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Netherlands 2006 general election

What was the result of the 2006 general election in the Netherlands?

Christian Democratic Appeal won 41 of 150 seats with 26.5% of the vote. 80.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Netherlands
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Democratic Appeal won 41 of 150 seats with 26.5% of the vote; 80.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.3 points on 2003.

  • Christian Democratic Appeal 41 −3 seats 26.5% −2.1 points
  • Labour Party 33 −9 seats 21.2% −6.1 points
  • Socialist Party 25 +16 seats 16.6% +10.3 points
  • People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 22 −6 seats 14.7% −3.2 points
  • Party for Freedom 9 5.9%
  • GroenLinks 7 −1 seat 4.6% −0.5 points
  • Christian Union 6 +3 seats 4.0% +1.9 points
  • Democrats 66 3 −3 seats 2.0% −2.1 points
  • Party for the Animals 2 +2 seats 1.8% +1.3 points
  • Reformed Political Party 2 0 seats 1.6% 0.0 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Netherlands 2003 general election, party by party.

76 of 150 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 26.5%

    Share of the vote won by Christian Democratic Appeal

    Christian Democratic Appeal won 41 of 150 seats. A majority needs 76.

  2. +16 seats

    Seats gained by Socialist Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2003. Labour Party lost 9 seats.

  3. 80.4%

    Voter turnout

    Up 0.3 points on 2003.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Christian Democratic Appeal41−326.5−2.12,608,573
Labour Party33−921.2−6.12,085,077
Socialist Party25+1616.6+10.31,630,803
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy22−614.7−3.21,443,312
Party for Freedom95.9579,490
GroenLinks7−14.6−0.5453,054
Christian Union6+34.0+1.9390,969
Democrats 663−32.0−2.1193,232
Party for the Animals2+21.8+1.3179,988
Reformed Political Party201.60.0153,266
Largest party without seats00.662,829

± is the change against the Netherlands 2003 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Christian Democratic Appeal 2,608,573
  • Labour Party 2,085,077
  • Socialist Party 1,630,803
  • People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1,443,312
  • Party for Freedom 579,490
  • GroenLinks 453,054
  • Christian Union 390,969
  • Democrats 66 193,232
  • Party for the Animals 179,988
  • Reformed Political Party 153,266
  • Largest party without seats 62,829

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

80.4% of the 12,264,503 registered voters cast a ballot (9,854,998 ballots), up 0.3 points on 2003. 9,838,683 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1986 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Christian Democratic Appeal26.5% of votes27.3% of seats
  • Labour Party21.2% of votes22.0% of seats
  • Socialist Party16.6% of votes16.7% of seats
  • People's Party for Freedom and Democracy14.7% of votes14.7% of seats
  • Party for Freedom5.9% of votes6.0% of seats
  • GroenLinks4.6% of votes4.7% of seats
  • Christian Union4.0% of votes4.0% of seats
  • Democrats 662.0% of votes2.0% of seats
  • Party for the Animals1.8% of votes1.3% of seats
  • Reformed Political Party1.6% of votes1.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.8 by votes and 5.5 by seats; Christian Democratic Appeal led Labour Party by 5.3 points of the vote.

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