A group of Dutch environmentalists led by Marten Bierman founded The Greens on 17 December 1983.

They won one seat on the States of North Holland, partially because of the support of Green Amsterdam led by Roel van Duijn.

In 1989, GroenLinks was formed by a merger of PPR, PSP, CPN and the Christian left Evangelical People's Party.

The party entered the election with Hein Westerouen van Meeteren as top-candidate and won 0.2% of vote.

The party did keep its seats in municipal councils and expanded to Haarlem, Zeist, Arnhem, Groningen and Haren.

One faction held a congress with 10 attendees which elected Otto ter Haar party leader.

The Greens have been elected in the municipal councils of Amsterdam, Leiden, Zwolle, Nijmegen, Haarlem and Haren.

[citation needed] In March 2015 The Greens were elected to the water board of Amstel, Gooi en Vecht with 23,604 votes (5.9%).