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2003 Dutch general election
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22 January 2003
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All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
80.0% ( 0.6 pp)
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
CDA
Jan Peter Balkenende
28.6%
44
+1
PvdA
Wouter Bos
27.2%
42
+19
VVD
Gerrit Zalm
17.9%
28
+4
SP
Jan Marijnissen
6.3%
9
0
LPF
Mat Herben
5.6%
8
−18
GL
Femke Halsema
5.1%
8
−2
D66
Thom de Graaf
4.0%
6
−1
CU
André Rouvoet
2.1%
3
−1
SGP
Bas van der Vlies
1.5%
2
0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Most voted-for party by municipality
Cabinet before
Cabinet after
First Balkenende cabinet CDA–LPF–VVD
Second Balkenende cabinet CDA–VVD–D66
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 22 January 2003.[1]
^Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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