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Elections of the Dutch Senate were held on 26 May 2015. The elected senators were sworn in on 9 June 2015.
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Elections of the Dutch Senate were held on 26 May 2015. The elected senators were sworn in on 9 June 2015.
The Senate is elected by the members of the States-Provincial of the country's twelve provinces, who had been directly elected by the citizens two months earlier, in the 2015 provincial elections. The value of a vote is determined by the population of the province in which the voter is a member of the States-Provincial. The seats are distributed in one nationwide constituency using party-list proportional representation.
| Province | Members | Population | Value |
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| South Holland | 55 | 3,600,784 | 655 |
| North Holland | 55 | 2,762,163 | 502 |
| North Brabant | 55 | 2,489,325 | 453 |
| Gelderland | 55 | 2,026,393 | 368 |
| Utrecht | 49 | 1,263,509 | 258 |
| Overijssel | 47 | 1,140,659 | 243 |
| Limburg | 47 | 1,118,054 | 238 |
| Friesland | 43 | 646,324 | 150 |
| Groningen | 43 | 584,104 | 136 |
| Drenthe | 41 | 488,611 | 119 |
| Flevoland | 41 | 401,503 | 98 |
| Zeeland | 39 | 380,717 | 98 |
| Parties | Vote | Seats | |||
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| Votes | Value | Won | +/- | ||
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 90 | 28,523 | 13 |  3 | |
| Christian Democratic Appeal | 89 | 25,145 | 12 |  1 | |
| Democrats 66 | 67 | 21,997 | 10 | 5 | |
| Party for Freedom | 66 | 20,235 | 9 | 1 | |
| Socialist Party | 70 | 20,038 | 9 | 1 | |
| Labour Party | 63 | 17,651 | 8 | 6 | |
| GroenLinks | 30 | 9,520 | 4 | 1 | |
| Christian Union | 32 | 8,237 | 3 | 1 | |
| Party for the Animals | 18 | 6,073 | 2 | 1 | |
| Reformed Political Party | 17 | 4,597 | 2 | 1 | |
| 50PLUS | 14 | 4,388 | 2 | 1 | |
| Independent Senate Group | 14 | 2,652 | 1 |  | |
| Total | 570 | 169,056 | 75 | | |
| Source: Kiesraad | |||||
Senate 9 June 2015 – 11 June 2019 | ||
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD: 13) |  | |
| Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA: 12) | ||
| Democrats 66 (D66: 10) | ||
| Party for Freedom (PVV: 9) | ||
| Socialist Party (SP: 9) | ||
| Labour Party (PvdA: 8) | ||
| GreenLeft (GL: 4) | ||
| Christian Union (CU: 3) | ||
| Party for the Animals (PvdD: 2) | ||
| Reformed Political Party (SGP: 2) | ||
| 50PLUS (50+: 2) | ||
| Independent Senate Group (OSF: 1) | ||
Bold signifies the Parliamentary leader (first mentioned) Bold also signifies the President | ||
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