierry Baudet 5.02 8 +6 PvdD Esther Ouwehand 3.84 6 +1 CU Gert-Jan Segers 3.37 5 0 Volt Laurens Dassen 2.42 3 New JA21 Joost Eerdmans 2.37 3 New SGP Kees van der Staaij 2.07 3 0 Denk Farid Azarkan 2.03 3 0 50+ Liane den Haan 1.02 1 −3 BBB Caroline van der Plas 1.00 1 New BIJ1 Sylvana Simons 0.84 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Most voted-for party by municipality Cabinet before Cabinet after Third Rutte cabinet VVD–CDA–D66–CU Fourth Rutte cabinet VVD–D66–CDA–CU

General elections were held in the Netherlands from 15 to 17 March 2021 to elect all 150 members of the House of Representatives.^[1] Following the elections and lengthy coalition formation talks, the sitting government remained in power.^[2]

The elections had originally been scheduled to take place on 17 March; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government decided to open some polling stations two days in advance to ensure safe voting for elderly and immunocompromised citizens.^[1][3] Citizens aged 70 years or older were also given the opportunity to vote by post.^[1]

The elections were held two days before the 2021 Curaçao general election.