Netherlands European Parliament election 2024 — Results

Background

The 2024 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, held on 6 June 2024, was the first nationwide vote after Geert Wilders' shock victory in the November 2023 general election, and it came as his four-party coalition was being finalised. The combined left-wing list GroenLinks–PvdA, again led by Frans Timmermans, finished first, narrowly holding off the surging PVV, which jumped from no seats to six. The Dutch once more voted first in the EU, and turnout reached its highest level for a European election in 35 years.

How the voting works

Dutch MEPs are elected by nationwide proportional representation with a low effective threshold. Following the post-Brexit reallocation and a further expansion of the Parliament, the Netherlands elected 31 members in 2024, up from 26 (later 29) in 2019. As is traditional, polling took place on a Thursday, ahead of most other member states.

The run-up to the vote

The campaign was shaped by the formation of the new right-wing national government, by debates over immigration and asylum, the cost of living, climate policy and the war in Ukraine, and by farmer discontent that had carried BBB to its provincial landslide a year earlier. Timmermans, having returned to Dutch politics to lead GroenLinks–PvdA, sought to rally the left against the incoming Wilders-backed cabinet; the PVV, riding its November momentum, aimed to confirm its new status as the dominant force on the right.

The outcome

GroenLinks–PvdA won 21.09% and 8 seats — one fewer than the combined 2019 totals of its two component parties, but enough to finish first. The PVV came second on 16.97% and 6 seats, a dramatic recovery from its 2019 wipe-out. The VVD took 11.35% and 4, the CDA 9.45% and 3, and D66 8.40% and 3. The Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB) and the pro-European Volt each won 2 seats, while the Party for the Animals, Omtzigt's New Social Contract and the SGP took one each.

Turnout and regional patterns

Turnout was 46.18%, the highest in a Dutch European election since 1989. GroenLinks–PvdA led the vote in most provinces, with particular strength in Groningen, North Holland and Utrecht, while the PVV came first in Limburg, North Brabant, Flevoland and Zeeland, mirroring the geography of its general-election win. The map above shows the leading party in each province; click any province for the full breakdown.

What followed

The result confirmed the new shape of Dutch politics — a consolidated left bloc facing a dominant radical right — just as the Schoof cabinet prepared to take office. Across the EU, the 2024 election saw gains for the far right in several large states, but in the Netherlands the left's narrow first place offered the new opposition an early morale boost against the incoming government.

Source

Official results from the Electoral Council (Kiesraad) — verkiezingsuitslagen.nl. The provincial map is built from the Kiesraad's per-province figures.

Compiled and reviewed from official results by ElectioMap. See our data methodology.