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2024 European Parliament election in the Netherlands
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31 Netherlands seats in the European Parliament
Turnout46.2%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
GL/PvdA Bas Eickhout[a] 21.1 8 −1
PVV Sebastiaan Stöteler 17.0 6 +6
VVD Malik Azmani 11.3 4 0
CDA Tom Berendsen 9.5 3 −1
D66 Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy 8.4 3 +1
BBB Sander Smit 5.4 2 New
Volt Reinier van Lanschot 5.1 2 +2
PvdD Anja Hazekamp 4.5 1 0
NSC Dirk Gotink 3.7 1 New
SGP Bert-Jan Ruissen[b] 3.7 1 0
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The 2024 European Parliament election in the Netherlands was held on 6 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. It was the tenth time the elections have been held for the European elections in the Netherlands, and the first to take place after Brexit.

Left-wing GroenLinks–PvdA retained its plurality, winning eight seats. The right-wing populist Party for Freedom saw the largest increase in seats, going from zero to six compared to the previous election.

Electoral system

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Ballot paper for the European Parliament election in the Netherlands, 2024

Apportionment

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See also: Apportionment in the European Parliament

Compared to last election, Netherlands is entitled to five more MEPs: three already assigned in 2020 in the occasion of the redistribution post Brexit, and two assigned in 2023 after a pre-election assessment of the Parliament composition based on the most recent population figures.[1] The 31 members are elected through semi-open list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with seats allocated through D'Hondt method. Parties that do not reach a full Hare quota are ineligible to receive remainder seats, meaning there is an effective electoral threshold of around 3.23%.[2][3]

Electoral law

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Both Dutch nationals and EU citizens residing in the Netherlands are entitled to vote in the European elections in the Netherlands. No voter registration is needed for EU nationals (including Dutch citizens) residing within the country, but they do need to be registered as a resident in their municipality on 23 April 2024. Dutch citizen residing abroad are required to register as "Dutch voter abroad" in the municipality of The Hague. In addition, those eligible to vote must turn 18 years old by election day at the latest.[4]

The seats won by a list are first allocated to the candidates who, in preferential votes, have received at least 10% of the Hare quota (effectively a tenth of a seat or 0.32% of the total votes), regardless of their placement on the electoral list. If multiple candidates from a list pass this threshold, their ordering is determined based on the number of votes received. Any remaining seats are allocated to candidates according to their position on the electoral list.[5]

Five municipalities – Alphen aan den Rijn, Midden-Delfland, Boekel, Borne, and Tynaarlo – will have a pilot to test an A3-size ballot, smaller than ones used in prior elections. The revised ballot would not list all candidate names and would instead ask voters to select the candidate number regardless of party. If successful, it is planned to be used nationwide starting with the 2026 municipal elections.[6]

Contesting parties

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Further information: Party lists in the 2024 European Parliament election in the Netherlands and List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2019–2024
Party European Party Group 2019 result Top candidate
GL/PvdA
GroenLinks–PvdA
 EGP / PES Greens-EFA / S&D 29.9[c] Bas Eickhout[7]
VVD People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ALDE RE 14.6 Malik Azmani[8]
CDA Christian Democratic Appeal EPP EPP 12.2 Tom Berendsen[9]
FvD Forum for Democracy − NI 11.0 Ralf Dekker
D66 Democrats 66 ALDE RE 7.1 Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy[10]
CU Christian Union ECPM EPP 6.8 Anja Haga[11]
SGP Reformed Political Party ECPM ECR Bert-Jan Ruissen[12]
PvdD Party for the Animals APEU GUE/NGL 4.0 Anja Hazekamp[13]
50+ 50PLUS EDP RE 3.9 Adriana Hernández[14]
PVV Party for Freedom ID ID 3.5 Sebastiaan Stöteler[15]
SP Socialist Party − − 3.4 Gerrie Elfrink [nl][16]
Volt Volt Netherlands Volt Greens-EFA 1.9 Reinier van Lanschot[17]
PP–DG
PPEU − 0.4[d] Matthijs Pontier
VDR vandeRegio EFA − 0.2[e] Sent Wierda
BBB Farmer–Citizen Movement − − − Sander Smit[18]
BVNL Interest of the Netherlands − − − Wybren van Haga[19]
JA21 JA21 − ECR − Michiel Hoogeveen[20]
MDD More Direct Democracy − ECR − Dorien Rookmaker
NLPLAN Nederland met een Plan − − − Kok Chan
NSC New Social Contract − − − Dirk Gotink
  1. ^ Ran separately in 2019. 6 seats for PvdA and 3 seats for GL.
  2. ^ Ran with CU–SGP in 2019. Won 1 seat for SGP.
  3. ^ ran separately in 2019.
  4. ^ ran separately in 2019, with PPNL running together with vandeRegio
  5. ^ ran together with Pirate Party in 2019

Campaign

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Newspaper NRC wrote that the election campaign was overshadowed by the conclusion of the 2023–2024 cabinet formation and that it only gained momentum in the week prior. Polling by Ipsos I&O showed that name recognition of the lead candidates barely increased during the campaign.[21]

