List of Speaker of the Dutch House of Representatives elections

Since 1983, an election for Speaker of the House of Representatives is held when the House first convenes after a general election, or when a sitting speaker dies, resigns, or is removed from the position. Before 1983, a new Speaker was chosen at the start of every parliamentary year by the monarch, who usually selected the nominee put forward by the House.

1986

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Dick Dolman (incumbent)	Labour Party	125	84.46
	Piet van der Sanden	Christian Democratic Appeal	13	8.78
	Klaas de Vries (write-in)	Labour Party	2	1.35
	Wim Kok (write-in)	Labour Party	1	0.68
	Wim Meijer (write-in)	Labour Party	1	0.68
	Ien Dales (write-in)	Labour Party	1	0.68
	Piet Stoffelen (write-in)	Labour Party	1	0.68
	Rob Tazelaar (write-in)	Labour Party	1	0.68
	Kees van Dijk (write-in)	Christian Democratic Appeal	1	0.68
	Huib Eversdijk (write-in)	Christian Democratic Appeal	1	0.68
	Theo Joekes (write-in)	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	1	0.68
Total			148	100.00
Valid votes			148	99.33
Invalid/blank votes			1	0.67
Total votes			149	100.00
Source: Nederlands Dagblad [1]

1989

Wim Deetman as Speaker on the day of his election on 14 September 1989.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Wim Deetman	Christian Democratic Appeal	75	51.37
	Dick Dolman (incumbent)	Labour Party	68	46.58
	Huib Eversdijk (write-in)	Christian Democratic Appeal	3	2.05
Total			146	100.00
Valid votes			146	97.33
Invalid/blank votes			4	2.67
Total votes			150	100.00
Source: Het Parool [2]

1994

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Wim Deetman (incumbent)	Christian Democratic Appeal	137	99.28
	Flip Buurmeijer (write-in)	Labour Party	1	0.72
Total			138	100.00
Valid votes			138	98.57
Invalid/blank votes			2	1.43
Total votes			140	100.00
Source: Algemeen Dagblad [3]

1996

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Piet Bukman	Christian Democratic Appeal	85	64.39
	Ali Doelman-Pel	Labour Party	45	34.09
	Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven (write-in)	Labour Party	1	0.76
	Gert Schutte (write-in)	Reformed Political League	1	0.76
Total			132	100.00
Valid votes			132	97.78
Invalid/blank votes			3	2.22
Total votes			135	100.00
Source: Algemeen Dagblad [4]

1998

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven	Labour Party	99	71.74
	Martin Zijlstra	Labour Party	19	13.77
	Tineke Netelenbos	Labour Party	17	12.32
	Gert Schutte	Reformed Political League	2	1.45
	Pieter Jan Biesheuvel	Christian Democratic Appeal	1	0.72
Total			138	100.00
Valid votes			138	98.57
Invalid/blank votes			2	1.43
Total votes			140	100.00
Source: DNPP Yearbook, [5] Handelingen [6]

2002

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Frans Weisglas	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	80	55.17
	Annemarie Jorritsma	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	41	28.28
	Jim Janssen van Raaij	Pim Fortuyn List	24	16.55
Total			145	100.00
Source: Algemeen Dagblad [7]

2003

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Frans Weisglas (incumbent)	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	61	42.07	79	54.48
	Gerda Verburg	Christian Democratic Appeal	47	32.41	49	33.79
	Thom de Graaf	Democrats 66	37	25.52	17	11.72
Total			145	100.00	145	100.00
Valid votes			145	100.00	145	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			0	0.00	0	0.00
Total votes			145	100.00	145	100.00
Source: Handelingen [8]

2006

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round		Third round
			Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Gerdi Verbeet	Labour Party	53	36.81	52	35.62	78	54.17
	Maria van der Hoeven	Christian Democratic Appeal	47	32.64	54	36.99	66	45.83
	Henk Kamp	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	44	30.56	40	27.40
Total			144	100.00	146	100.00	144	100.00
Valid votes			144	98.63	146	100.00	144	98.63
Invalid/blank votes			2	1.37	0	0.00	2	1.37
Total votes			146	100.00	146	100.00	146	100.00
Source: De Volkskrant [9]

2010

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Gerdi Verbeet (incumbent)	Labour Party	94	63.51
	Charlie Aptroot	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	54	36.49
Total			148	100.00
Valid votes			148	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			148	100.00
Source: NOS [10]

2012

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round		Third round
			Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Anouchka van Miltenburg	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	63	42.57	64	43.24	90	61.64
	Khadija Arib	Labour Party	45	30.41	44	29.73	56	38.36
	Gerard Schouw	Democrats 66	40	27.03	40	27.03
Total			148	100.00	148	100.00	146	100.00
Valid votes			148	100.00	148	100.00	146	98.65
Invalid/blank votes			0	0.00	0	0.00	2	1.35
Total votes			148	100.00	148	100.00	148	100.00
Source: NOS, [11] Handelingen [12]

