the party was founded on 22 february 2006. in the 2006 dutch general election, pvv won 6 seats in the house of representatives with 579,490 votes. in the 2010 elections, pvv won 24 seats with 1,435,349 votes. in the 2012 elections, pvv won 15 seats with 950,263 votes. in the 2017 elections, the pvv won 20 seats (+5) with 1,372,941 votes. in the 2021 elections they have won 17 seats (-3).