Electoral Panorama / Panorama Electoral

The Dutch newsdaily De Telegraaf ("The Telegraph") reports definitive preliminary results of the parliamentary election held in the Netherlands last November 22 were as follows:

Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) - 2,606,468 votes (26.5%), 41 seats
Labour Party (PvdA) - 2,079,394 votes (21.2%), 33 seats
Socialist Party (SP) - 1,627,234 votes (16.6%), 25 seats
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) - 1,440,727 votes (14.7%), 22 seats
Party for Freedom (PVV) - 578,372 votes (5.9%), 9 seats
Green Left (GL) - 450,711 votes (4.6%), 7 seats
Christian Union (CU) - 390,614 votes (4.0%), 6 seats
Democrats 66 (D66) - 192,432 votes (2.0%), 3 seats
Party for the Animals (PvdD) - 179,067 votes (1.8%), 2 seats
Political Reformed Party (SGP) - 153,295 votes (1.6%), 2 seats
One NL - 62,789 votes (0.6%), no seats
Others - 58,266 votes (0.6%), no seats

A total of 9,834,928 voters took part in the election, for a turnout rate of 80.2%.

Definitive election results are expected to be available on Monday, November 27.