Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ikon haɗin gwiwar ya ragu tare da gabatar da List Pim Fortuyn a cikin babban zaɓen Dutch na 2002, wata jam'iyya mai ra'ayin jama'a, wacce ta gudanar da kamfen mai adawa da shige da fice da ƙyallen ja, tana ambaton "Purple Chaos" ("Puinhopen van Paars") a matsayin tushen matsalolin zamantakewar ƙasar. A kisan siyasa na farko da aka yi cikin ƙarnuka uku, an kashe Fortuyn
tare da dan kadan fiye da mako guda ya rage kafin zaben. Bayan mutuwar shugabanta, LPF ta mamaye zaben, ta shiga majalisar tare da kashi ɗaya cikin shida na kujerun, yayin da PvdA (Labour) ta rasa rabin kujerun ta. Gwamnatin da ta biyo baya ta ƙunshi CDA, VVD da LPF, wanda Firayim Minista Jan Peter Balkenende ya jagoranta. Kodayake jam'iyyar ta yi nasarar maye gurbin abokin hamayyarta na Purple Coalition, ba tare da halin kirki na Pim Fortuyn a kan sa ba, ya zama ɗan gajeren lokaci; yana da kwanaki 87 kawai a gwamnati.