2016

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round		Third round		Fourth round
			Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Khadija Arib	Labour Party	58	39.73	56	37.84	60	40.82	83	61.94
	Ton Elias	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	40	27.40	43	29.05	44	29.93	51	38.06
	Madeleine van Toorenburg	Christian Democratic Appeal	30	20.55	34	22.97	32	21.77
	Martin Bosma	Party for Freedom	16	10.96	13	8.78	11	7.48
	Roos Vermeij (write-in)	Labour Party	2	1.37	2	1.35
Total			146	100.00	148	100.00	147	100.00	134	100.00
Valid votes			146	97.99	148	99.33	147	98.66	134	89.93
Invalid/blank votes			3	2.01	1	0.67	2	1.34	15	10.07
Total votes			149	100.00	149	100.00	149	100.00	149	100.00
Source: NOS, [13] Handelingen [14]

2017

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Khadija Arib (incumbent)	Labour Party	111	90.98
	Martin Bosma (write-in)	Party for Freedom	9	7.38
	Stientje van Veldhoven (write-in)	Democrats 66	1	0.82
	Roelof Bisschop (write-in)	Reformed Political Party	1	0.82
Total			122	100.00
Valid votes			122	86.52
Invalid/blank votes			19	13.48
Total votes			141	100.00
Source: NOS [15]

2021

Main article: 2021 Speaker of the Dutch House of Representatives election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vera Bergkamp	Democrats 66	74	53.24
	Khadija Arib (incumbent)	Labour Party	38	27.34
	Martin Bosma	Party for Freedom	27	19.42
Total			139	100.00
Valid votes			139	96.53
Invalid/blank votes			5	3.47
Total votes			144	100.00
Source: NOS [16]

2023

Main article: 2023 Speaker of the Dutch House of Representatives election

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Martin Bosma	Party for Freedom	71	48.97	75	51.37
	Tom van der Lee	GroenLinks–PvdA	61	42.07	66	45.21
	Roelien Kamminga (write-in)	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	12	8.28	5	3.42
	Raymond de Roon (write-in)	Party for Freedom	1	0.69	0	0.00
Total			145	100.00	146	100.00
Valid votes			145	97.97	146	98.65
Invalid/blank votes			3	2.03	2	1.35
Total votes			148	100.00	148	100.00
Source: NOS, [17] Handelingen [18]

2025

Main article: 2025 Speaker of the Dutch House of Representatives election

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round		Third round
			Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Thom van Campen	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	39	26.35	49	33.11	79	53.38
	Martin Bosma (incumbent)	Party for Freedom	66	44.59	67	45.27	69	46.62
	Tom van der Lee	GroenLinks–PvdA	43	29.05	32	21.62
Total			148	100.00	148	100.00	148	100.00
Source: AD [19]

See also

• List of speakers of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)

References

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2. "Deetman voorzitter van kamer". Het Parool (in Dutch). 15 September 1989 – via Delpher.
3. "Deetman blijft voorzitter van nieuwe Kamer". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 18 May 1994 – via Delpher.
4. "Kamer geeft Bukman vrij baan". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 4 December 1996 – via Delpher.
5. "Overzicht van de partijpolitieke gebeurtenissen van het jaar 1998". DNPP Jaarboek 1998 (PDF) (in Dutch). p. 66.
6. "Verkiezing van de voorzitter". House of Representatives (in Dutch). 20 May 1998.
7. "Frans Weisglas als winnaar uit vragenvuur in de Tweede Kamer". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 29 May 2002 – via Delpher.
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12. "Verkiezing Kamervoorzitter". Handelingen (in Dutch). House of Representatives. 4 October 2012.
13. "PvdA-Kamerlid Arib is de nieuwe voorzitter van de Tweede Kamer". NOS (in Dutch). 13 January 2016.
14. "Plenair verslag Tweede Kamer, 41e vergadering". House of Representatives (in Dutch). 13 January 2016.
15. "Arib opnieuw gekozen tot Kamervoorzitter". NOS (in Dutch). 29 March 2017.
16. "Stemmen geteld: Bergkamp nieuwe voorzitter Tweede Kamer". NOS (in Dutch). 7 April 2021.
17. "Martin Bosma (PVV) nieuwe voorzitter van de Tweede Kamer". NOS (in Dutch). 14 December 2023.
18. "Plenair verslag Tweede Kamer, 25e vergadering" (in Dutch). House of Representatives. 14 December 2023.
19. "Nieuwe voorzitter Tweede Kamer is de jongste ooit: VVD'er Thom van Campen verslaat Martin Bosma (PVV)". AD (in Dutch). 18 November 2025. Retrieved 18 November 2025.