2021 Dutch general election

The 2021 Dutch general election to elect the members of the House of Representatives was set for 17 March 2021.

The Third Rutte cabinet was inaugurated after the longest coalition formation in Dutch history, with 225 days between the election and swearing in of the cabinet. 

COVID-19 pandemic caused Interior Minister Kajsa Ollongren to propose spreading the election over a period of three days between 15 and 17 March 2021. 

The entire Dutch government, including Prime Minister Mark Rutte resigned on 15 January 2021 over the Childcare benefits scandal.

Opinion polls
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 Results 
The official results are:NOS

 Party Dutch name Shortened Polls Average polls based on De Hond, EenVandaag/Ipsos, i&o research, and Kantar on 16 March 2021:
 De Hond 
 EenVandaag/Ipsos
 i&o research
 Kantar  +/- Seats +/– Votes Vote % Party leader People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie VVD  34  1 34  1 2,279,130 21.87% Mark Rutte Democrats 66 Democraten 66 D66 18  1 24  5 1,565,861 15.02% Sigrid Kaag Party for Freedom Partij voor de Vrijheid PVV 20  0 17  3 1,124,482 10.79% Geert Wilders Christian Democratic Appeal Christen-Democratisch Appèl CDA 16  3 15  4 990,601 9.50% Wopke Hoekstra Socialist Party Socialistische Partij SP 11  3 9  5 623,371 5.98% Lilian Marijnissen Labour Party Partij van de Arbeid PvdA 11  2 9  0 597,192 5.73% Lilianne Ploumen GreenLeft GroenLinks GL 10  4 8  6 537,308 5.16% Jesse Klaver Forum for Democracy Forum voor Democratie FVD 5  3 8  6 523,083 5.02% Thierry Baudet Party for the Animals Partij voor de Dieren PvdD 6  1 6  1 399,750 3.84% Esther Ouwehand ChristianUnion ChristenUnie CU 6  1 5  0 351,275 3.37% Gert-Jan Segers Volt Netherlands Volt Nederland Volt 3  3 3  3 252,480 2.42% Laurens Dassen JA21 JA21 JA21 2  2 3  3 246,620 2.37% Joost Eerdmans Reformed Political Party Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij SGP 3  0 3  0 215,249 2.07% Kees van der Staaij DENK DENK DENK 2  1 3  0 211,237 2.03% Farid Azarkan 50PLUS 50PLUS 50+ 1  3 1  3 106,702 1.02% Liane den Haan FarmerCitizenMovement BoerBurgerBeweging BBB 1  1 1  1 104,319 1.00% Caroline van der Plas BIJ1 BIJ1 BIJ1 1  1 1  1 87,238 0.84% Sylvana Simons Code Orange Code Oranje CO 0 0 0 0 40,731 0.39% Richard de Mos NIDA NIDA NIDA 0 0 0 0 33,834 0.32% Nourdin El Ouali Splinter Splinter SPL 0 0 0 0 30,328 0.29% Femke Merel van Kooten Pirate Party Netherlands Piratenpartij Nederland PPNL 0 0 0 0 22,816 0.22% Matthijs Pontier JONG JONG JONG 0 0 0 0 15,297 0.15% Jaron Tichelaar Proud of the Netherlands Trots op Nederland TON 0 0 0 0 13,198 0.13% Sander van den Raadt Henk Krol List Lijst Henk Krol LHK 0 0 0 0 9,264 0.09% Henk Krol NLBeter NLBeter NLB 0 0 0 0 8,657 0.08% Esther van Fennema Blank Blanco / 0 0 0 0 8.277 0.08% Anna Zeven others 0 0 0 0 24,552 0.24% Total seats / valid votes  150  150  10,422,852 78.33% turnout Invalid + blank votes    39,825 0.38% turnout Total votes    10,462,677 78.71% turnout

In 2017, the total turnout was 81.57% (+2.86%).


 Related pages 
 2017 Dutch general election
 Third Rutte cabinet
 Fourth Rutte cabinet

References

 Other websites 
 Tweede Kamerverkiezingen 2021, Parlement.com
 Tweede Kamer 17 maart 2021, Kiesraad

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Category:2021 in the Netherlands
Category:Elections in the Netherlands