2017 Dutch general election
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General elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday 15 March 2017 to elect all 150 members of the House of Representatives.
Polling station in Winterswijk
Asscher campaigning
The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a centre-right conservative-liberal political party in the Netherlands. The VVD promotes individual freedom, private enterprise, economic liberalism and
2017 Dutch general election
…of Prime Minister Mark Rutte was the first to serve a full term since 2002. The previous elections in 2012 had resulted in a ruling coalition of his People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and the Labour Party (PvdA). Because the second Rutte cabinet lacked a majority in the Senate, it relied on the support of Democrats 66 (D66…
Founders of the VVD, Dirk Stikker and Pieter Oud, in 1949.
Hans Wiegel, Leader from 1971 until 1982
Frits Bolkestein, leader from 1990 until 1998
Gerrit Zalm, leader from 2002 until 2004