List of candidates in the 2011 Dutch Senate election

For the 2011 Dutch Senate election, 13 electoral lists were successfully submitted, totalling 246 candidates. ^[1]

The 75 seats were awarded to party lists, with candidates over the preference threshold awarded a seat first if available and the other seats awarded based on position on the list. The preference threshold for this election was 2,215 weighted votes (same as the electoral threshold). Two candidate would have not been elected based on position on the list, but received enough preference votes: Peter Essers (Christian Democratic Appeal) and Janny Vlietsta (Labour Party). ^[1] Replacements are also asked based on position on the list.

1: Christian Democratic Appeal

Candidate list for Christian Democratic Appeal ^[2]

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Elco Brinkman		17,355	Elected
2	Sophie van Bijsterveld		2,230	Elected
3	Greetje de Vries-Leggedoor	0	0	Elected
4	René van der Linden	0	0	Elected
5	Anne Flierman	0	0	Elected
6	Maria Martens	0	0	Elected
7	Hans Franken	0	0	Elected
8	Gerrit Terpstra	0	0	Elected
9	Wopke Hoekstra		2,445	Elected
10	Pia Lokin-Sassen	0	0	Elected
11	Siem Buijs	0	0
12	Peter Essers		2,230	Elected
13	Geart Benedictus	0	0
14	Henk Tiesinga	0	0
15	Lianne Dekker	0	0
16	Huub Doek	0	0
17	Geert Jansen	0	0
18	Eric Janse de Jonge	0	0
19	Hans Klein Breteler	0	0
20	Karel Leunissen	0	0
21	Marian Passchier	0	0
22	Sebastiaan Roes	0	0
23	Marianne Luyer	0	0
24	Piet Boekhoud	0	0
25	Marja van der Tas	0	0
26	Marius Buiting	0	0
27	Annie Kamp	0	0
28	Anne-Marie Vreman-Muijrers	0	0
29	Wim van Fessem	0	0
30	Frank van den Heuvel	0	0
Total			24,260

2: People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Candidate list for People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ^[3]

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Loek Hermans	105	32,526	Elected
2	Heleen Dupuis	4	1,460	Elected
3	Liesbeth Kneppers-Heijnert	0	0	Elected
4	Fred de Graaf	0	0	Elected
5	Frank de Grave	0	0	Elected
6	Ankie Broekers-Knol	0	0	Elected
7	Helmi Huijbregts-Schiedon	0	0	Elected
8	Jos van Rey	1	239	Elected
9	Willem Bröcker	0	0	Elected
10	Frank van Kappen	0	0	Elected
11	Anne-Wil Duthler	0	0	Elected
12	Sybe Schaap	0	0	Elected
13	Menno Knip	0	0	Elected
14	Henk Beckers	0	0	Elected
15	Koos Schouwenaar	1	365	Elected
16	Ben Swagerman	0	0	Elected
17	Jan Anthonie Bruijn	0	0	Replacement
18	Henk Jan Meijer	0	0
19	Han ter Heegde	0	0
20	Henry Meijdam	0	0
21	Sipke Swierstra	0	0
22	Florus Wijsenbeek	0	0
23	Harry Dijksma	0	0
24	Joop Boertjens	0	0
25	Jan Schrijen	0	0
26	Frans Willem Lantink	0	0
27	Paul Zevenbergen	0	0
28	Duco Lodder	0	0
29	Ida van Veldhuizen	0	0
30	Bert van Dijk	0	0
31	Hans Kapelle	0	0
32	Ger Jaarsma	0	0
33	Kees Bierens	0	0
Total			34,590

3: Labour Party

Candidate list for Labour Party ^[4]

