This article listspolitical parties in theNetherlands . The country has amulti-party system with numerous political parties, and any one party has little chance of gaining power alone; parties work with each other to formcoalition governments .
The lower house of the legislature, theHouse of Representatives , is elected by a national party-list system ofproportional representation . There is a legal threshold of 1/150 for getting a seat, so a party can win a seat only with at least two-thirds percent (0,67%) of the national vote, roughly one seat for every 67,000 votes.
The first national political party was theAnti-Revolutionary Party (ARP), founded in 1879.[ 1]
No party has come close to winning a majority of seats since the introduction of proportional representation in 1918.[ 2] All 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, with all parties having to adjust their goals to some extent in order to have a realistic chance at being part of the government.
National political parties [ edit ] Parties represented in the States General and/or European Parliament[ edit ] Parties without representation in the States General and/or European Parliament[ edit ] Regional and local political parties [ edit ] European Netherlands [ edit ] Water board parties [ edit ] Defunct political parties [ edit ] History and evolution of all Dutch political parties to ever have had seats in theHouse of Representatives . ^a b "Anti-Revolutionaire Partij (ARP)" .Documentatiecentrum Nederlands politieke partijen (in Dutch). 27 July 2021. Retrieved3 October 2024 .^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010)Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p1412ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7 ^a b c d Wolfram Nordsieck."Parties and Elections in Europe" . Retrieved8 June 2015 . ^a b c d Josep M. Colomer (24 July 2008).Comparative European Politics . Taylor & Francis. p. 221f.ISBN 978-0-203-94609-1 . Retrieved13 July 2013 .^ Pauwels, Teun (2014).Populism in Western Europe: Comparing Belgium, Germany and The Netherlands . Routledge. pp. 117– 118.ISBN 978-1-317-65391-2 . ^ Merijn Oudenampsen (2013). "Explaining the Swing to the Right: The Dutch Debate on the Rise of Right-Wing Populism ". In Ruth Wodak, Majid KhosraviNik, Brigitte Mral.Right-Wing Populism in Europe: Politics and Discourse . A&C Black. p. 191. ^ Tjitske Akkerman (2015)."Gender and the radical right in Western Europe: a comparative analysis of policy agendas" .Patterns of Prejudice .49 (1– 2):37– 60.doi :10.1080/0031322X.2015.1023655 .S2CID 144264153 . ^ "Partij voor de Vrijheid (PVV) — Europe Politique" .europe-politique.eu . Retrieved13 August 2019 .^a b c Andeweg, R. and G. IrwinPolitics and Governance in the Netherlands , Basingstoke (Palgrave) p.49^a b c Hans Keman (2008),"The Low Countries: Confrontation and Coalition in Segmented Societies" ,Comparative European Politics , Taylor & Francis, p. 221,ISBN 978-0-203-94609-1 ^ Sean Lusk; Nick Birks (2014).Rethinking Public Strategy . Palgrave Macmillan. p. 168.ISBN 978-1-137-37758-6 . [permanent dead link ] ^ "CDA: partij van samenleving en van waarden" .Reformatorisch Dagblad (in Dutch). 8 August 2015. Retrieved27 December 2016 .^ Syuzanna Vasilyan (2009)."The integration crisis in the Netherlands: the causes and the new policy measures" . In Ditta Dolejšiová; Miguel Angel García López (eds.).European Citizenship in the Process of Construction: Challenges for Citizenship, Citizenship Education and Democratic Practice in Europe . Council of Europe. p. 73.ISBN 978-92-871-6478-0 . ^ Hans Vollaard; Gerrit Voerman; Nelleke van de Walle (2015)."The Netherlands" . In Donatella M. Viola (ed.).Routledge Handbook of European Elections . Routledge. p. 171.ISBN 978-1-317-50363-7 . ^ Bremmer, Ian (13 September 2012)."Going Dutch: The Netherlands' election results roll in" .Foreign Policy . Retrieved29 June 2019 . ^ José Magone (3 July 2013).Contemporary European Politics: A Comparative Introduction . Routledge. p. 533.ISBN 978-1-136-93397-4 . ^ "European Social Survey 2012 – Appendix 3 (in English)" (PDF) .European Science Foundation . 1 January 2014. Retrieved6 May 2014 .[permanent dead link ] ^ Watkins, Susan (May–June 2005)."Continental tremors" .New Left Review .II (33). ^ "Contemporary Far Left Parties in Europe", published November 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2016:http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/id/ipa/05818.pdf ^a b "Parties and Elections in Europe" . Parties-and-elections.eu.^ Jort Statema; Paul Aarts. "The Netherlands: Follow Washington, Be a Good European". In Timo Behr;Teija Tiilikainen (eds.).Northern Europe and the Making of the EU's Mediterranean and Middle East Policies . note on p. 237. ^ Rudy B. Andeweg; Galen A. Irwin (2014).Governance and Politics of the Netherlands (4th ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. p. 74. ^ "Standpunten" (in Dutch). Forum voor Democratie. 15 November 2016. Retrieved27 December 2016 .^ "Forum voor Democratie: Why has the Dutch far right surged?" . Al Jazeera. Retrieved10 May 2020 .^ Tierolf, Bas; Drost, Lisanne; van Kapel, Maaike (December 2018).Zevende rapportage racisme, antisemitisme en extreemrechts geweld in Nederland (PDF) (Report) (in Dutch). Verwey-Jonker Instituut. p. 35.ISBN 978-90-5830-912-9 . Retrieved22 April 2019 . ^ "Far-right MEPs form group in European Parliament" . EurActiv. 2 July 2009. Retrieved20 March 2014 .^ Stagni, Federica (6 December 2018)."Time For Change: How Volt Wants To Fix Europe" .Italics Magazine . Retrieved9 June 2019 . ^ "A Pro-Immigrant Party Rises in the Netherlands" .The New York Times . 29 July 2016.^ "Ethnic minorities desert Labour, turn to Denk ahead of March vote" .Dutch News . 6 February 2017.^ "Verkiezingsprogramma 2017–2021" (in Dutch). Libertarische Partij. 10 November 2016. Archived fromthe original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved27 December 2016 .^ "Doelstellingen" (in Dutch). Partij voor Mens en Spirit. 5 May 2016. Retrieved27 December 2016 .^a b Lead candidate of the joint listPirate Party andThe Greens at the2023 general election . ^ Piratenpartij (13 April 2010)."Structuur" [Structure] (in Dutch). Retrieved14 April 2010 . ^ "Actie Bouwman" (PDF) .Repetorium kleine politieke partijen (in Dutch).^ "Islam Democraten/Lijst 21" .Documentatiecentrum Nederlandse Politieke Partijen (in Dutch).^ "Verbond van Actualisten" (PDF) .Repetorium kleine politieke partijen (in Dutch).
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