Party for the Animals

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Party for the Animals Partij voor de Dieren
Abbreviation	PvdD
Leader	Esther Ouwehand
Chairman	vacant
Leader in the Senate	Niko Koffeman
Leader in the House of Representatives	Esther Ouwehand
Leader in the European Parliament	Anja Hazekamp
Founders	Marianne Thieme Ton Dekker Lieke Keller
Founded	28 October 2002 (2002-10-28)
Headquarters	Amsterdam
Youth wing	PINK!
Think tank	Nicolaas G. Pierson foundation
Membership (2024)	30,333[1]
Ideology	Animal rights Animal welfare[2] Environmentalism[2] Soft Euroscepticism[3]
Political position	Left-wing[4]
European affiliation	Animal Politics EU
European Parliament group	The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL
Colours	Dark green
House of Representatives	3 / 150
Senate	3 / 75
States-Provincial	26 / 572
European Parliament	1 / 29
King's Commissioners	0 / 12
Benelux Parliament	1 / 21
Website
www.partijvoordedieren.nl www.partyfortheanimals.nl www.pinkpolitiek.nl
Politics of the Netherlands Political parties Elections

The Party for the Animals (Dutch: Partij voor de Dieren [pɑrˈtɛi voːr də ˈdiːrə(n)], PvdD) is a political party in the Netherlands. Among its main goals are animal rights and animal welfare.^[2]

Since 2019, the PvdD's political leader is Esther Ouwehand. With 2.25% of the votes at the 2023 general election, the PvdD holds three of the 150 House of Representatives's seats. In the Senate, it has three of the 75 seats. PvdD holds 26 States-Provincial seats across all provinces. In the European Parliament, it has one of the 29 seats allocated to the Netherlands constituency.