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Marleen Barth			Elected
2	Kim Putters			Elected
3	Pauline Meurs			Elected
4	Klaas de Vries			Elected
5	Guusje ter Horst			Elected
6	Han Noten			Elected
7	Jannette Beuving			Elected
8	Ruud Koole			Elected
9	Joyce Sylvester			Elected
10	Nico Schrijver			Elected
11	Marijke Linthorst			Elected
12	Adri Duivesteijn			Replacement
13	Esther-Mirjam Sent			Elected
14	André Postema			Elected
15	Janny Vlietstra			Elected
16	Willem Witteveen			Replacement
17	Anne Koning			Replacement
18	Wouter van Zandbrink			Replacement
19	Flora Goudappel
20	Pieter Smidt van Gelder
21	Wilma Brouwer
22	Rudi Schouwaert
23	Ineke Ketelaar
24	Michiel Hardon
25	Martien Branderhorst
26	Alper Tekin Erdogan
27	Marijke Drees
28	Kees van Paridon
Total

4: GroenLinks

Candidate list for GroenLinks

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Tof Thissen			Elected
2	Tineke Strik			Elected
3	Marijke Vos			Elected
4	Ruard Ganzevoort			Elected
5	Margreet de Boer			Elected
6	Yolan Koster-Dreese
7	Harmen Binnema
8	Cees van Eijk
9	Jan Laurier
10	Brechtje Paardekooper
11	Kees Duijvestein
12	Tys de Ruijter
13	Han Warmelink
14	Michaël Boddeke
15	Marten Wiersma
Total

5: Socialist Party

Candidate list for Socialist Party

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Tiny Kox			Elected
2	Tineke Slagter-Roukema			Elected
3	Eric Smaling			Elected
4	Arjan Vliegenthart			Elected
5	Arda Gerkens			Elected
6	Geert Reuten			Elected
7	Bob Ruers			Elected
8	Tuur Elzinga			Elected
9	Nanneke Quik-Schuijt			Replacement
10	Ineke Palm
11	Erik Meijer			Replacement
12	Hugo Polderman
13	Paul Lempens
14	Meta Meijer
15	Leo Steenbakkers
16	Peter Verschuren
17	Remi Poppe
18	Mahmut Erciyas
19	Alie Dekker-van het Hof
20	Tjitske Siderius
21	Trix de Roos-Consemulder
22	Peter Lucassen
23	Frans Mulckhuijse
24	Jos van der Horst
25	Hans-Martin Don
26	Mariska ten Heuw
27	Willem Bouman
28	Rikus Brader
29	Sineke ten Horn
30	Riet de Wit-Romans
Total

6: Democrats 66

Candidate list for Democrats 66 (D66)

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Roger van Boxtel			Elected
2	Hans Engels			Elected
3	Marijke Scholten			Elected
4	Joris Backer			Elected
5	Thom de Graaf			Elected
6	Mischa Wladimiroff
7	Klaartje Peters
8	Han Entzinger
9	Marga Kool
10	Ernst Bakker
11	Menno Witteveen
12	Johanna Boogerd-Quaak
13	Bob van den Bos
14	Huub Linthorst
15	Anna Galama
16	Petra van den Boomgaard
17	Arnaud Booij
18	Sietske van Oogen-Visser
19	Marion di Bucchianico-Bakker
20	Zafer Yurdakul
21	Tjerk Jouwstra
22	Remco Jaasma
Total

7: ChristianUnion

Candidate list for ChristianUnion

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Roel Kuiper			Elected
2	Peter Ester			Elected
3	Simone Kennedy-Doornbos
4	Herman Sietsma
5	Leen van Dijke
6	Beatrice de Graaf
7	Marjan Haak-Griffioen
8	Bert Groen
9	Adriaan Hoogendoorn
10	Martijn van Meppelen Scheppink
11	Henk Schaafsma
12	Thijs van Daalen
13	Rein Ferwerda
14	Gerdien Rots
15	Jan Westert
16	Jurn de Vries
17	Kees van Kranenburg
18	Henk van Rhee
19	Robert de Graaff
20	Harry Lamberink
21	Joop Evertse
22	Gerrit Jan Bolks
Total

