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This article lists political parties in the Netherlands. The country has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which any one party has little chance of gaining power alone; parties often work with each other to form coalition governments.
The lower house of the legislature, the House of Representatives, is elected by a national party-list system of proportional representation. There is no threshold for getting a seat, making it possible for a party to get a seat with only two-thirds percent of the vote—roughly one seat for every 67,000 votes.
No party has won a majority of seats since the 1894 general election;[1] no party has even approached the seats needed for a majority since the current proportional representation system was implemented in the Pacification of 1917. All governments since then have been coalitions between two or more parties. However, there is a broad consensus on the basic principles of the political system, with all parties having to adjust their goals to some extent in order to have a realistic chance at being part of the government.
Political party | Active in | Main ideology | Position | European affiliation | |||
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FNP | Frisian National Party Fryske Nasjonale Partij |
Friesland | Civic nationalism | Big tent[36] | EFA | ||
GB | Groninger Interest Groninger Belang |
Groningen | Regionalism | Centre | — | ||
LB | Local Brabant Lokaal Brabant |
North Brabant | Regionalism | Centre | — | ||
LL | Local Limburg Lokaal-Limburg |
Limburg | Regionalism | Centre | — | ||
PvhN | Party for the North Partij voor het Noorden |
Groningen Friesland Drenthe |
Regionalism | Centre | — | ||
PvZ | Party for Zeeland Partij voor Zeeland |
Zeeland | Regionalism | Centre | — | ||
PBF | Provincial Interest Fryslân Provinciaal Belang Fryslân |
Friesland | Regionalism | Centre | — | ||
SLD | Strong Local Drenthe Sterk Lokaal Drenthe |
Drenthe | Regionalism | Centre | — | ||
SLF | Strong Local Flevoland Sterk Lokaal Flevoland |
Flevoland | Regionalism | Centre | — |
Party | Main ideology | Position | |||
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Forza! | Forza! Netherlands Forza! Nederland |
Right-wing populism | Right-wing | ||
HvDH | Heart for The Hague Hart voor Den Haag/Groep de Mos |
Conservative liberalism | Right-wing | ||
LR | Livable Rotterdam Leefbaar Rotterdam |
Fortuynism | Right-wing | ||
VSP | United Seniors Party Verenigde Senioren Partij |
Pensioners' interests | Single-issue politics |
Political party | Main ideology | Position | |||
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AWP | General Water Board Party Algemene Waterschapspartij |
Apoliticism | Syncretic | ||
WN | Water Natuurlijk | Green politics | Centre-left |
Political party | Main ideology | Position | Leader | Affiliation | |||
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American | Intl. | ||||||
PDB | Bonaire Democratic Party Partido Demokrátiko Boneriano |
Social democracy | Centre-left | Clark Abraham | — | — | |
UPB | Bonaire Patriotic Union Union Patriótiko Boneriano |
Christian democracy | Centre | James Kroon | ODCA | CDI | |
MPB | Bonaire People's Movement Movementu di Pueblo Boneriano |
Christian socialism | Centre | Elvis Tjin Asjoe | — | — | |
FSP | Social Progressive Front Frente Sosial Progresivo |
Social democracy | Centre-left | Robby Beukenboom | — | — |
Political party | Main ideology | Position | Leader | American affiliation | ||
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SLP | Saba Labour Party | Social democracy | Centre-left | Monique Wilson | — | |
WIPM | Windward Islands People's Movement | Christian democracy | Centre | Rolando Wilson | ODCA |
Political party | Main ideology | Position | Leader | ||
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DP | Democratic Party | Christian democracy | Centre | Adelka Spanner | |
PLP | Progressive Labour Party | Social democracy | Centre-left | Rechelline Leerdam |
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