2003 Dutch Senate election

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Elections of the Dutch Senate were held on 26 May 2003, following the provincial elections on 11 March 2003. The 564 members of the twelve States-Provincial elected the 75 Senate members. The new Senate was installed on 10 June 2003. The term of office ended on 11 June 2007.

Province States membersPopulationVote weight
South Holland 833,439,913414
North Holland 832,572,809310
North Brabant 792,400,164304
Gelderland 751,960,384261
Utrecht 631,152,357183
Limburg 631,142.009181
Overijssel 631,100,728175
Friesland 55640,060116
Groningen 55573,225104
Drenthe 51481,47294
Zealand 47378,16380
Flevoland 47351,55875
Election results
Party19992003Difference
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats ppt.Seats
Christian Democratic Appeal 40,54125.72046,84829.0233.33
Labour Party 30,97619.71540,61325.1195.44
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 39,80925.31931,02619.215-6.1-4
GroenLinks 16,25610.3810,8666.75-3.6-3
Socialist Party 4,8013.028,5515.342.32
Democrats 66 8,5425.447,0874.43-1.0-1
Christian Union [1] 7,3074.644,9603.12-1.5-2
Reformed Political Party 4,2812.724,6952.920.20
Pim Fortuyn List ---4,1242.612.61
Independent Senate Group 3,8802.512,8741.81-0.70
Others1,1600.7000.00-0.70
Total157,553100.075161,644100.0750.00

Notes

  1. In 1999 joint list of RPF and GPV.


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