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Senate 13 June 2023 – present | ||
| Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB – 16) |  | |
| GroenLinks–Labour Party (GL–PvdA – 14) | ||
| People's Party for Freedom and Dem. (VVD – 10) | ||
| Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 6) | ||
| Democrats 66 (D66 – 5) | ||
| Party for Freedom (PVV – 4) | ||
| Party for the Animals (PvdD – 3) | ||
| JA21 (JA21 – 3) | ||
| Socialist Party (SP – 3) | ||
| Christian Union (SP – 3) | ||
| Forum for Democracy (FvD – 2) | ||
| Volt Netherlands (Volt – 2) | ||
| Reformed Political Party (SGP – 2) | ||
| 50PLUS (50+ – 1) | ||
| Independent Politics Netherlands (OPNL – 1) | ||
Bold indicates the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the President; (Brackets) indicate a temporarily absent member; Italics indicate a temporary member; ‹Guillemets› indicate a member who has left the Senate See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2021–2023 · 2023–present | ||