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Netherlands
Netherlands
Data points :
Staten-Generaal (States General), Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal (House of Representatives), Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal (Senate)
The IPU data corresponds to the lower chamber if the parliament is bicameral. For information about upper chambers, refer to Parline
Women in parliament
43.33%
of MPs are women
Youth in parliament
60.00%
of MPs are under 45
MPs' human rights
0
cases currently treated by the Committee on the Human Rights of MPs
- Population 18.09 million people
- Number of MPs 150 MPs
- Legislature Bicameral
- Last election Oct 2025
- IPU Membership
- Common principles signatory
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Website
www.houseofrepresentatives.nl
www.eerstekamer.nl/home - More data from Parline
This page contains the latest IPU news and data for this parliament. The percentage of women in parliament and the percentage of youth participation correspond to the lower chamber if the parliament is bicameral. The number of MP human rights cases corresponds to the latest decisions of the IPU Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians.
Innovation stories
Automatic speech recognition (ASR) could simplify large amounts of parliamentary business. The Netherlands’ House of Representatives started to use such technologies in 2016, and shared its experiences with parliamentary representatives at a CIP event in September 2021.
The European Centre for Parliamentary Research and Documentation (ECPRD) held its ICT2019 Seminar at the Riigikogu of Estonia in Tallinn on October 3 and 4, 2019. The seminar is the annual gathering of senior ICT officials from parliaments across Europe and further afield, who come together to share knowledge and experiences. The 2019 seminar focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in
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11/02/2026
