2016 Speaker of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) election

The 2016 Speaker of the House of Representatives (Dutch: Voorzitter van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal) election was called to elect the 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. Van Miltenburg who had been the Speaker since 25 September 2012 resigned after increasing criticism on her performance as Speaker. Khadija Arib of the Labour Party (PvdA) who had been a Member of the House of Representatives from 19 May 1998 until 30 November 2006 and again since 1 March 2007 beat Ton Elias of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who has been a Member of the House of Representatives since 18 December 2008.

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

References

External links
Official

  Voorzitter Tweede Kamer Parlement & Politiek
  Voorzitter Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal

Category:2016 elections in the Netherlands
Category:Leadership elections in the Netherlands
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