Dutch election yesterday, with preliminary results as follows, via Parties and Elections in Europe:
| Party – Preliminary results (99,5%) – | Ideology, Affiliation, Founding | 2012 | Seats | 2010 | Seats | ||
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Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (VVD)  People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Conservative liberalism |
ELDR, LI 1948 |
26,5% | 41 | 20,4% | 31 |
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Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA) Labour Party |
Social democracy Third Way |
PES, SI 1946 |
24,7% | 39 | 19,6% | 30 |
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Partij voor de Vrijheid (PVV) Freedom Party |
Right-wing populism Conservative liberalism |
– 2004 |
10,1% | 15 | 15,5% | 24 |
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Socialistische Partij (SP) Socialist Party |
Democratic socialism |
– 1972 |
9,6% | 15 | 9,9% | 15 |
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