2010 Dutch general election

none gov June 2010 September 2022 2010 Dutch general election Netherlands 2006 2012 All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 2010 6 9 yes 75.40% ( 4.95pp) Outgoing members Elected members Mark Rutte People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 22 31 20.49 Job Cohen Labour Party (Netherlands) 33 30 19.63 Geert Wilders Party for Freedom 9 24 15.45 Jan Peter Balkenende Christian Democratic Appeal 41 21 13.61 Emile Roemer Socialist Party (Netherlands) 25 15 9.82 Alexander Pechtold Democrats 66 3 10 6.95 Femke Halsema GreenLeft 7 10 6.67 André Rouvoet ChristianUnion 6 5 3.24 Kees van der Staaij Reformed Political Party 2 2 1.74 Marianne Thieme Party for the Animals 2 2 1.30 Tweede Kamerverkiezingen 2010.png Most voted-for party by municipality Cabinet Fourth Balkenende cabinet CDA–PvdA–CU First Rutte cabinet VVD–CDA General elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday 9 June 2010. This was triggered by the fall of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's fourth cabinet on 20 February with Queen Beatrix accepting the resignation of the Labour Party (PvdA) ministers on 23 February.http://www.regering.nl/Actueel/Pers_en_nieuwsberichten/2010/februari/23/Ontslag_en_benoeming_bewindspersonen Ontslag en benoeming bewindspersonen Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst 2009-02-23 nl 2009-02-23 The conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), led by Mark Rutte, won the largest number of seats in the House of Representatives while the social democratic PvdA, led by Job Cohen, came a narrow second. The election was also noted for the rise of the Party for Freedom (PVV), which came third, led by controversial politician Geert Wilders. On the other hand, Balkenende's Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) saw a poor result, losing half its seats (along with popular support) and dropping from first to fourth place. The Socialist Party (SP) also lost seats. Notably, the 31 seats won by the VVD was its most since 1998.http://www.nrc.nl/international/election2010/article2561211.ece/The_Netherlands_shifts_to_the_right Election 2010 – The Netherlands shifts to the right nrc.nl 10 June 2010 10 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100613040242/http://www.nrc.nl/international/election2010/article2561211.ece/The_Netherlands_shifts_to_the_right 2010-06-13 dead After the election, the formation of a new government took 127 days. Both the VVD and the PvdA hoped to have a leading role. VVD talks with the PvdA and other left-wing parties (trying to form a so-called purple coalition without Christian parties) broke down; however, Rutte was able to form a right-wing coalition of the VVD and CDA, with a confidence and supply agreement with the PVV. It was the first coalition government not to be led by a Christian democratic or social democratic party in 92 years, as well as the first to be led by the VVD. Rutte was sworn in as prime minister on 14 October, becoming the first liberal to hold that post since 1918. The 150 seats of the House of Representatives were contested, and filled using party-list proportional representation for a nominal four-year term. Background June 2010 The election follows the PvdA's withdrawal in February from the coalition over the contribution of Dutch soldiers to the War in Afghanistan. According to the Dutch constitution new elections had to be held within 83 days. Debates The first radio debate was held on 21 May 2010. The first television debate, held on 23 May was, according to instant polls, won by Mark Rutte on 36%, with Job Cohen second on 24%, and Geert Wilders and Jan Peter Balkenende third, on 18%.Peiling: Rutte wint debat 23 May 2010 https://www.trouw.nl/home/peiling-rutte-wint-debat~a169a302/ Opinion polls Party 2006Politieke Barometerhttp://www.politiekebarometer.nl/ Politieke Barometer Week 23 – 08 juni 2010 Politiekebarometer.nl 2010-06-11 2006-10-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20061013135330/http://www.politiekebarometer.nl/ dead Peil.nlhttp://www.peil.nl/?2987 VVD nog 4 zetels voor op PvdA, incl. prognose voor TK2010 (laatste peiling) Peil.nl No Ties bv 2010-06-08 2010-06-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20100617043018/http://www.peil.nl/?2987 2010-06-17 dead TNS-NIPOhttp://www.tns-nipo.com/pages/nieuws-pers-vnipo.asp?file=persvannipo\pol_slotpeiling-08062010.htm Slotpeiling: VVD behoudt voorsprong op PvdA TNS NIPO 2010-05-12 2010-06-09 September 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes % Seats (150) 8–6–2010 Exit polls (21.00 hrs) 7–6–2010 Exit polls 31–5–2010 Exit polls CDA 26.5 41 24 21 25 24 21 21 PvdA 21.2 33 30 31 30 30 31 29 SP 16.6 25 14 15 12 13 13 15 VVD 14.7 22 33 31 36 34 37 36 PVV 5.9 9 17 23 18 18 17 18 GL 4.6 7 11 11 10 11 8 10 CU 4.0 6 6 5 6 6 9 6 D66 2.0 3 10 10 10 11 10 11 PvdD 1.8 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 SGP 1.6 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 ToN/Trots* – – 0 0 0 0 0 1 Others 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 – – * Trots op Nederland is the party