2012 Dutch general election

The 2012 Dutch general election to elect the members of the House of Representatives was held on 12 September 2012.

Results

Party	Shortened	Seats	+/–	Vote %	Party leader
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	VVD	41	10	26.6%	Mark Rutte
Labour Party	PvdA	38	8	24.8%	Diederik Samsom
Party for Freedom	PVV	15	9	10.1%	Geert Wilders
Socialist Party	SP	15	0	9.7%	Emile Roemer
Christian Democratic Appeal	CDA	13	8	8.5%	Sybrand van Haersma Buma
Democrats 66	D66	12	2	8.0%	Alexander Pechtold
ChristianUnion	CU	5	0	3.1%	Arie Slob
GreenLeft	GL	4	6	2.3%	Jolande Sap
Reformed Political Party	SGP	3	1	2.1%	Kees van der Staaij
Party for the Animals	PvdD	2	0	1.9%	Marianne Thieme
50PLUS	50+	2	2	1.9%	Henk Krol
others		0	0	1.0%
Total		150	0	100%

Election results by municipality.

The position of the main parties on a two-dimensional the political spectrum, according to Dutch political scientist André Krouwel.
Polling station in Silvolde, Gelderland
Party 1: 15 seats