List of political parties in the Netherlands

Members of the four dominant Dutch political parties (PvdA, D66, CDA and VVD) in Ulft, shortly before the municipal elections of 2010

This article lists political parties in the Netherlands, which has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which any one party has little chance of gaining power alone, and parties often work with each other to form coalition governments.

The lower house of the legislature, the House of Representatives, is elected by a national party-list system of proportional representation. There is no threshold for getting a seat, making it possible for a party to get a seat with only two-thirds percent of the vote—roughly one seat for every 67,000 votes.

No party has won a majority of seats since 1897, and no party has even approached the seats needed for a majority since the current proportional representation system was implemented in 1918. All Dutch governments since then have been coalitions between two or more parties. However, there is a broad consensus on the basic principles of the political system, and all parties must adjust their goals to some extent in order to have a realistic chance at being part of the government.

General overview

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Parliamentary parties

Political parties represented in the States General of the Netherlands
Political party Ideology Political
position
European Union
position
European
affiliation
EP group International
affiliation
Leader Senate House
People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy

(Volkspartij voor
Vrijheid en Democratie
)
VVD Conservative liberalism
[6]
Economic liberalism
[7][8][9]
Centre-right
[10][11]
Moderate
Pro-Europeanism

[12][13][14]
ALDE Party ALDE LI Mark Rutte 13 33
Party for Freedom
(Partij voor de Vrijheid)
PVV Right-wing populism
[15][16]
Right-wing
[17][18]
Hard Euroscepticism
[19]
MENF
[20][21]
ENF IFA Geert Wilders 9 20
Christian Democratic Appeal
(Christen-Democratisch Appèl)
CDA Christian democracy
[22][23][24][25][26]
Centre-right
[27][28]
Pro-Europeanism
[29]
EPP EPP Group CDI Sybrand van
Haersma Buma
12 19
Democrats 66
(Democraten 66)
D66 Social liberalism
[6]
Centre
[10]
Pro-Europeanism
[30][31]
ALDE Party ALDE LI Vacant 10 19
GreenLeft
(GroenLinks)
GL Green politics
[32]
Social democracy
[33][34]
Centre-left
[35]
to left-wing
[36][37]
Pro-Europeanism EGP Greens-EFA GG Jesse Klaver 4 14
Socialist Party
(Socialistische Partij)
SP Democratic socialism
[38][39][40]
Social democracy
[41]
Left-wing
[42]
Soft Euroscepticism
[43]
GUE-NGL Lilian Marijnissen 9 14
Labour Party
(Partij van de Arbeid)
PvdA Social democracy
[1]
Centre-left
[36][44]
Pro-Europeanism PES S&D PA Dr.
Lodewijk Asscher
8 9
Christian Union
(ChristenUnie)
CU Christian democracy
[1]
Social Christianity
[36][45]
Centre
[46][47]
to centre-right
[48]
Soft Euroscepticism
[49]
ECPM ECR Gert-Jan Segers 3 5
Party for the Animals
(Partij voor de Dieren)
PvdD Animal rights
[50]
Animal welfare
[32]
Environmentalism
Soft Euroscepticism EA7 GUE-NGL Marianne Thieme 2 5
50PLUS
(50Plus)
50+ Pensioners' interests
[51]
Populism
[6][1]
Centre
[10]
Soft Euroscepticism Henk Krol 2 5
Reformed Political Party
(Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij)
SGP Christian right
[1]
Social conservatism
[36][52]
Right-wing
[53][54]
Soft Euroscepticism
[55]
ECPM ECR Kees van der Staaij 2 3
Denk
(Denk)
DENK Identity politics
[56]
Minority rights
[57][58][59]
Centre-left
to left-wing
Tunahan Kuzu 0 3
Forum for Democracy
(Forum voor Democratie)
FvD National conservatism
Fiscal conservatism
Direct democracy
E-democracy
Right-wing populism
[60]
Right-wing
[61][62]
Hard Euroscepticism
[63]
Dr.
Thierry Baudet
0 2
Political party represented in the Senate only
Independent Senate
Group

(Onafhankelijke
Senaatsfractie
)
OSF Regionalism Centre EFA Henk ten Hoeve 1 0

Other national parties

Political party Ideology Political position European Union position European affiliation EP group International affiliation Leader
Bij1
(Bij1)
B1 Social democracy
[64]
Multiculturalism
Identity politics
[64]
Sylvana Simons
Libertarian Party
(Libertarische Partij)
LP Libertarianism
[65]
Euroscepticism EPIL LI Robert Valentine
Liberal Democratic Party
(Liberaal Democratische Partij)
LibDem Social liberalism Centre Pro-Europeanism Sammy van Tuyll
van Serooskerken
GeenPeil
(GeenPeil)
GP Direct democracy
E-democracy
Right-wing populism
[66]
Right-wing Hard Euroscepticism Vacant
Pirate Party
(Piratenpartij)
PPNL Pirate politics
[67]
Direct democracy
E-democracy
[68][69]
Centre
[70]
PPEU PPI Vacant
Party for Human and Spirit
(Partij voor Mens en Spirit)
MenS Spiritual left
[71]
Centre-left Vacant
Nieuwe Wegen
(Nieuwe Wegen)
NW Social democracy
[72]
Left-wing populism
[73]
Centre-left Vacant
Dutch Peoples-Union NVU Neo-Nazism Far-right Hard Euroscepticism Constant Kusters

Regional parties

Party Abbreviation Active in Number of provincial seats Number of municipal seats
Frisian National Party FNP Friesland 4 58
Groninger Belang GB Groningen 3 -
Party for the North PvhN Groningen 1 3
Party for Zeeland PVZ Zeeland 1 1

Locally represented parties

Party Abbreviation Year of creation Number of municipal seats
The Greens DG 1983 1
Islam Democrats ID 2006 2
New Communist Party of the Netherlands NCPN 1992 3
Forza! Netherlands Forza! 2003 8
Proud of the Netherlands TROTS 2007 6
United Communist Party VCP 1999 5
United Senior Party VSP 2001 13

Defunct parties

History and evolution of all Dutch political parties to ever have had seats in the House of Representatives.

See also

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