People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Dutch political party
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| 2024 | Most recent European Parliament election resulted in 707,141 votes (11.35%), with the party gaining 1 seat. |
| December 31 2024 | Edith Schippers concludes her tenure as Parliamentary leader in the Senate, with leadership transitioning in 2025. |
| 2023 | Edith Schippers led the party's Senate election list, receiving 67 seats and 22,194 votes (12.40%). |
| 2023 | Dilan Yeşilgöz leads the party in an election, winning 15.2% of votes and securing 10 seats in a coalition government. |
| 2023 | VVD is reduced to 24 seats in the House of Representatives after the general election. |
| 2023 | VVD enters formation talks with the Party for Freedom, New Social Contract, and Farmer–Citizen Movement, leading to the formation of the right-wing Schoof cabinet. |
| December 9 2023 | Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius becomes the Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives, succeeding Sophie Hermans. |
| November 22 2023 | Mark Rutte announces his step down as leader of the VVD during the election period. |
| November 22 2023 | A new election is held following the breakdown of the fourth Rutte cabinet due to migration policy disagreements. |
| August 2023 | Dilan Yeşilgöz becomes the new leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) after running unopposed in the leadership election, succeeding Mark Rutte. |
| 2021 | Party maintains a strong position with 21.9% of votes and entering a coalition government. |
| March 2021 | VVD won the general election, securing 34 out of 150 seats, with Mark Rutte forming his fourth VVD-led coalition and continuing as Prime Minister. |
| 2020 | Martijn van Gruijthuijsen becomes Coordinator in the ECON Commission of the European Committee of the Regions. |
| 2020 | VVD begins its representation in the European Committee of the Regions, sitting in the Renew Europe CoR Group with one full and two alternate members for the 2020-2025 mandate. |
| 2019 | European Parliament election saw a recovery with 805,100 votes (14.64%), gaining 1 seat in the Renew Europe (RE) group. |
| 2019 | Annemarie Jorritsma led the party's Senate election list, receiving 78 seats and 26,157 votes (15.11%). |
| 2017 | VVD lost eight seats in the election but remained the largest party with 33 seats, forming a centre-right green coalition with the Christian Democratic Appeal, Democrats 66, and the Christian Union. |
| 2015 | Party contested Senate elections, receiving 90 seats and 28,523 votes (16.87%). |
| 2014 | Party received 571,176 votes (12.02%) in European Parliament elections, maintaining 0 seat changes. |
| September 12 2012 | In the general election, VVD remained the largest party, winning 41 seats and gaining 10 seats compared to the previous election. |
| April 21 2012 | Government became unstable after failed negotiations with the Party for Freedom on budget cuts, leading to potential new elections. |
| 2011 | Loek Hermans led the party's Senate election list, receiving 111 seats and 34,590 votes (20.83%). |
| October 21 2010 | Mark Rutte was sworn in as Prime Minister, leading the first VVD-led government in 92 years, forming a centre-right minority cabinet with the Christian Democratic Appeal and supported by the Party for Freedom. |
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