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An election of the Members of the European Parliament from the Netherlands will be held on 6 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. It will be the tenth time the elections have been held for the European elections in the Netherlands, and the first to take place after Brexit.

Electoral system

Compared to last election, Netherlands is entitled to five more MEPs: three already assigned in 2020 in the occasion of the redistribution post Brexit, and two assigned in 2023 after a pre-election assessment of the Parliament composition based on the most recent population figures. [1] The 31 members are elected through semi-open list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with seats allocated through D'Hondt method. There's no official electoral threshold, but due to the seat allocation procedure, at least one seat is only guaranteed from a vote share of 3.23%. [2]

Both Dutch nationals and EU citizens residing in the Netherlands are entitled to vote in the European elections in the Netherlands. No voter registration is needed for EU nationals (including Dutch citizens) residing within the country, but they do need to be registered as a resident in their municipality on 23 April 2024. Dutch citizen residing abroad are required to register as "Dutch voter abroad" in the municipality of The Hague. In addition, those eligible to vote must turn 18 years old by election day at the latest. [3]

Five municipalities – Alphen aan den Rijn, Midden-Delfland, Boekel, Borne, and Tynaarlo – will have a pilot to test an A3-size ballot, smaller than ones used in prior elections. The revised ballot would not list all candidate names and would instead ask voters to select the candidate number regardless of party. If successful, it is planned to be used nationwide starting with the 2026 municipal elections. [4]

Outgoing delegation

The table shows the detailed composition of the Dutch seats at the European Parliament as of 5 March 2024.

EP Group Seats Party Seats MEPs
Renew Europe
7 / 29
 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 5
 
Democrats 66 1
 
Volt Netherlands 1
 
European People's Party
6 / 29
 Christian Democratic Appeal 5
 
Christian Union 1
 
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
6 / 29
 Labour Party 6
 
European Conservatives and Reformists
5 / 29
 Reformed Political Party 1
 
JA21 1
 
More Direct Democracy 1
 
Independents 2
 
Greens–European Free Alliance
3 / 29
 GroenLinks 3
 
The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL
1 / 29
 Party for the Animals 1
 
Non-Inscrits
1 / 29
 Forum for Democracy 1
 
Total 29
Source: European Parliament

MEPs not seeking re-election

Name Party Date announced Source
Samira Rafaela Democrats 66 21 December 2023 [5]

Contesting parties

Party European Party Group 2019 result Top candidate
GL/PvdA GroenLinks–PvdA EGP / PES Greens-EFA / S&D 29.9 [a] Bas Eickhout [6]
VVD People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ALDE RE 14.6 Malik Azmani [7]
CDA Christian Democratic Appeal EPP EPP 12.2 Tom Berendsen [8]
FvD Forum for Democracy − NI 11.0 TBA
D66 Democrats 66 ALDE RE 7.1 Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy [9]
CU Christian Union EPCM EPP 6.8 Anja Haga [10]
SGP Reformed Political Party EPCM ECR Bert-Jan Ruissen [11]
PvdD Party for the Animals APEU GUE/NGL 4.0 Anja Hazekamp [12]
50+ 50PLUS EDP RE 3.9 TBA
PVV Party for Freedom ID ID 3.5 Sebastiaan Stöteler [13]
SP Socialist Party − − 3.4 Gerrie Elfrink [ nl] [14]
Volt Volt Netherlands Volt − 1.9 Reinier van Lanschot [15]
PPNL Pirate Party PPEU − 0.2 [b] Matthijs Pontier
DG The Greens EGP − 0.2 TBA
BBB Farmer–Citizen Movement − − − Sander Smit [16]
BVNL Interest of the Netherlands − − − Wybren van Haga [17]
JA21 JA21 ― ECR − Michiel Hoogeveen [18]
MDD More Direct Democracy [ nl] − ECR − Dorien Rookmaker
MST My Vote Counts! The Citizens' Initiative − − − TBA
NLplan Nederland met een Plan − − − Kok Chan
NSC New Social Contract EPP − − Dirk Gotink
PPvB Political Party for Basic Income − − − TBA
  1. ^ ran separately in 2019.
  2. ^ ran together with Of the Region

Opinion polling

See also: Opinion polling for the 2024 European Parliament election

Seats

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Total GL–PvdA VVD
Renew 		CDA
EPP 		FvD
NI 		D66
Renew 		SGP
ECR 		CU
EPP 		PvdD
Left 		50PLUS
Renew 		PVV
ID 		SP
Left 		Volt
G/EFA 		DENK
NI 		JA21
ECR 		BBB
EPP 		NSC
EPP 		Others Lead Ref
PvdA
S&D 		GL
G/EFA
I&O Research 12–15 Apr 2024 2,182 31 7 5 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 8 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 [19]
I&O Research 22–25 Mar 2024 1,586 31 4 3 6 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 9 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 [20]
Ipsos 23 Feb – 5 Mar 2024 1,890 31 3 3 5 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 9 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 4 [21]
2019 election 23 May 2019 – 26 6 3 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 – – – 0 2

