A process of cabinet formation took place in the Netherlands following the general election of September 2012. After 54 days this led to the Second Rutte cabinet, consisting of People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and Labour Party (PvdA). This made it one of the fastest cabinet formations. The formation was the first in which the monarch of the Netherlands did not play an active role.
During the exploration by Henk Kamp it became clear that the two largest parties VVD (41 seats) and PvdA (38 seats) had to negotiate with each other. These negotiations took place under the leadership of informateurs Kamp and Wouter Bos. When this succeeded, a search was made for ministers under formateur Mark Rutte. On 5 November, the Second Rutte cabinet was sworn in.