Dutch Parliamentary Elections 2002-2025

House of Representatives Analysis

Comprehensive analysis of 9 elections over 23 years

⚠️ 2025 data: provisional count (~99.7% of votes tallied, 31 Oct 2025)

🏆 Biggest Winners (2023→2025)

D66

+17 seats

926

CDA

+13 seats

518

JA21

+8 seats

19

📉 Biggest Losers (2023→2025)

NSC

-20 seats

200

PVV

-11 seats

3726

GL-PvdA

-5 seats

2520

📊 Fragmentation Trend

Effective Number of Parties

8.65

15 parties in parliament

(2023 - latest full results)

Trend: 📈 Increasing fragmentation

2002: 6.03 → 2023: 8.65

Election-to-Election Seat Changes

20232025

Parliamentary Fragmentation Over Time

What does this mean?

Effective Number of Parties (ENP) measures how fragmented parliament is. Higher values indicate more parties competing for power, making coalition formation more complex.

2002 Parliament

6.03 ENP

10 parties

2023 Parliament

8.65 ENP

15 parties

📈 Parliament has become 43% more fragmented since 2002, requiring more complex coalition negotiations.

Data based on official election results

Source: Dutch Electoral Council (Kiesraad) | verkiezingsuitslagen.nl

Elections: 2002 • 2003 • 2006 • 2010 • 2012 • 2017 • 2021 • 2023 • 2025*

* 2025 data: provisional count