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Netherlands 2010 general election

What was the result of the 2010 general election in the Netherlands?

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy won 31 of 150 seats with 20.5% of the vote. 75.4% 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 : People's Party for Freedom and Democracy won 31 of 150 seats with 20.5% of the vote; 75.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 5.0 points on 2006.

  • People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 31 +9 seats 20.5% +5.8 points
  • Labour Party 30 −3 seats 19.6% −1.6 points
  • Party for Freedom 24 +15 seats 15.4% +9.6 points
  • Christian Democratic Appeal 21 −20 seats 13.6% −12.9 points
  • Socialist Party 15 −10 seats 9.8% −6.8 points
  • Democrats 66 10 +7 seats 7.0% +5.0 points
  • GroenLinks 10 +3 seats 6.7% +2.1 points
  • Christian Union 5 −1 seat 3.2% −0.7 points
  • Reformed Political Party 2 0 seats 1.7% +0.2 points
  • Party for the Animals 2 0 seats 1.3% −0.5 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 2006 general election, party by party.

76 of 150 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 20.5%

    Share of the vote won by People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

    People's Party for Freedom and Democracy won 31 of 150 seats. A majority needs 76.

  2. +15 seats

    Seats gained by Party for Freedom

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2006. Christian Democratic Appeal lost 20 seats.

  3. 75.4%

    Voter turnout

    Down 5.0 points on 2006.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy31+920.5+5.81,929,575
Labour Party30−319.6−1.61,848,805
Party for Freedom24+1515.4+9.61,454,493
Christian Democratic Appeal21−2013.6−12.91,281,886
Socialist Party15−109.8−6.8924,696
Democrats 6610+77.0+5.0654,167
GroenLinks10+36.7+2.1628,096
Christian Union5−13.2−0.7305,094
Reformed Political Party201.7+0.2163,581
Party for the Animals201.3−0.5122,317
Largest party without seats000.6−0.152,937

± is the change against the Netherlands 2006 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1,929,575
  • Labour Party 1,848,805
  • Party for Freedom 1,454,493
  • Christian Democratic Appeal 1,281,886
  • Socialist Party 924,696
  • Democrats 66 654,167
  • GroenLinks 628,096
  • Christian Union 305,094
  • Reformed Political Party 163,581
  • Party for the Animals 122,317
  • Largest party without seats 52,937

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?

75.4% of the 12,524,152 registered voters cast a ballot (9,442,977 ballots), down 5.0 points on 2006. 9,416,001 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1998 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • People's Party for Freedom and Democracy20.5% of votes20.7% of seats
  • Labour Party19.6% of votes20.0% of seats
  • Party for Freedom15.4% of votes16.0% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Appeal13.6% of votes14.0% of seats
  • Socialist Party9.8% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Democrats 667.0% of votes6.7% of seats
  • GroenLinks6.7% of votes6.7% of seats
  • Christian Union3.2% of votes3.3% of seats
  • Reformed Political Party1.7% of votes1.3% of seats
  • Party for the Animals1.3% of votes1.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 0.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 7.0 by votes and 6.7 by seats; People's Party for Freedom and Democracy led Labour Party by 0.9 points of the vote.

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