Dutch Parliamentary Elections 2002-2025

House of Representatives Analysis

Comprehensive analysis of 9 elections over 23 years

🏆 Biggest Winners (2023→2025)

D66

+17 seats

9 → 26

CDA

+13 seats

5 → 18

JA21

+8 seats

1 → 9

📉 Biggest Losers (2023→2025)

NSC

-20 seats

20 → 0

PVV

-11 seats

37 → 26

GL-PvdA

-5 seats

25 → 20

📊 Fragmentation Trend

Effective Number of Parties

8.64

15 parties in parliament

(2023 - latest full results)

Trend: 📈 Increasing fragmentation

2002: 6.03 → 2023: 8.64

Election-to-Election Seat Changes

2023 → 2025

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

8.64 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