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1102:(CDA-LPF-VVD), which governed from 22 July 2002 to 16 October 2002. The CDA once again became a coalition party after eight years in opposition (1994–2002) in a government which, however, became the shortest-ruling Dutch cabinet since the
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Economy No Longer in the Nether Land
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345:Most voted-for party by municipality
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407:General elections were held in the
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66:House of Representatives
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616:Volkert van der Graaf
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64:All 150 seats in the
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1074:Jan Peter Balkenende
643:adding missing items
605:caretaker government
539:Liveable Netherlands
535:September 11 attacks
511:Jan Peter Balkenende
451:Jan Peter Balkenende
422:Fortuyn had led the
123:Jan Peter Balkenende
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3285:Referendums
3128:Water board
2599:Netherlands
2595:referendums
1577:By province
1544:Total votes
1518:Valid votes
1475: [
1405: [
1356: [
989:6 May 1998
941:6 Oct 2001
895:2 Mar 2002
849:1 May 2002
527:Pim Fortuyn
453:formed his
417:Pim Fortuyn
409:Netherlands
317:Fred Teeven
275:Kars Veling
144:Pim Fortuyn
47:15 May 2002
3372:Categories
3335:See also:
2942:Provincial
2670:1866 (Oct)
2665:1866 (Jun)
2511:4 November
2507:(in Dutch)
2315:2010-06-13
2271:References
2078:Overijssel
1828:Gelderland
1560:12,035,935
1227:GroenLinks
1059:Ad Melkert
639:incomplete
551:achterlijk
503:Ad Melkert
499:euthanasia
485:(VVD) and
465:Background
415:of leader
191:Ad Melkert
3060:Municipal
2591:Elections
1878:Groningen
1778:Friesland
1728:Flevoland
1547:9,515,226
1521:9,501,152
1500:9,501,152
1210:1,436,023
1189:1,466,722
1168:1,614,801
1147:2,653,723
1052:coalition
650:July 2019
612:Hilversum
570:Rotterdam
3222:European
2505:Kiesraad
2421:Archived
2290:, p1396
1588:Province
517:Campaign
436:'purple'
77:79.06% (
3347:Curaçao
2607:General
2597:in the
2228:Zeeland
2178:Utrecht
1928:Limburg
1678:Drenthe
1642:Others
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1315:163,562
1294:240,953
1273:484,317
1252:560,447
1231:660,692
1055:parties
564:In the
561:party.
471:Wim Kok
440:Wim Kok
356:Cabinet
99:Leader
74:Turnout
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1385:10,033
1364:39,005
1050:, the
1034:Result
358:before
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174:15.44
153:17.00
127:27.93
107:Seats
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1993:11.8
1990:15.9
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1940:12.3
1937:19.0
1888:12.8
1885:12.2
1882:22.2
1843:15.2
1840:14.8
1837:13.9
1793:19.7
1790:12.3
1787:12.3
1743:13.7
1740:17.2
1737:19.3
1693:23.8
1690:16.1
1687:12.3
1563:79.06
1524:99.85
1497:Total
1479:]
1455:2,305
1434:6,393
1413:9,058
1409:]
1360:]
1213:15.11
1192:15.44
1171:17.00
1150:27.93
1132:Seats
1126:Votes
1123:Party
1096:chaos
846:NIPO
800:NIPO
725:Lead
667:Date
531:Islam
432:Islam
321:1.61
300:1.72
279:2.54
258:5.10
237:5.90
216:6.95
96:Party
3323:2018
3318:2016
3313:2005
3308:1805
3303:1801
3298:1798
3293:1797
3275:2024
3270:2019
3265:2014
3260:2009
3255:2004
3250:1999
3245:1994
3240:1989
3235:1984
3230:1979
3212:2023
3207:2020
3202:2019
3197:2015
3192:2011
3174:2023
3169:2019
3151:2023
3146:2019
3141:2015
3136:2008
3118:2022
