D66 loses heavily, Omtzigt snatches seats from BBB

D66 has lost sharply in the last poll. If elections for the House of Representatives had now been held, Sigrid Kaag's party would have 17 seats. This is 7 less than now and another 2 less than in the elections of 2017. Pieter Omtzigt is immensely popular, while BoerBurgerBeweging remains at 7 seats in last week's poll.

This is evident from the poll Maurice the Dog organizes weekly. D66 had been losing for weeks, but last week there was another drop of 2 seats. This is undoubtedly related to Kaag's announcement to participate in negotiations for a new cabinet with the current coalition partners VVD, CDA and ChristenUnie. Compared to the parliamentary elections of last March, the VDD has won 2 seats and has reached 36 seats. The ChristenUnie is also on a plus of 2 and has 7 seats.

Dramatic fall CDA
However, the CDA continues to make a dramatic fall in the poll, reaching an all-time low of 5 seats. As a result, the traditional farmers' party loses 10 seats compared to the current number in the House of Representatives. Due to the loss of D66 and CDA, the four parties that are now starting to form a government have 65 seats in this poll. A loss of 13 from the election. Of the Dutch, 29% react positively to a cabinet of VVD, D66, CDA and ChristenUnie.

BoerBurgerBeweging has been in the poll for several weeks on a stable, yet solid profit† The party of leader Caroline van der Plas has 7 seats, a gain of 6 seats compared to the last parliamentary elections. This puts BBB on an equal footing with the ChristenUnie and the Party for the Animals and even above the Forum for Democracy and the CDA. (read more under overview)

Pieter Omzigt very popular
If Pieter Omtzigt decides to participate in the next parliamentary elections, he could cause a political earthquake. The former CDA prominent, now an independent MP, is not yet included in the polls. The reason for this is stated that Omtzigt has not yet indicated that he wishes to participate in the next elections with his own political party. If Omtzigt does, it could have unpleasant consequences for BoerBurgerBeweging.

A special poll in mid-September showed that Omtzigt can count on 25 seats in the House if he participates in the next elections with his own party. He takes this number of seats from a wide range of parties, including BBB. According to this poll, Van der Plas' party loses 4 seats to Omtzigt to get 3 seats in the House of Representatives, 2 more than now. Parties such as the VDD (-3), PVV (-4), SP (-3) and Party for the Animals (-2) also lose seats to Omtzigt.

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