Early parliamentary elections took place on January 22, 2003 and brought the victory of the ruling party to the Christian Democratic appeal.
← 2002  2006 → | |||
| Legislative Election in the Netherlands | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| January 22, 2003 | |||
 |  | ||
| Candidate | Jan Peter Balkenende | Wouter Bos | |
| The consignment | Christian Democratic Appeal | Labor Party (Netherlands) | |
| Votes | 2 763 480 (28.6%) | 2 631 363 (27.3%) | |
Elections were held after the resignation of the first Balkenende cabinet on October 16, 2002, after conflicts related to the Pim Fortuin List party.
The main struggle unfolded between the ruling party, the Christian Democratic Appeal and the opposition Labor Party .
The Labor Party increased its representation in the second chamber of parliament after losing in the last parliamentary elections in 2002, but failed to gain the most votes. The Pim Fortaine list, with the absence of a leader killed on the eve of the 2002 elections, significantly lost its popularity and reduced its representation from 26 to 8.
Voting Results
| Party | Political ideology | Party frontman | Vote | Places | +/- | % of votes | % places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democratic Appeal | Christian democracy | Jan Peter Balkenende | 2 763 480 | 44 | +1 | 28.6 | 29.3 |
| Labor party | Social democracy | Wouter Bos | 2 631 363 | 42 | +19 | 27.3 | 28.0 |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Conservative liberalism | en: Gerrit Zalm | 1,728,707 | 28 | +4 | 17.9 | 18.7 |
| Socialist Party | Democratic socialism | 609 723 | 9 | 0 | 6.3 | 6.0 | |
| Right populism , Fortaynism | en: Mat Herben | 549,995 | eight | -18 | 5.7 | 5.3 | |
| Green left | Green politics | Femke Galsema | 495 802 | eight | -2 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Democrats 66 | Social liberalism | en: Thom de Graaf | 393 333 | 6 | -one | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| Christian union | Christian democracy | Andre Ruvet | 204 694 | 3 | -one | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| Reformed Party | Protestant Conservatism | Kees van der Pack | 150 305 | 2 | 0 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| Total (turnout 80.0%) | 9,654,475 | 150 | 0 | 98.7 | 100.0 | ||
| Source: http://www.nsd.uib.no/european_election_database/country/netherlands/ | |||||||
After the elections, coalition negotiations began between the Labor Party and the Christian Democratic Appeal, which ended in vain. After the new negotiations, a coalition was created within the parties of the Christian Democratic Appeal , the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy and the Party of Democrats 66 , which on May 27, 2003 formed the second cabinet of Balkenende.
Notes
Links
- Early elections in the Netherlands. ICTV news archive (inaccessible link) (inaccessible link from 05/24/2018 [438 days])
- Netherlands election