In total, 65 of the newly elected 150 MPs in the Dutch lower house of parliament are likely to be women, the highest total since 2010 and nine more than in 2023, according to calculations by the foundation Stem op een Vrouw.

The foundation aims to boost the number of women in parliament and local councils by encouraging tactical voting based on party candidate lists.

Four of the women who will move up the lists because of preference votes will be MPs for GroenLinks-PvdA, and one will be an MP for D66, which emerged as the biggest party after the count. Some 65% of the 20-strong GroenLinks-PvdA parliamentary party will be female.

The foundation also said that 3.6 million people had voted for a woman, and some 650,000 had used tactical voting by choosing a woman lower on the list than the number of seats a party was expected to win.

The results mean seven of the 15 parties that will be represented in parliament have at least 50% women MPs.

Stem op een Vrouw launched its campaign in 2017, on the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to stand for election in the Netherlands. Women won the right to vote in 1919.

The foundation is now turning its attention to boosting the number of female local councillors in the March 2026 local elections.