Dutch general election - September 2012

[Zuza]

28% puts them even higher than 2006, 12% higher!

Not 28% but 28 of 150 seats, only 3 seats more than in 2006.

[Zuza]

In 2 provinces a VVD/CDA/SP coalition is governing

How is it possible? Strange coalition - right and extreme left without moderates.

[Zuza]

For Right wing I am thinking of VVD + CDA + PVV and perhaps throw in the CU although I am not sure if you would consider them right wing.  For left wing it would be SP+PvDA+GL+D66. 

Now, according to polls, neither VVD+CDA+PVV+CU nor SP+PvdA+GL+D66 can get majority of seats.

And I doubt that VVD or CDA will agree to coalition with PVV again.

[Zuza]

It seems to predict centre-left government.

And with SP Prime Minister. It will be interesting to see the first in Western European history government led by a party to the left of social democracy.

[Zuza]

Cypros has a communist president and the cabinet is led by AKEL.

Yes, and also Moldova in 2001-2009 (I wrote about Western European countries).

[Zuza]

Looking at the polls, VVD-PvdA-SP is currently the mostly likely outcome, right?

No, VVD and SP most probably will not participate in one government.

[Zuza]

Very interesting table. SP is the most popular choice for both ex-PVV and ex-GL voters.

[Zuza]

It seems that coalition will be Purple.

[Zuza]

50PLUS 1 (new)

High school students vote for pensioners' party?

[Zuza]

SP just a bit over D66

Now they are separated by 10 seats. Such severe loss for SP is impossible.

[Zuza]

Not every high school student takes it seriously

Probably Pirates and PvdD results are also partly attributed to this (though I understand that they in any case would poll relatively high among school students).

[Zuza]

Oh, AND one last thing : nobody calls left-wing a party that is ready to govern with the right, whatever its motives on bloody debt reduction or sh!t may be : you govern with the right, except maybe in time of war or invasion, you're center, so you're right-wing. Period. PvdA is right-wing, SPD is, SPÖ is.

Using the same logic we can state that CDA, VVD, CDU/CSU and ÖVP are left-wing because of their cooperation with social democratic parties :-).

[Zuza]

SGP managed to get 50+ % votes in one municipality, Urk. Second place goes to CU and third to CDA. Bastion of Calvinism...