8: Reformed Political Party

Candidate list for Reformed Political Party

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Gerrit Holdijk			Elected
2	Peter Schalk
3	Peter Zevenbergen
4	Diederik van Dijk
5	Dick van Meeuwen
6	George van Heukelom
7	Servaas Stoop
8	Rien Bogerd
9	Dick Heemskerk
10	Jan Luteijn
11	Ton de Jong
12	Gert-Jan Kats
13	Dirk van Dijk
14	Jaap Hoekman
15	Wim Fieret
16	Arnold Weggeman
17	Hans Tanis
18	Aart de Kruijf
19	Leo Barth
20	Piter de Vries
Total

9: Independent Senate Group

Candidate list for Independent Senate Group

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Kees de Lange			Elected
2	Hendrik ten Hoeve
3	Marten Bierman
4	François Babijn
Total

10: Party for the Animals

Candidate list for Party for the Animals

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Niko Koffeman			Elected
2	Birgit Verstappen
3	Erno Eskens
4	Diederik van Liere
5	Karen Soeters
6	Ton Dekker
7	Paul Cliteur
Total

11: Party for Freedom

Candidate list for the Party for Freedom ^[5]

Number	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Machiel de Graaf	39	11,403	Elected [6]
2	Reinette Klever	2	730	Elected [7]
3	Marcel de Graaff	0	0	Elected
4	Gom van Strien	1	239	Elected [8]
5	Ronald Sørensen	3	1,402	Elected [9]
6	Tobias Reynaers	0	0	Elected [10]
7	Gabriëlle Popken	3	943	Elected [11]
8	Marjolein Faber	0	0	Elected [12]
9	Mariëtte Frijters-Klijnen	8	3,568	Elected [13]
10	Peter van Dijk	5	490	Elected [14]
11	Martin van Beek	0	0	Replacement [15]
12	Kees Kok	9	2,173	Replacement [16]
13	Rick Deurloo	0	0
14	Alexander Kops	1	641	Replacement [17]
15	Pascal Romeijn	0	0
16	Rita Folkersma	1	120
17	Ruud Muste	0	0
18	Nathalie Choenni	0	0
19	Menno Ludriks	0	0
20	Yvonne Waterman	0	0
Total			21,709

12: 50PLUS

Candidate list for 50PLUS

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Jan Nagel			Elected
2	Martine Baay-Timmerman
3	Michel van Hulten
4	Henk Krol
5	Cees Steendam Visser
6	Cor Slothouber
7	John Peters
8	Mieke Hoek
9	Leo Meerts
10	Dieuwke van der Haak - Levers
11	Roy Ho Ten Soeng
12	Willem Holthuizen
13	Otto Vellinga
14	Alexander Münninghoff
Total

13: List Koornstra

Candidate list for List Koornstra

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Ruud Koornstra
Total

References

1. Kiesraad (25 May 2011a). "Kerngegevens Eerste Kamer 2011" (PDF) (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 October 2024.
2. Kiesraad 2015, pp. 22–23.
3. Kiesraad 2015, pp. 24–25.
4. Kiesraad 2015, pp. 26–27.
5. Kiesraad 2015, pp. 28–30.
6. "M. (Machiel) de Graaf". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
7. "Drs. R.J. (Reinette) Klever". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
8. "Ir. drs. G.A. (Gom) van Strien". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
9. "Drs. R. (Ronald) Sörensen". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
10. "Mr. T.P.A.M. (Tobias) Reynaers". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
11. "G.J.F. (Gabriëlle) Popken LL.M". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
12. "M.H.M. (Marjolein) Faber-van de Klashorst". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
13. "M.A.J.L. (Mariëtte) Frijters-Klijnen LLB , BHS". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
14. "P. (Peter) van Dijk". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
15. "M.J. (Martin) van Beek MBA". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
16. "Mr. C.J. (Kees) Kok". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
17. "A. (Alexander) Kops". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.

General references

• Kiesraad (25 May 2015). "Uitslag van de verkiezingen van de leden van de Eerste Kamer 2011" (PDF) (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 October 2024.