Vote share

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		GL–PvdA VVD
Renew 		CDA
EPP 		FvD
NI 		D66
Renew 		SGP
ECR 		CU
EPP 		PvdD
Left 		50PLUS
Renew 		PVV
ID 		SP
Left 		Volt
G/EFA 		DENK
NI 		JA21
ECR 		BBB
EPP 		NSC
EPP 		Others Lead Ref
PvdA
S&D 		GL
G/EFA
I&O Research 12–15 Apr 2024 2,182 18.7% 12.6% 5.4% 3.1% 7.8% 3.3% 3.0% 4.6% – 22.0% 3.6% 4.7% – 1.1% 4.3% 4.2% 1.6% 3.3% [19]
I&O Research 22–25 Mar 2024 1,586 18.6% 14.1% 5.5% 3.0% 7.0% 3.8% 3.1% 4.0% – 25.1% 2.9% 5.2% 0.0% 1.0% 3.9% 3.1% – 6.5% [20]
Ipsos 23 Feb – 5 Mar 2024 1,890 16.0% 12.7% 5.6% 2.3% 6.0% 2.6% 2.4% 3.7% – 22.4% 3.2% 4.9% – – 4.5% 4.7% 8.8% 6.4% [21]
Portland 24–31 Jan 2024 535 17% 12% 5% 2% 5% 3% 1% 3% 1% 25% 3% 3% 2% 1% 4% 12% 1% 8% [22]
2023 parliamentary election 22 Nov 2023 – 15.8% 15.2% 3.3% 2.2% 6.3% 2.1% 2.0% 2.3% 0.5% 23.5% 3.1% 1.7% 2.4% 0.7% 4.6% 12.9% 1.4% 7.7%
2023 provincial elections 15 Mar 2023 – 8.4% [a] 9.0% 11.2% 6.6% 3.1% 6.3% 2.5% 3.9% [b] 4.8% 2.3% 5.8% 4.2% 3.0% 0.6% 4.4% 19.2% – 4.7% 8.0%
2021 parliamentary election 15–17 Mar 2021 – 5.7% 5.2% 21.9% 9.5% 5.0% 15.0% 2.1% 3.4% 3.8% 1.0% 10.8% 6.0% 2.4% 2.0% 2.4% 1.0% – 2.8% 6.9%
2019 election 23 May 2019 – 19.0% 10.9% 14.6% 12.2% 11.0% 7.1% 6.8% 4.0% 3.9% 3.5% 3.4% 1.9% 1.1% – – – 0.5% 4.4%
  1. ^ including GL–PvdA joint list in Zeeland
  2. ^ including CU–SGP joint list in North Brabant

References

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  2. ^ Oelbermann, Kai Friederike; Pukelsheim, Friedrich (July 2020). "The European Elections of May 2019" (PDF). europarl.europa.eu. p. 14.
  3. ^ "How to vote in Netherlands". European Parliament. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  4. ^ Keultjes, Hanneke (11 March 2024). "Proef met kleinere stembiljetten: twee vakjes rood maken in plaats van één" [Pilot with smaller ballots: Making two circles red instead of one]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  5. ^ Roorda, Jasper (2023-12-21). "Europarlementariër Samira Rafaela (D66) stopt". Brusselse Nieuwe (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  6. ^ "Bas Eickhout gekozen tot Europese lijsttrekker GroenLinks-PvdA". GroenLinks/PvdA. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
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  8. ^ "Tom Berendsen lijsttrekker Europeseverkiezingen". CDA. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  9. ^ Ven, Liam van de (27 September 2023). "Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy wordt lijsttrekker D66 bij Europese Parlementsverkiezingen". NRC. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
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  12. ^ "Partij voor de Dieren draagt Europarlementariër Anja Hazekamp opnieuw voor als lijsttrekker voor EU-verkiezingen". Partij voor de Dieren. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  13. ^ "PVV KANDIDATENLIJST EUROPEES PARLEMENT 2024". Party for Freedom. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Gerrie Elfrink voorgedragen als SP-lijsttrekker Europese verkiezingen". Socialist Party. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Van Lanschot weer Volt-lijsttrekker voor Europese verkiezingen". Nederlands Dagblad. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Sander Smit (ex-CDA) lijsttrekker BBB bij Europese verkiezingen". Parlament.com. 15 December 2023.
  17. ^ "BVNL doet mee met de Europese Parlementsverkiezingen". BVNL. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Europese Verkiezingen: Michiel Hoogeveen kandidaat-lijsttrekker JA21". JA21. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
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  20. ^ a b "EP-verkiezingen: lijsttrekkers en fracties nagenoeg onbekend". ioresearch.nl (in Dutch). 2024-03-28.
  21. ^ a b "Européennes : vers une progression de la droite radicale au Parlement européen ?". ipsos.com (in French). 2024-03-19. p. 19.
  22. ^ "EUPoll: All Countries". Portland Communications. 12 February 2024.
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