On 7 April 2021, the

House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entities. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often ...

of the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

voted to elect its Speaker for the 2021–2025 term. The election was held three weeks after the 2021 general election. Incumbent Speaker

Khadija Arib Khadija Arib (; ; born 10 October 1960) is a Moroccans in the Netherlands, Moroccan-born Dutch politician of the Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party, who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives (Netherlands), Speaker of the House ...

of the Labour Party (PvdA) ran for re-election, but lost to

Vera Bergkamp Vera Alida Bergkamp (; ; born 1 June 1971) is a retired Dutch politician. A member of the Democrats 66 (D66) party, she served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 7 April 2021 to 5 December 2023. She was a member of the House of R ...

Democrats 66 Democrats 66 (; D66) is a social liberal and progressive political party in the Netherlands, which is positioned on the centre to centre-left of the political spectrum. It is a member of the Liberal International (LI) and the Alliance of Li ...

(D66) who won the election by a margin of 36 votes.

Candidates

Three members of the House of Representatives declared their candidacy: *

(incumbent), member for the Labour Party (PvdA) since 2007 *

, member for

(D66) since 2012 * Martin Bosma, member for the

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(PVV) since 2006

Results

A total of 144 votes were cast, of which 139 were valid. 70 votes were needed for a majority.

References

2021 elections in the Netherlands + April 2021 in the Netherlands {{Netherlands-election-stub