Netherlands

Lists of candidates for the 2024 European elections, on the 6th of June

Parties	Lead candidate	Full list
GroenLinks-Partij van de Arbeid(PvdA)	Bas Eickhout	List
Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (VVD)	Malik Azmani
Christen-Democratisch Appèl (CDA)	Tom Berendsen	List
Forum voor Democratie (FvD)	Ralf Dekker
Democraten 66 (D66)	Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy	List
ChristenUnie (CU)	Anja Haga	List
Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij (SGP)	Bert-Jan Ruissen	List
Partij voor de Dieren (PvdD)	Anja Hazekamp
50PLUS (50+)
Partij voor de Vrijheid (PVV)	Sebastiaan Stöteler
Socialistische Partij (SP)	Gerrie Elfrink	List
Volt Nederland (Volt)	Reinier van Lanschot	List
DENK
vandeRegio
Piratenpartij (PPNL)	Matthijs Pontier	List
De Groenen (DG)
JEZUS LEEFT
BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB)	Sander Smit	List
Belang van Nederland (BVNL)
JA21	Michiel Hoogeveen
Liberaal Democratische Partij (LibDem)
Meer Directe Democratie (MDD)	Dorien Rookmaker	List
Mijn Stem Telt! Het Burgerinitiatief		List
Nieuw Sociaal Contract (NSC)	Dirk Gotink	List
NL PLAN EU		List
Stem voor de Aarde

Results of the 23 May 2019 European elections

Political parties	European affiliation	Percentage of votes	Number of seats	Trend compared with 2014
Labour Party	S&D	19.01 %	6	↑
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Renew Europe	14.64 %	4	↓
Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	12.18 %	4	↓
Forum for Democracy	ECR	10.96 %	3	New
GreenLeft	Greens/EFA	10.90 %	3	↑
Democrats 66	Renew Europe	7.09 %	2	↑
Christian Union	ECR	6.83 %	2
Animals Party	GUE/NGL	4.02 %	1	↑
50PLUS		3.91 %	1
Freedom Party		3.53 %	0	↓
Socialist Party (SP)		3.37 %	0	↓

Electoral Procedures

Election Dates : 6 June 2024
> Number of MEPs : 31
> At what age can one vote? 18 years
> At what age can one be elected? 18 years
> Who can vote? European citizens living in Netherlands.

Electoral rules

Voting method : Représentation proportionnelle (vote préférentiel)
> Means for attributing seats : D’Hondt Method
> Can candidates be chosen from a list? Yes

Institutions and political situation

Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy
– Head of State : King Willem-Alexander
– Prime Minister : Mark Rutte (VVD), tendered his resignation from the government on July 8th 2023. The key ministries remain in office on an interim basis until a new government is formed following the general election on November 22nd, won by the Freedom Party (PVV), followed by the coalition of socialist and green parties (Labour Party-Green Left alliance (PvdA-GL)).

Economy

> Currency : Euro
> GDP : € 941 186 million (2022)
> GDP per capita (PPS) : € 53 170 (2022)
> GDP Growth : -0.2% (July 2023)
> Unemployment: 3.7% (September 2023)
> Inflation : 0.2% (September 2023)
> Public Debt : 48.3% of GDP (March 2023)

Geography and population

Surface Area: 41.543 km²

Population: 17.8 million inhabitants (2023)

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