Next Dutch general election

General elections are scheduled to be held in the Netherlands in March 2028 to elect members of the House of Representatives, although they may be held at an earlier date if snap elections are called.

Next Dutch general election

← 2023 By 15 March 2028

All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Current seats PVV Geert Wilders 37 GL/PvdA Frans Timmermans 25 VVD Dilan Yeşilgöz 24 NSC Pieter Omtzigt 20 D66 Rob Jetten 9 BBB Caroline van der Plas 7 CDA Henri Bontenbal 5 SP Jimmy Dijk 5 Denk Stephan van Baarle 3 PvdD Esther Ouwehand 3 FvD Thierry Baudet 3 SGP Chris Stoffer 3 CU Mirjam Bikker 3 Volt Laurens Dassen 2 JA21 Joost Eerdmans 1 Incumbent cabinet Schoof cabinet PVV–VVD–NSC–BBB

Background

The 2023 Dutch general election resulted in losses for all parties in the fourth Rutte cabinet. Party for Freedom (PVV) became the largest party in the House of Representaties for the first time and then formed a coalition with People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), New Social Contract (NSC) and Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB). The Schoof cabinet with the independent Dick Schoof as prime minister was sworn in on 2 July 2024.

Electoral system

Main article: Elections in the Netherlands

Pursuant to articles C.1, C.2 and C.3 of the electoral law, elections for the House of Representatives take place every four years in March, unless a snap election is called. The 150 members of the House of Representatives are elected by semi-open list proportional representation. The number of seats per list is determined using the D'Hondt method. A list must receive a number of votes equal to or exceeding the Hare quota (1 full seat) in order to qualify for seat distribution, meaning there is an electoral threshold of 0.67%.^[1] Voters have the option to cast a preferential vote. The seats won by a list are first allocated to the candidates who, in preferential votes, have received at least 25% of the Hare quota (effectively ¼ of a seat or 0.17% of the total votes), regardless of their placement on the electoral list. If multiple candidates from a list pass this threshold, their ordering is determined based on the number of votes received. Any remaining seats are allocated to candidates according to their position on the electoral list.^[2][3]

Opinion polls

Graphical summary

The averages in the graphs below were constructed using polls listed below conducted by the four major Dutch pollsters. The trendlines show local regressions representing seat totals (not vote percentages).

Seats

There are 150 seats in total, 76 seats are needed for a majority. Parties are denoted with a dash if no indication is given of their level in the polls.