On election day, CDA, PVV, and FVD reported that their websites had been hit by denial-of-service attacks, and pro-Russian hacker group HackNeT claimed responsibility.[22]

Debates

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The NOS organized a television debate the day before the election. The lead candidates of the nine biggest parties in the November 2023 general election and in the polls – PVV, GroenLinks–PvdA, VVD, CDA, SP, D66, NSC, Volt, and BBB – participated. Anja Haga (Christian Union) and Anja Hazekamp (PvdD), who did not qualify, debated each other the same day in De Balie.[23]

Opinion polling

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See also: Opinion polling for the 2024 European Parliament election

Seats

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  Exit poll

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Total GL–PvdA VVD
Renew 		CDA
EPP 		FvD
NI 		D66
Renew 		SGP
ECR 		CU
EPP 		PvdD
Left 		50PLUS
Renew 		PVV
ID 		SP
Left 		Volt
G/EFA 		BBB
EPP 		NSC
EPP 		Lead Ref
PvdA
S&D 		GL
G/EFA
Ipsos 6 Jun 2024 – 31 8 4 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 7 0 1 2 1 1 [24]
Peil.nl 5 Jun 2024 – 31 8 4 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 8 0 2 1 1 Tie [25]
Ipsos 3–5 Jun 2024 2,030 31 8 5 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 8 1 1 1 2 Tie [26]
Ipsos 24–27 May 2024 2,048 31 8 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 1 2 1 1 1 [27]
I&O Research 17–21 May 2024 2,141 31 7 4 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 9 1 2 1 1 2 [28]
Peil.nl 17–18 May 2024 – 31 8 5 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 8 1 1 1 1 Tie [29]
I&O Research 10–14 May 2024 2,102 31 8 4 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 8 1 2 0 1 Tie [28]
Peil.nl 3–4 May 2024 – 31 8 5 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 8 1 1 1 1 Tie [30]
I&O Research 12–15 Apr 2024 2,182 31 7 5 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 8 1 1 1 1 1 [31]
I&O Research 22–25 Mar 2024 1,586 31 7 5 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 10 0 2 1 0 3 [28]
Ipsos 23 Feb – 5 Mar 2024 1,890 31 6 5 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 9 1 2 1 2 3 [32]
2019 election 23 May 2019 – 29 6 3 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 – – 1

Vote share

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  Exit poll

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		GL–PvdA VVD
Renew 		CDA
EPP 		FvD
NI 		D66
Renew 		SGP
ECR 		CU
EPP 		PvdD
Left 		50PLUS
Renew 		PVV
ID 		SP
Left 		Volt
G/EFA 		JA21
ECR 		BBB
EPP 		NSC
EPP 		Others Lead Ref
PvdA
S&D 		GL
G/EFA
Ipsos 6 Jun 2024 – 21.6% 11.6% 9.7% 2.5% 8.1% 3.4% 2.7% 4.4% 0.8% 17.7% 2.0% 4.9% – 5.3% 3.8% 1.7% 3.9% [33]
Ipsos 3–5 Jun 2024 2,030 19.5% 13.8% 6.1% 2.7% 7.1% 2.4% 2.7% 3.6% 0.6% 21.3% 3.6% 4.4% – 4.0% 5.0% 3.3% 1.8% [34]
Ipsos 24–27 May 2024 2,048 20.3% 12.5% 5.3% 3.2% 6.4% 2.3% 3.0% 3.1% 0.6% 22.7% 3.2% 6.3% – 3.9% 4.7% 2.5% 2.4% [35]
I&O Research 17–21 May 2024 2,141 19.3% 10.9% 5.7% 2.9% 7.1% 3.8% 3.0% 4.5% – 23.0% 3.3% 5.9% 1.4% 4.4% 3.5% 1.4% 3.7% [28]
I&O Research 10–14 May 2024 2,102 21.3% 11.8% 5.8% 3.6% 6.8% 3.8% 3.3% 3.2% – 22.5% 3.4% 5.4% 0.8% 3.2% 3.5% 1.8% 1.2% [28]
I&O Research 12–15 Apr 2024 2,182 18.7% 12.6% 5.4% 3.1% 7.8% 3.3% 3.0% 4.6% – 22.0% 3.6% 4.7% 1.1% 4.3% 4.2% 1.6% 3.3% [31]
I&O Research 22–25 Mar 2024 1,586 18.6% 14.1% 5.5% 3.0% 7.0% 3.8% 3.1% 4.0% – 25.1% 2.9% 5.2% 1.0% 3.9% 3.1% – 6.5% [36]
Ipsos 23 Feb – 5 Mar 2024 1,890 16.0% 12.7% 5.6% 2.3% 6.0% 2.6% 2.4% 3.7% – 22.4% 3.2% 4.9% – 4.5% 4.7% 8.8% 6.4% [32]
Portland 24–31 Jan 2024 535 17% 12% 5% 2% 5% 3% 1% 3% 1% 25% 3% 3% 2% 4% 12% 2% 8% [37]
2019 election 23 May 2019 – 19.0% 10.9% 14.6% 12.2% 11.0% 7.1% 6.8% 4.0% 3.9% 3.5% 3.4% 1.9% – – – 1.6% 4.4%

