House of Representatives (Netherlands) facts for kids
The House of Representatives, Dutch: Tweede Kamer (literally Second Chamber), is the lower house of the States General, the Dutch parliament.
It is comparable with the House of Representatives in other countries, because it is chosen by direct elections.
It consists of 150 members, who are chosen every four years or earlier when the government has been brought down.
In contrast with the First Chamber the Second Chamber has extensive legislative powers.
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General elections results 2017
The most recent general elections were held on Wednesday March 15, 2017. When the results were announced, the Labour Party (PvdA) lost many seats, while the winner, the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) led by Mark Rutte, also lost seats, but not as many.
Most of the opposition parties won seats. The populist Party for Freedom (PVV) of Geert Wilders didn't win as many seats as were expected of them, but they became second in the number of seats they had. More seats were won by (especially) GreenLeft (GL), Democrats 66 (D66), the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), the Party for the Animals (PvdD), and 50PLUS (50+), along with the newly formed parties DENK and Forum for Democracy (FvD). The only other party to lose seats was the Socialist Party (SP), while the small Christian parties ChristianUnion (CU) and Reformed Political Party (SGP) did not gain or lose any seats.
Party | Dutch name | Shortened | Parliamentary leader | Original seats | Seats after changes |
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People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie | VVD | Klaas Dijkhoff | 33 | 32 |
Party for Freedom | Partij voor de Vrijheid | PVV | Geert Wilders | 20 | 20 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | Christen-Democratisch Appèl | CDA | Pieter Heerma | 19 | 19 |
Democrats 66 | Democraten 66 | D66 | Rob Jetten | 19 | 19 |
GreenLeft | GroenLinks | GL | Jesse Klaver | 14 | 14 |
Socialist Party | Socialistische Partij | SP | Lilian Marijnissen | 14 | 14 |
Labour Party | Partij van de Arbeid | PvdA | Lilianne Ploumen | 9 | 9 |
ChristianUnion | ChristenUnie | CU | Gert-Jan Segers | 5 | 5 |
Party for the Animals | Partij voor de Dieren | PvdD | Esther Ouwehand | 5 | 4 |
50PLUS | 50PLUS | 50+ | Corrie van Brenk | 4 | 3 |
Reformed Political Party | Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij | SGP | Kees van der Staaij | 3 | 3 |
DENK | DENK | DENK | Farid Azarkan | 3 | 3 |
Forum for Democracy | Forum voor Democratie | FvD | Thierry Baudet | 2 | 2 |
Member Van Haga | Lid-Van Haga | Wybren van Haga | / | 1 | |
Member Van Kooten | Lid-Van Kooten | Femke Merel van Kooten | / | 1 | |
Member Krol | Lid-Krol | Henk Krol | / | 1 | |
Total | 150 | 150 |
General elections results since 1946
Original seats in post-war Second Chamber (Tweede Kamer).
Coalitian parties marked in olive.
Prime Minister's party in bold.
Party | 2017 | 2012 | 2010 | 2006 | 2003 | 2002 | 1998 | 1994 | 1989 | 1986 | 1982 | 1981 | 1977 | 1972 | 1971 | 1967 | 1965 | 1963 | 1959 | 1956 | 1952 | 1948 | 1946 |
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VVD | 33 | 41 | 31 | 22 | 28 | 24 | 38 | 31 | 22 | 27 | 36 | 26 | 28 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
* PvdV | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
PVV | 20 | 15 | 24 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
CDA | 19 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 44 | 43 | 29 | 34 | 54 | 54 | 45 | 48 | 49 | 48 | 58 | 69 | 76 | 76 | 75 | 77 | 51 | 54 | 53 |
* ARP | 14 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 13 | |||||||||||||
* CHU | 7 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 8 | |||||||||||||
* KVP | 27 | 35 | 42 | 50 | 50 | 49 | 49 | 30 | 32 | 32 | |||||||||||||
D66 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 7 | |||||||
GL | 14 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
* CPN | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||||
* EVP | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
* PPR | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
* PSP | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||
SP | 14 | 15 | 15 | 25 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
PvdA | 9 | 38 | 30 | 33 | 42 | 23 | 45 | 37 | 49 | 52 | 47 | 44 | 53 | 43 | 39 | 37 | 43 | 43 | 48 | 50 | 30 | 27 | 29 |
CU | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
* GPV | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
* RPF | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
PvdD | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
50+ | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
SGP | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
DENK | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
FvD | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
LPF | 8 | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||
AOV | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
DS'70 | 1 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
BP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
others | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Total | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
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In Spanish: Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Generales para niños