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.^[1]

The entire Dutch government, including Prime Minister Mark Rutte resigned on 15 January 2021 over the Childcare benefits scandal.^[2]

Opinion polls

Results

The official results are:^[3]

Party	Dutch name	Shortened	Polls ^[4]	+/-	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%).

Election results by municipality.

2021 Dutch General Election Media

At least one polling station per municipality already opened its doors on Monday 15 March 2021 to offer people in the vulnerable target group the opportunity to vote at a quiet moment.
Composition of the Dutch Tweede Kamer after the 2021 general election.* BIJ1: 1 seat