3113:2018
3108:2014
3103:2010
3098:2006
3093:2002
3088:1998
3083:1994
3078:1990
3073:1986
3068:1982
3050:2023
3045:2019
3040:2015
3035:2011
3030:2007
3025:2003
3020:1999
3015:1995
3010:1991
3005:1987
3000:1985
2995:1982
2990:1978
2985:1974
2980:1970
2975:1966
2970:1962
2965:1958
2960:1954
2955:1950
2950:1946
2931:Next
2925:2023
2920:2021
2915:2017
2910:2012
2905:2010
2900:2006
2895:2003
2890:2002
2885:1998
2880:1994
2875:1989
2870:1986
2865:1982
2860:1981
2855:1977
2850:1972
2845:1971
2840:1967
2835:1963
2830:1959
2825:1956
2820:1952
2815:1948
2810:1946
2805:1937
2800:1933
2795:1929
2790:1925
2785:1922
2780:1918
2775:1917
2770:1913
2765:1909
2760:1905
2755:1901
2750:1897
2745:1894
2740:1891
2735:1888
2730:1887
2725:1886
2720:1884
2715:1883
2710:1881
2705:1879
2700:1877
2695:1875
2690:1873
2685:1871
2680:1869
2675:1868
2660:1864
2655:1862
2650:1860
2645:1858
2640:1856
2635:1854
2630:1853
2625:1852
2620:1850
2615:1848
2593:and
2513:2021
2357:ISBN
2292:ISBN
2264:0.7
2261:1.5
2258:8.1
2255:3.7
2252:3.8
2249:4.5
2246:5.3
2233:29.6
2214:0.5
2211:1.6
2208:2.3
2205:3.7
2202:5.9
2199:6.0
2196:8.4
2183:25.9
2164:0.6
2161:1.6
2158:2.8
2155:2.7
2152:5.0
2149:5.0
2146:5.9
2133:24.0
2114:0.5
2111:1.3
2108:2.4
2105:5.2
2102:4.1
2099:4.7
2096:5.9
2083:36.9
2064:1.1
2061:2.0
2058:0.3
2055:1.2
2052:6.5
2049:7.3
2046:8.7
2033:20.6
2014:1.0
2011:1.6
2008:0.4
2005:0.7
2002:5.0
1999:7.1
1996:6.4
1983:32.5
1964:0.7
1961:1.7
1958:0.1
1955:0.4
1952:4.1
1949:5.8
1946:6.8
1933:36.7
1914:0.6
1911:1.4
1908:0.4
1905:5.5
1902:5.2
1899:6.9
1896:8.9
1892:23.9
1864:0.4
1861:1.3
1858:3.3
1855:3.1
1852:4.8
1849:5.4
1846:7.1
1833:30.7
1814:0.4
1811:1.5
1808:0.6
1805:3.7
1802:4.2
1799:5.6
1796:6.6
1783:33.1
1764:0.7
1761:2.2
1758:2.3
1755:4.5
1752:5.0
1749:4.8
1746:6.7
1733:23.6
1714:0.6
1711:1.4
1708:0.4
1705:3.4
1702:4.8
1699:5.0
1696:6.2
1683:26.0
1608:PvdA
1537:0.15
1486:0.00
1458:0.02
1437:0.07
1416:0.10
1388:0.11
1367:0.41
1339:1.61
1318:1.72
1297:2.54
1276:5.10
1255:5.90
1234:6.95
1082:Left
1064:The
1046:and
671:PvdA
497:and
371:PvdA
201:−22
186:PvdA
180:−14
159:New
133:+14
83:5.71
52:2003
42:1998
2542:doi
1633:SGP
1623:D66
1603:VVD
1598:LPF
1593:CDA
1506:150
1492:New
1464:New
1443:New
1422:New
1394:New
1373:New
1345:New
1219:–22
1198:–14
1177:New
1156:+14
1135:+/–
1006:11
1003:14
1000:29
997:38
958:13
952:26
949:41
924:13
912:11
906:31
903:28
878:26
866:14
860:29
857:24
832:28
820:14
809:25
806:25
786:24
774:13
763:25
760:26
721:VSP
711:LPF
706:SGP
686:D66
681:CDA
676:VVD
645:.
614:by
396:VVD
392:LPF
388:CDA
379:D66
375:VVD
327:+2
306:−1
291:SGP
285:−1
264:−7
249:D66
243:+4
222:−1
219:10
198:23
177:24
165:VVD
156:26
139:LPF
130:43
118:CDA
111:+/–
3374::
2538:26
2536:.
2503:.
2413:.
2396:,
1638:LN
1628:CU
1618:SP
1613:GL
1483:63
1477:nl
1407:nl
1358:nl
1324:–1
1303:–1
1282:–7
1261:+4
1240:–1
1237:10
1216:23
1195:24
1174:26
1153:43
1084:.
1042:,
1027:7
1024:–
1021:–
1018:–
1015:3
1012:3
1009:5
993:45
979:4
976:–
973:3
970:–
967:4
964:6
961:6
955:6
945:45
933:3
930:0
927:8
921:3
918:7
915:7
909:8
899:34
887:1
884:1
881:4
875:2
872:6
869:7
863:7
853:30
841:3
838:1
835:2
829:2
826:6
823:8
817:8
813:31
795:9
792:0
789:3
783:2
780:5
777:8
771:9
767:35
716:LN
701:CU
696:SP
691:GL
324:2
312:LN
303:2
282:4
270:CU
261:7
240:9
228:SP
207:GL
150:)
85:pp
2576:e
2569:t
2562:v
2548:.
2544::
2515:.
2318:.
1509:0
1489:0
1461:0
1440:0
1419:0
1391:0
1370:0
1342:2
1321:2
1300:4
1279:7
1258:9
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652:)
648:(
576:(
394:–
390:–
377:–
373:–
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