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This article lists political parties in the Netherlands.The country has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which any one party has little chance of gaining power alone; parties often work with each other to form coalition governments.
The Socialist Party (SP), in its first years was a radical-socialist and communist party, a maoist split from the Communist Party Netherlands. It is now a socialist party advocating democratic socialism, rejecting the privatisation of public services and advocating increased social welfare and socialised education and safety. DENK, a small ...
Leaders of political parties in the Netherlands (3 C, 39 P) Political parties in the Netherlands by ideology (11 C) Political parties in the Dutch Caribbean (7 C)
Sixteen parties were elected to the House, the highest number since 1918. [1] After the election, the Fourth Rutte cabinet was formed for this term, consisting of People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD, 34 seats), Democrats 66 (D66, 24 seats), Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA, 15 seats) and Christian Union (CU, 5 seats).
No fewer than 26 Dutch political parties are seeking a share of the 150 seats in the lower house of parliament when the Netherlands holds a general election Wednesday. Only a few of them stand a ...
The Netherlands uses a system of party-list proportional representation. Seats are allocated among the parties using the D'Hondt method [9] with an election threshold of 0.67% (a Hare quota). [10] Parties may choose to compete with different candidate lists in each of the country's twenty electoral circles.
The Netherlands has a multi-party system, with numerous political parties, in which usually no one party ever secures an overall majority of votes (except occasionally in very small municipalities, such as Tubbergen), so that several parties must cooperate to form a coalition government.
Beating predictions, Wilders' Freedom Party won 37 seats out of 150 in the Dutch parliament, well ahead of the 25 seats secured by a joint Labour/Green ticket and 24 for the VVD in the Nov. 22 vote.