People's Party for Freedom and Democracy


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The Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (VVD), literally people's party for freedom and democracy, is a liberal, right-wing political party in  the Netherlands. It is currently the third largest political party in the Netherlands.
The party was the only member of the "purple cabinets" led by Wim Kok to remain in power in Balkenende's cabinet in 2002, despite a large reduction in its representation in the Tweede Kamer (lower house of parliament). The party was founded on January 24, 1948, following in the tradition of the liberal parties Liberale Staatspartij (LSP) and Partij van de Vrijheid (PvdV).

Table of contents
1 Seats in parliament
2 Figureheads Tweede Kamer elections
3 See also
4 External links

Seats in parliament

Development of the number of seats in the Tweede Kamer, of the 150 total:

Figureheads Tweede Kamer elections

The figurehead (in Dutch, lijsttrekker) is the first candidate on a party's candidate list. The figurehead is chosen by a party as its chief representative for a given election. The leaders of candidate lists for Tweede Kamer elections were as follows;

See also

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