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	PVV	GL–PvdA	VVD	NSC	D66	BBB	CDA	SP	Denk	PvdD	FvD	SGP	CU	Volt	JA21	Lead	Ref
Ipsos I&O	9–11 Nov 2024	2,020	38	26	22	3	12	5	12	8	4	7	3	3	3	3	1	12	[4]
Peil.nl	9 Nov 2024	–	38	25	19	4	11	7	13	6	4	4	5	4	4	4	2	13	[5]
Verian	25–28 Oct 2024	1,604	39	24	23	4	10	7	12	6	4	7	3	3	4	3	1	15	[6]
Ipsos I&O	18–21 Oct 2024	2,143	38	25	21	4	11	5	11	7	3	8	4	3	4	4	2	13	[7]
Peil.nl	12 Oct 2024	–	37	26	20	4	11	7	13	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	11	[8]
Peil.nl	28 Sep 2024	–	40	26	19	5	11	7	12	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	14	[9]
Ipsos I&O	20–23 Sep 2024	1,950	41	25	18	6	10	5	11	5	4	7	4	3	4	5	2	16	[10]
Verian	20–23 Sep 2024	1,607	41	27	23	3	9	7	10	6	3	5	4	3	4	4	1	14	[11]
Ipsos I&O	13–16 Sep 2024	2,208	42	24	20	7	11	5	10	6	3	6	5	2	4	4	1	18	[12]
Peil.nl	14 Sep 2024	5,000+	38	26	20	7	11	7	11	6	4	4	3	4	4	4	1	12	[13]
Verian	23–26 Aug 2024	1,594	39	27	23	9	11	6	8	7	4	4	3	3	3	3	0	12	[14]
Ipsos	26–29 Jul 2024	1,016	40	27	21	11	10	8	9	3	4	5	3	3	2	3	1	13	[15]
Peil.nl	5–6 Jul 2024	–	38	25	19	8	11	8	11	6	4	4	3	4	4	4	1	13	[16]
	2 Jul 2024	The Schoof cabinet is sworn in
Peil.nl	28–29 Jun 2024	–	41	26	17	8	10	8	11	6	4	4	3	4	3	4	1	15	[17]
Ipsos	21–24 Jun 2024	1,017	44	27	20	12	12	6	6	3	3	5	3	3	2	3	1	17	[18]
I&O Research	14–17 Jun 2024	1,979	42	27	18	7	11	7	9	5	3	7	3	4	3	4	0	15	[19]
	6 Jun 2024	2024 European Parliament election in the Netherlands
Peil.nl	5–6 Jun 2024	–	43	25	19	8	10	8	10	5	3	4	4	3	3	4	1	18	[20]
Peil.nl	31 May – 1 Jun 2024	–	42	25	19	7	10	8	10	6	3	4	5	3	3	4	1	17	[21]
Ipsos	24–27 May 2024	2,048	48	24	19	11	10	7	6	3	3	6	3	3	3	3	1	24	[22]
I&O Research	17–21 May 2024	2,141	46	26	17	8	10	7	7	5	3	5	3	4	4	4	1	20	[23]
Peil.nl	17–18 May 2024	–	45	25	18	7	10	8	10	6	3	4	4	3	3	3	1	20	[24]
I&O Research	9–12 May 2024	1,839	47	26	18	8	10	6	7	5	2	5	3	4	4	4	1	21	[25]
Peil.nl	3–4 May 2024	–	46	25	17	8	10	8	9	7	3	3	4	3	3	3	1	21	[26]
Ipsos	26–29 Apr 2024	1,011	45	23	20	11	11	8	5	4	4	5	4	4	3	2	1	22	[27]
Peil.nl	19 Apr 2024	8,500	50	25	15	8	10	7	9	7	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	25	[28]
Ipsos	22–25 Mar 2024	1,016	49	24	20	11	10	6	6	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	25	[29]
Peil.nl	22 Mar 2024	–	49	25	15	9	10	7	9	7	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	24	[30]
Peil.nl	8 Mar 2024	–	49	25	15	10	10	7	9	7	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	24	[30]
Ipsos	23–26 Feb 2024	1,022	49	25	19	11	11	8	6	3	4	4	3	3	2	1	1	24	[31]
I&O Research	9–12 Feb 2024	2,752	49	25	17	9	9	7	7	5	2	5	3	4	3	4	1	24	[32]
Peil.nl	9 Feb 2024	6,000	52	25	13	11	10	8	8	6	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	27	[33]
Peil.nl	2–3 Feb 2024	4,500+	50	25	13	15	10	7	7	6	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	25	[34]
Ipsos	26–29 Jan 2024	1,025	45	25	19	18	11	6	5	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	1	20	[35]
Peil.nl	19–20 Jan 2024	5,500+	49	23	12	17	10	9	6	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	26	[36]
Peil.nl	22 Dec 2023	–	48	22	13	18	11	9	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	26	[37]
Ipsos	15–18 Dec 2023	1,052	47	22	18	19	9	8	4	3	4	5	3	3	3	2	0	25	[38]
	13 Dec 2023	Jimmy Dijk succeeds Lilian Marijnissen as SP leader[39]
I&O Research	8–11 Dec 2023	2,952	43	23	16	20	10	8	5	5	2	5	3	3	3	4	0	20	[40]
Peil.nl	1–2 Dec 2023	–	42	22	16	19	11	10	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	20	[41]
2023 election	22 Nov 2023	–	37	25	24	20	9	7	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	12