Results

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With most votes counted, GroenLinks–PvdA managed to retain its plurality despite losing one of its nine seats compared to the 2019 election, when GroenLinks and PvdA participated separately. The Party for Freedom, which had won the November 2023 general election, was the biggest winner, going from zero to six seats. The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) came in third with four seats. Forum for Democracy, 50PLUS, and the Christian Union, which no longer participated on a shared list with the Reformed Political Party, lost their seats, while the Farmer–Citizen Movement (2), Volt Netherlands (2), and New Social Contract (1) won representation for the first time. Other parties that secured seats were the Christian Democratic Appeal (3), Democrats 66 (3), the Party for the Animals (1), and the Reformed Political Party (1).[38][39]

Voter turnout was at 46.2%, the highest it had been since 1989.[40][41] Polling firm Ipsos I&O concluded that of those who had voted for New Social Contract and the Party for Freedom in the November 2023 general election, 59% and 56%, respectively, did not turn out in the European Parliament election. This was 22% for GroenLinks–PvdA.[42]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
GroenLinks–PvdA1,314,42821.098–1
Party for Freedom1,057,66216.976+6
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy707,14111.3540
Christian Democratic Appeal589,2059.453–1
Democrats 66523,6508.403+1
Farmer–Citizen Movement336,9535.412New
Volt Netherlands319,4835.132+2
Party for the Animals281,6004.5210
New Social Contract233,5643.751New
Reformed Political Party228,0363.6610
Christian Union180,0602.890–1
Forum for Democracy155,1872.490–3
Socialist Party136,9782.2000
50PLUS58,4980.940–1
JA2140,5700.650New
Pirate Party – The Greens23,7640.3800
Belang van Nederland23,0320.370New
More Direct Democracy11,2950.180New
Nederland met een Plan8,3600.130New
vandeRegio2,7320.0400
Total6,232,198100.0031+5
Valid votes6,232,19899.66
Invalid votes11,6070.19
Blank votes9,6620.15
Total votes6,253,467100.00
Registered voters/turnout13,542,36346.18
Source: Dutch Electoral Council[43]

European groups

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Following the election, the PVV switched its affiliation from Identity and Democracy to the newly founded Patriots for Europe group, and newcomers NSC and BBB were admitted into the European People's Party Group.[44][45]

PartySeats+/–
Renew Europe7+1
European People's Party Group60
Patriots for Europe6New
Greens–European Free Alliance6+3
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats4–2
The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL10
European Conservatives and Reformists Group1–3
Total31+5

By province

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Results by province[46]
Province GL-
PvdA 		PVV VVD CDA D66 BBB Volt PvdD NSC SGP CU FvD SP Others
 Drenthe 20.4 18.5 10.2 9.9 6.1 9.9 3.3 3.5 4.6 1.7 3.8 3.0 2.5 2.5
 Flevoland 16.7 21.2 11.3 7.6 6.5 6.5 3.3 4.1 3.6 6.3 4.0 3.6 2.3 3.1
 Friesland 20.2 16.9 8.2 12.2 6.3 9.1 3.2 3.5 4.0 2.0 6.3 3.3 2.4 2.4
 Gelderland 20.5 15.8 10.3 9.9 7.4 6.8 4.5 4.0 3.8 6.9 3.8 2.2 2.0 2.3
 Groningen 27.4 13.7 7.8 7.8 7.7 6.0 5.0 5.7 3.5 1.8 4.8 2.6 3.8 2.3
 Limburg 17.1 24.4 10.1 16.0 6.7 5.1 3.7 3.6 3.8 0.2 0.5 2.9 2.5 3.3
 North Brabant 19.1 19.4 13.7 11.6 8.9 5.3 5.0 3.6 3.6 0.9 0.9 2.2 2.7 3.2
 North Holland 26.0 14.9 12.2 6.2 10.4 3.8 7.1 6.6 2.9 0.6 1.2 2.7 2.3 3.1
 Overijssel 16.5 15.9 9.2 10.8 5.8 11.1 3.7 2.9 7.7 5.3 4.9 2.3 1.7 2.0
 South Holland 20.1 18.0 12.5 8.4 9.0 3.0 5.3 4.7 3.3 5.1 3.1 2.6 2.0 2.8
 Utrecht 25.2 12.5 11.3 8.1 10.6 3.2 6.9 5.3 3.1 4.5 3.8 1.8 1.6 2.2
 Zeeland 15.0 16.9 10.1 10.6 5.0 8.0 2.4 3.1 3.0 15.5 3.5 2.7 2.0 2.5
 Caribbean Netherlands 37.8 8.9 7.8 3.4 24.5 1.6 2.6 2.0 1.1 0.5 2.8 2.8 0.9 3.3
Postal voters abroad 31.5 9.3 13.1 4.2 13.4 2.0 8.9 4.9 2.6 1.1 1.6 3.3 1.5 2.5

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