Between 23 May 2002 and 29 January 2003, 172 representatives filled the 150 seats of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the States-General of the Netherlands. Frans Weisglas was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives for this period.
The members were elected at the general election of 15 May 2002. After the election, the First Balkenende cabinet was formed for this term, consisting of Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA, 43 seats), Pim Fortuyn List (LPF, 26 seats) and People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD, 24 seats). The opposition consisted of Labour Party (PvdA, 23 seats), GroenLinks (GL, 10 seats), Socialist Party (SP, 9 seats), Democrats 66 (D66, 7 seats), Christian Union (CU, 4 seats), Reformed Political Party (SGP, 2 seats) and Livable Netherlands (LN, 2 seats). LPF lost a seat during the term, when Harry Wijnschenk left and continued as an independent. Replacements were supplied from their party lists, so the resignation of individual members did not change the balance of power in the House of Representatives.
Pim Fortuyn was murdered shortly before the election, but remained on the list. Nancy Dankers and Cecilia van Weel-Niesten (both CDA), Margo Vliegenthart and Jan Pronk (both PvdA), Roger van Boxtel (D66), André Peperkoorn and Leon Geurts (both LPF) were all elected directly, but declined their appointment.
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2003 SP 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 LPF 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 CDA 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 CU 19 November 2002 29 January 2003 CDA 26 July 2002 29 January 2003 LPF 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 LPF 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 CDA 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 SGP 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 CDA 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 LPF 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 LN 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 VVD 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 PvdA 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 PvdA 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 GL 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 LPF 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 LPF 26 July 2002 29 January 2003 VVD 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 CU 23 May 2002 11 November 2002 SP 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 GL 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 PvdA 26 July 2002 29 January 2003 VVD 26 July 2002 29 January 2003 CDA 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 SP 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 CDA 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 PvdA 23 May 2002 25 July 2002 CDA 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 SGP 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 GL 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 VVD 23 May 2002 3 September 2002 VVD 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 VVD 23 May 2002 7 October 2002 CDA 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 PvdA 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 VVD 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 CDA 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 VVD 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 LPF 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 CDA 23 May 2002 21 July 2002 LPF 28 May 2002 29 January 2003 Wijnschenk VVD 26 July 2002 29 January 2003 CDA 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 SP 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 PvdA 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 VVD 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 LPF 23 May 2002 29 January 2003 LPF 23 May 2002 29 January 2003
See also List of candidates in the 2002 Dutch general election
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