Speaker of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) election, 2016

Speaker of the House of Representatives election, 2016

13 January 2016

Candidate Khadija Arib Ton Elias Party PvdA VVD Members' vote 83 51

Speaker before election Anouchka van Miltenburg VVD Elected Speaker Khadija Arib PvdA

The 2016 Speaker of the House of Representatives (Dutch: Voorzitter van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal) election was called to elect a new Speaker of the House of Representatives after incumbent Anouchka van Miltenburg of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) had resigned on 12 December 2015.^[1][2] On 13 January 2016 Khadija Arib of the Labour Party (PvdA) was elected with a majority of the votes.^[3][4]

Candidates

Four members of the House declared their candidacy:

• Khadija Arib, member for the Labour Party (PvdA) since 2007.
• Martin Bosma, member for the Party for Freedom (PVV) since 2006.
• Ton Elias, member for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) since 2008.
• Madeleine van Toorenburg, member for the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) since 2007.

Results

Speaker of the House of Representatives election, 2016
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

1. (Dutch) Geen nieuwe kandidaatvoorzitters Tweede Kamer, NOS, 12 January 2016
2. (Dutch) Kamer kiest voorzitter, RTL Nieuws, 12 January 2016
3. (Dutch) PvdA-Kamerlid Arib is de nieuwe voorzitter van de Tweede Kamer, NOS, 13 January 2016
4. (Dutch) Tweede Kamer kiest Khadija Arib (PvdA) als nieuwe voorzitter, RTL Nieuws, 13 January 2016

External links

Official

• (Dutch) Voorzitter Tweede Kamer Parlement & Politiek
• (Dutch) Voorzitter Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal