This week, the 135,000th Dutch voter registered to vote from abroad in the October 29th House of Representatives elections. Since the fall of the government, the number of voters outside the Netherlands has grown by 20% to 135,424. For the 2023 House of Representatives elections, this number was 109,436.
The number of eligible voters outside the Netherlands for the House of Representatives elections will increase slightly due to those who wish to vote by mail because they are temporarily living abroad. These include Dutch military personnel at NATO bases or Dutch students doing internships. The registration deadline for these applications is Wednesday, October 1st.
Postal voting office The Hague
Voters outside the Netherlands vote by mail by default. Along with their postal voting certificate, they receive an orange return envelope, which must be received by the postal voting office in The Hague by October 29th. The postal voting office will verify the postal votes during a public hearing beginning on Wednesday, October 22nd. After receiving the final postal votes from embassies and consulates, the national postal voting office will determine the results on Tuesday, November 4th. This includes the results from the postal voting offices of Curaçao, Aruba, and Sint Maarten.
Permanent electoral register for non-residents
Since April 2017, Dutch citizens living abroad can apply to be included in a permanent voter register. Dutch voters abroad only need to register once with the municipality of The Hague, after which they automatically receive their voting documents to cast their vote. The first postal voting slips for the October 29th House of Representatives elections were sent out at the end of July. The ballot paper will be sent out in early October once the candidate lists are finalized. Dutch citizens living abroad can vote in elections for the House of Representatives, the European Parliament, and the non-resident electoral college for the Senate.
Voters living outside the Netherlands who can vote for the House of Representatives elections of October 29, 2025 (top 30 country list)
| Country | Number of voters | |
| 1 | Germany | 25,190 |
| 2 | Belgium | 21,341 |
| 3 | France | 11,539 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 9,620 |
| 5 | Spain | 9,520 |
| 6 | United States of America | 7,616 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 6,841 |
| 8 | Sweden | 3,644 |
| 9 | Portugal | 2,817 |
| 10 | Australia | 2,697 |
| 11 | Italy | 2,455 |
| 12 | Austria | 2,256 |
| 13 | Norway | 2,211 |
| 14 | Canada | 1,985 |
| 15 | Denmark | 1,770 |
| 16 | Curacao | 1,757 |
| 17 | New Zealand | 1,078 |
| 18 | Thailand | 1,066 |
| 19 | Ireland | 972 |
| 20 | Aruba | 860 |
| 21 | South Africa | 855 |
| 22 | Hungary | 855 |
| 23 | Israel | 837 |
| 24 | Singapore | 820 |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 817 |
| 26 | Greece | 695 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 688 |
| 28 | Finland | 582 |
| 29 | Turkey | 560 |
| 30 | China | 535 |
Text: Gemeente Den Haag
Translation to English: The Hague Online / Google Translate
Image: https://pixabay.com/illustrations/map-atlas-countries-country-1252144/