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2024 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

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2024 European Parliament election in the Netherlands
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31 Netherlands seats in the European Parliament
 
Leader Bas Eickhout Malik Azmani Tom Berendsen
Party GL/PvdA VVD CDA
Alliance Greens-EFA / S&D RE EPP
Last election 29.91%, 9 seats[a] 14.64%, 4 seats 12.18%, 4 seats
 
CU
Leader Ralf Dekker Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy Anja Haga
Party FvD D66 CU
Alliance NI RE EPP
Last election 10.96%, 3 seats 7.09%, 2 seats 1 seat[b]
 
50+
Leader Bert-Jan Ruissen Anja Hazekamp Adriana Hernández
Party SGP PvdD 50+
Alliance ECR The Left RE
Last election 1 seat[c] 4.02%, 1 seat 3.91%, 1 seats

An election of the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from 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.

Electoral system[edit]

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

Apportionment[edit]

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[edit]

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]

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.[5]

Contesting parties[edit]

Party European Party Group 2019 result Top candidate
GL/PvdA
GroenLinks–PvdA
 EGP / PES Greens-EFA / S&D 29.9[d] Bas Eickhout[6]
VVD People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ALDE RE 14.6 Malik Azmani[7]
CDA Christian Democratic Appeal EPP EPP 12.2 Tom Berendsen[8]
FvD Forum for Democracy − NI 11.0 Ralf Dekker
D66 Democrats 66 ALDE RE 7.1 Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy[9]
CU Christian Union ECPM EPP 6.8 Anja Haga[10]
SGP Reformed Political Party ECPM ECR Bert-Jan Ruissen[11]
PvdD Party for the Animals APEU GUE/NGL 4.0 Anja Hazekamp[12]
50+ 50PLUS EDP RE 3.9 Adriana Hernández[13]
PVV Party for Freedom ID ID 3.5 Sebastiaan Stöteler [nl][14]
SP Socialist Party − − 3.4 Gerrie Elfrink [nl][15]
Volt Volt Netherlands Volt Greens-EFA 1.9 Reinier van Lanschot[16]
PP–DG
PPEU − 0.4[e] Matthijs Pontier
VDR vandeRegio − − 0.2[f] Sent Wierda
BBB Farmer–Citizen Movement − − − Sander Smit[17]
BVNL Interest of the Netherlands − − − Wybren van Haga[18]
JA21 JA21 − ECR − Michiel Hoogeveen[19]
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. Combined results of the two parties.
  2. ^ Ran as CU-SGP in 2019 and received 6.8%.
  3. ^ Ran as CU-SGP in 2019 and received 6.8%.
  4. ^ ran separately in 2019.
  5. ^ ran separately in 2019, with PPNL running together with vandeRegio
  6. ^ ran together with Pirate Party in 2019

Campaign[edit]

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.[20] 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.[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]

Opinion polling[edit]

See also: Opinion polling for the 2024 European Parliament election

Seats[edit]

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 Exit Poll 6 Jun 2024 – 31 8 4 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 7 0 1 2 1 1 [23]
Peil.nl 5 Jun 2024 – 31 8 4 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 8 0 2 1 1 Tie [24]
Ipsos 3–5 Jun 2024 2,030 31 8 5 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 8 1 1 1 2 Tie [25]
Ipsos 24–27 May 2024 2,048 31 8 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 1 2 1 1 1 [26]
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 [27]
Peil.nl 17–18 May 2024 – 31 8 5 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 8 1 1 1 1 Tie [28]
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 [27]
Peil.nl 3–4 May 2024 – 31 8 5 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 8 1 1 1 1 Tie [29]
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 [30]
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 [27]
Ipsos 23 Feb – 5 Mar 2024 1,890 31 6 5 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 9 1 2 1 2 3 [31]
2019 election 23 May 2019 – 26 6 3 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 – – 2

Vote share[edit]

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 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% [32]
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% [33]
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% [27]
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% [27]
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% [30]
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% [34]
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% [31]
Portland 24–31 Jan 2024 535 17% 12% 5% 2% 5% 3% 1% 3% 1% 25% 3% 3% 2% 4% 12% 2% 8% [35]
2023 parliamentary election 22 Nov 2023 – 15.8% 15.2% 3.3% 2.2% 6.3% 2.1% 2.0% 2.3% 0.5% 23.5% 3.1% 1.7% 0.7% 4.6% 12.9% 3.8% 7.7%
2023 provincial elections 15 Mar 2023 – 8.4%[a] 9.0% 11.2% 6.6% 3.1% 6.3% 2.5% 3.9%[b] 4.8% 2.3% 5.8% 4.2% 3.0% 4.4% 19.2% – 5.3% 8.0%
2021 parliamentary election 15–17 Mar 2021 – 5.7% 5.2% 21.9% 9.5% 5.0% 15.0% 2.1% 3.4% 3.8% 1.0% 10.8% 6.0% 2.4% 2.4% 1.0% – 4.8% 6.9%
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%
  1. ^ including GL–PvdA joint list in Zeeland
  2. ^ including CU–SGP joint list in North Brabant

Results[edit]

Party+/–
GroenLinks–PvdA–
Party for Freedom–
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy−
Christian Democratic Appeal–
Democrats 66–
Farmer–Citizen Movement–
Volt Netherlands–
Party for the Animals–
Reformed Political Party–
New Social Contract–
Christian Union–
Forum for Democracy–
Socialist Party–
JA21New
50PLUS–
Belang van NederlandNew
Pirate Party – The Greens–
More Direct DemocracyNew
Nederland met een PlanNew
vandeRegio–
Total+5

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