formed by Rita Verdonk after she split from the VVD in 2007 and became an independent representative. Polls indicated that the elections were too close to call.http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/dutch-election-too-close-call Radio Netherlands Worldwide (2010-06-09): Dutch election too close to call Rnw.nl 2010-06-04 2010-06-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20100612111631/http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/dutch-election-too-close-call 2010-06-12 dead Results Turnout was reported to be over 5% lower than the previous electionsTweede Kamer Verkiezingen 2010 http://www.telegraaf.nl/verkiezingen/tk2010/ Telegraaf allegedly due to heavy rain and stormy weather.Verkiezingen nog nooit zo spannend, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 9 June 2010 File:2010 Dutch General Election.svg People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1929575 31 +9 Labour Party 1848805 30 −3 Party for Freedom 1454493 24 +15 Christian Democratic Appeal 1281886 21 −20 Socialist Party 924696 15 −10 Democrats 66 654167 10 +7 GroenLinks 628096 10 +3 Christian Union 305094 5 −1 Reformed Political Party 163581 2 0 Party for the Animals 122317 2 0 Trots op Nederland 52937 0 New orange Party for Human and Spirit 26196 0 New Pirate Party 10471 0 New List 17 / Feijen List 7456 0 New Partij één 2042 0 New New Netherlands 2010 0 New Heel NL 1255 0 New Evangelical Party Netherlands 924 0 New 0 26976 12524152 Kiesraad By province + Results by provinceTweede Kamer 9 juni 2010 https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/TK20100609 4 November 2021 Kiesraad Dutch Province VVD PvdA PVV CDA SP D66 GL CU SGP PvdD Others Drenthe 19.226.2 13.0 13.8 9.8 5.2 5.9 4.3 0.5 1.1 1.0 Flevoland 24.5 19.0 16.2 10.6 8.6 5.5 5.6 4.9 2.5 1.4 1.2 Friesland 15.524.8 11.4 18.2 11.5 4.7 6.2 5.1 0.6 1.1 0.9 Gelderland 19.4 18.7 13.5 15.7 9.7 6.6 6.6 4.2 3.4 1.1 1.1 Groningen 14.527.6 11.4 11.1 11.7 6.5 8.3 6.1 0.5 1.5 0.8 Limburg (Netherlands) Limburg 15.5 15.6 26.8 16.0 12.9 4.7 5.3 0.6 0.1 1.3 1.2 North Brabant 21.0 16.1 17.4 16.2 13.4 6.5 5.5 1.0 0.4 1.1 1.4 North Holland 23.523.6 13.5 9.0 8.4 8.9 8.6 1.5 0.2 1.6 1.2 Overijssel 16.9 19.1 12.6 20.4 9.3 5.9 5.4 6.2 2.5 0.9 0.8 South Holland 22.4 18.6 16.9 11.2 8.2 7.4 6.4 3.6 2.7 1.5 1.1 Utrecht 23.2 18.1 12.5 12.0 7.1 9.2 8.9 4.6 2.2 1.2 1.0 Zeeland 17.5 17.4 15.0 16.3 9.2 4.3 4.8 4.3 8.6 1.4 1.2 Reactions Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende stepped down from his position in the CDA and resigned his parliamentary seat on the evening of the election, saying he was taking "political responsibility" for the unsatisfactory election results of his party and that "The voter has spoken, the outcome is clear."http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/06/201069192132240783.html Dutch PM quits CDA party leadership - Europe Al Jazeera English 2010-06-11 Government formation December 2010 2010 Dutch cabinet formation Expectations were that the formation of a new government would take some time.https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=axzw6ovbm7js&pos=9 Dutch Face Months of Coalition Talks; Wilders Third (Update2) Bloomberg.com 2005-05-30 2010-06-11 The international media also read this as a slim victory for the "austerity-minded" Liberals during the euro area crisis.http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5668348,00.html Dutch election gives austerity-minded Liberals slim win Dw-world.de 2010-06-11 On 14 October, Mark Rutte was sworn in as prime minister.http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/dutch-government-whos-who Dutch government - who's who Radio Netherlands Worldwide 2010-10-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20101019004755/http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/dutch-government-whos-who 2010-10-19 dead Rutte's government resigned on 24 April 2012 over austerity measures. Analysis Some international media speculated that "for the first time in this nation's history, a Jewish man, albeit a secular one, is on the verge of becoming the next prime minister ... Job Cohen, who was until recently the Mayor of Amsterdam, and represents the top of the ticket for the PvdA ... is at the end of a long battle to run the country that began in February when the PvdA backed out of the ruling coalition government because it did not want to send Dutch troops back to Afghanistan."http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2010/06/201069182921890709.html The Netherlands decides its fate - Focus Al Jazeera English 2010-06-11 See also List of members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–12 List of candidates in the 2010 Dutch general election References External links NSD: European Election Database - Netherlands https://web.archive.org/web/20101130111231/http://www.nsd.uib.no/european_election_database/country/netherlands/ 2010-11-30 publishes regional level election data; allows for comparisons of election results, 1994–2010 Category:General elections in the Netherlands Netherlands General Netherlands Category:June 2010 elections