 Marianne Thieme became an MP alongside Esther Ouwehand.At the general election of 2010 the party received 122,317 votes (1.3%) and its two MPs were reelected; two years later, with 182,162 votes (1.9%), the PvdD won two seats again.The party ran at the general election of 2017 with Thieme as lijsttrekker for the fifth time.