2015 Dutch Senate election

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2015 Dutch Senate election
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  2011 26 May 2015 2019  

All 75 seats to the Senate
38 seats are needed for a majority
Turnout100.0%
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Loek Hermans 1986.jpg Elco Brinkman 2008.jpg Thom de Graaf 2009.jpg
Leader Loek Hermans Elco Brinkman Thom de Graaf
Party VVD CDA D66
Last election16 seats, 20,8%11 seats, 14.6%5 seats, 7.6%
Seats won131210
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3Increase2.svg1Increase2.svg5
Popular vote28,52325,14521,997
Percentage16.9%14.9%13.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg3.9%Increase2.svg0.3%Increase2.svg5.4%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Marjolein Faber, January 2025.jpg Kox Tiny 20060328-01.jpg Marleen Barth (cropped).jpg
Leader Marjolein Faber Tiny Kox Marleen Barth
Party PVV SP PvdA
Last election10 seats, 13.1%8 seats, 10.3%14 seats, 18.1%
Seats won998
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1Decrease2.svg6
Popular vote20,23520,03817,651
Percentage12.0%11.9%10.5%
SwingDecrease2.svg1.1%Increase2.svg1.6%Decrease2.svg7.6

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President before election

Ankie Broekers-Knol
VVD

Elected President

Ankie Broekers-Knol
VVD

Elections of the Dutch Senate were held on 26 May 2015. The elected senators were sworn in on 9 June 2015.

Contents

Electoral system

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.

ProvinceMembersPopulationValue
South Holland 553,600,784655
North Holland 552,762,163502
North Brabant 552,489,325453
Gelderland 552,026,393368
Utrecht 491,263,509258
Overijssel 471,140,659243
Limburg 471,118,054238
Friesland 43646,324150
Groningen 43584,104136
Drenthe 41488,611119
Flevoland 41401,50398
Zeeland 39380,71798

Results

PartiesVoteSeats
VotesValueWon+/-
  People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 9028,52313Decrease2.svg 3
  Christian Democratic Appeal 8925,14512Increase2.svg 1
  Democrats 66 6721,99710Increase2.svg 5
  Party for Freedom 6620,2359Decrease2.svg 1
  Socialist Party 7020,0389Increase2.svg 1
  Labour Party 6317,6518Decrease2.svg 6
  GroenLinks 309,5204Decrease2.svg 1
  Christian Union 328,2373Increase2.svg 1
  Party for the Animals 186,0732Increase2.svg 1
  Reformed Political Party 174,5972Increase2.svg 1
  50PLUS 144,3882Increase2.svg 1
  Independent Senate Group 142,6521Steady2.svg
Total570169,05675Steady2.svg
Source: Kiesraad [1]

See also

References