Volt Netherlands
Volt Netherlands (, mostly known by the abbreviated name Volt) is a social-liberal political party in the Netherlands. It is the Dutch branch of Volt Europa, a political movement that operates on a European level. Foundation. Volt Nederland was founded in Utrecht on 23 June 2018, with Reinier van Lanschot as its first chairman. The party owes its start and foundation partly to donations through crowdfunding. Electoral results. 2019 European Parliament election. The 2019 European Parliament election was the first election in which Volt took part. The party obtained 106,004 votes in the Netherlands, more than 100,000 votes  too few for a seat. The party received most of its votes in university cities, such as Amsterdam, Leiden, Utrecht and Wageningen. Although the Dutch branch of Volt was unable to obtain a seat in the European Parliament, it is currently represented by the German branch, which won one seat. 2021 Dutch general election. In 2021, the party participated in the Dutch general election. On 25 October 2020, the party adopted its candidate list, with Laurens Dassen as the top candidate. At the beginning of 2021, the Electoral Council announced that Volt would participate in all 20 electoral districts. National  opinion polling typically excluded the party until six weeks before the election, when their popularity began to rise; a number of polls in the days leading up to election day showed them projected to win up to three seats. Volt ultimately won 2.4% of votes, their best national performance in any election to date, and three seats, marking their first entrance into a national legislature. The newly elected Members of Parliament will be installed on 31 March 2021; the three seats of Volt will be taken up by Laurens Dassen, Nilüfer Gündoğan, and Marieke Koekkoek. 2022 local elections. For the  local elections, 25 local chapters of the party had registered. However, according to party statements, it failed to achieve equal lists of candidates in some cities and is therefore contesting in fewer cities than planned.