Vote share

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	PVV	GL–PvdA	VVD	NSC	D66	BBB	CDA	SP	Denk	PvdD	FvD	SGP	CU	Volt	JA21	Others	Lead	Ref
	Ipsos I&O	9–11 Nov 2024	2,020	23.7%	16.2%	13.9%	2.3%	7.6%	3.7%	7.3%	5.2%	2.7%	4.8%	2.3%	2.2%	2.4%	2.2%	0.8%	–	7.5%	[42]
Ipsos I&O	18–21 Oct 2024	2,143	24.8%	16.7%	13.5%	2.7%	7.3%	3.6%	7.1%	4.8%	2.4%	5.2%	2.9%	2.1%	2.9%	2.6%	1.4%	–	8.1%	[7]
Ipsos I&O	20–23 Sep 2024	1,950	25.9%	16.1%	11.8%	4.0%	6.9%	3.8%	7.4%	3.8%	2.6%	5.0%	3.0%	2.3%	2.5%	3.4%	1.4%	–	9.8%	[10]
Ipsos I&O	13–16 Sep 2024	2,208	27.0%	15.7%	13.2%	4.4%	7.4%	3.8%	6.2%	4.4%	2.1%	4.3%	3.1%	1.8%	2.8%	3.0%	0.7%	–	11.3%	[12]
Ipsos	26–29 Jul 2024	1,016	25.8%	17.3%	13.4%	7.3%	6.5%	5.2%	5.7%	2.2%	2.7%	3.6%	2.3%	2.2%	1.8%	2.2%	0.8%	0.9%	8.5%	[43]
Ipsos	21–24 Jun 2024	1,017	27.7%	17.3%	13.1%	7.7%	7.8%	3.8%	4.4%	2.5%	2.3%	3.2%	2.3%	2.3%	1.8%	1.9%	1.2%	0.7%	10.4%	[44]
I&O Research	14–17 Jun 2024	1,979	27.3%	17.6%	12.0%	4.6%	7.4%	4.8%	6.3%	3.2%	1.9%	4.5%	2.0%	2.6%	2.5%	2.7%	0.6%	0.6%	9.7%	[19]
Peil.nl	5–6 Jun 2024	–	26.7%	16.0%	12.3%	5.2%	6.6%	5.3%	6.6%	3.4%	2.2%	3.2%	2.8%	2.4%	2.0%	2.7%	1.0%	1.6%	10.7%	[45]
Ipsos	24–27 May 2024	2,048	30.5%	15.2%	12.1%	7.2%	6.8%	5.0%	4.1%	2.4%	2.4%	4.2%	2.4%	2.2%	1.9%	2.0%	0.9%	0.6%	15.3%	[46]
I&O Research	17–21 May 2024	2,141	29.6%	16.6%	11.5%	5.7%	6.7%	4.6%	4.8%	3.5%	2.0%	3.3%	2.2%	2.8%	2.7%	2.8%	0.8%	0.3%	14.0%	[23]
I&O Research	9–12 May 2024	1,839	30.0%	16.7%	11.8%	5.1%	6.4%	4.1%	4.9%	3.6%	1.8%	3.7%	2.5%	2.6%	2.6%	3.1%	0.8%	0.3%	14.5%	[25]
Ipsos	26–29 Apr 2024	1,011	28.7%	14.7%	12.7%	7.4%	6.9%	5.5%	3.6%	2.9%	2.8%	3.6%	2.8%	2.8%	1.9%	1.6%	1.2%	0.9%	14.0%	[47]
Ipsos	22–25 Mar 2024	1,016	31.1%	15.6%	12.6%	7.0%	6.6%	4.2%	4.1%	2.8%	2.3%	3.1%	2.3%	2.1%	2.3%	1.7%	1.3%	0.8%	15.5%	[48]
Ipsos	23–26 Feb 2024	1,022	31.1%	15.9%	12.4%	7.0%	7.0%	5.4%	4.3%	2.2%	3.1%	2.9%	2.1%	2.4%	1.5%	1.1%	0.8%	0.6%	15.2%	[49]
I&O Research	9–12 Feb 2024	2,752	31.0%	16.5%	11.1%	6.3%	6.3%	4.5%	4.5%	3.2%	1.8%	3.2%	2.2%	2.6%	2.5%	3.0%	0.7%	0.6%	14.5%	[32]
Ipsos	26–29 Jan 2024	1,025	28.4%	16.0%	12.2%	11.9%	6.9%	4.2%	3.4%	2.4%	2.5%	3.0%	2.1%	2.2%	1.7%	1.7%	0.9%	0.5%	12.4%	[50]
Ipsos	15–18 Dec 2023	1,052	29.8%	13.8%	11.5%	12.4%	6.1%	5.1%	2.6%	2.5%	3.1%	3.3%	1.9%	2.3%	1.9%	1.8%	0.6%	1.3%	16.0%	[51]
I&O Research	8–11 Dec 2023	2,952	27.4%	14.6%	10.4%	12.5%	6.6%	5.5%	3.4%	3.6%	1.8%	3.3%	2.2%	2.3%	2.2%	2.9%	0.6%	0.7%	12.8%	[32]
2023 election	22 Nov 2023	–	23.49%	15.75%	15.14%	12.88%	6.29%	4.65%	3.31%	3.15%	2.37%	2.25%	2.23%	2.08%	2.04%	1.71%	0.68%	1.88%	7.74%

Notes

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