2016 Speaker of the Dutch House of Representatives election

The 2016 Speaker of the House of Representatives election was called to elect the new Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands after incumbent Anouchka van Miltenburg of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) had resigned on 12 December 2015. Van Miltenburg, who had been the Speaker since 25 September 2012, resigned after increasing criticism on her performance as Speaker.[1][2] Khadija Arib of the Labour Party (PvdA), who had been a member of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006 and again since 2007, beat Ton Elias of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), who had been a member of the House since 2008.[3][4]

2016 Speaker of the House of Representatives election

13 January 2016 (2016-01-13) 2021 →
  Khadija Arib Ton Elias
Candidate Khadija Arib Ton Elias
Party PvdA VVD
Popular vote 83 51

Speaker before election

Anouchka van Miltenburg
VVD

Elected Speaker

Khadija Arib
PvdA

Candidates

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Four members of the House of Representatives declared their candidacy:

Results

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Party Candidate Votes
1st round 2nd round 3rd round 4th round
PvdA Khadija Arib 58 56 60 83
VVD Ton Elias 40 43 44 51
CDA Madeleine van Toorenburg 30 34 32
PVV Martin Bosma 16 13 11
PvdA Roos Vermeij (write-in) 2 2

References

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  1. ^ (in Dutch) Geen nieuwe kandidaatvoorzitters Tweede Kamer, NOS, 12 January 2016
  2. ^ (in Dutch) Kamer kiest voorzitter Archived 2016-01-13 at the Wayback Machine, RTL Nieuws, 12 January 2016
  3. ^ (in Dutch) PvdA-Kamerlid Arib is de nieuwe voorzitter van de Tweede Kamer, NOS, 13 January 2016
  4. ^ (in Dutch) Tweede Kamer kiest Khadija Arib (PvdA) als nieuwe voorzitter, RTL Nieuws, 13 January 2016
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Official

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