List of candidates in the 2011 Dutch Senate election

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

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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]
PositionCandidateVotesWeighted
votes		Result
1 Elco Brinkman 17,355
2 Sophie van Bijsterveld 2,230
3 Greetje de Vries-Leggedoor 00
4 René van der Linden 00
5 Anne Flierman 00
6 Maria Martens 00
7 Hans Franken 00
8 Gerrit Terpstra 00
9 Wopke Hoekstra 2,445
10 Pia Lokin-Sassen 00
11 Siem Buijs 00
12 Peter Essers 2,230
13 Geart Benedictus 00
14 Henk Tiesinga 00
15Lianne Dekker00
16 Huub Doek 00
17 Geert Jansen 00
18 Eric Janse de Jonge 00
19 Hans Klein Breteler 00
20 Karel Leunissen 00
21Marian Passchier00
22Sebastiaan Roes00
23Marianne Luyer00
24Piet Boekhoud00
25 Marja van der Tas 00
26Marius Buiting00
27Annie Kamp00
28Anne-Marie Vreman-Muijrers00
29 Wim van Fessem 00
30Frank van den Heuvel00
Total24,260

2: People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Candidate list for People's Party for Freedom and Democracy [3]
PositionCandidateVotesWeighted
votes		Result
1 Loek Hermans 10532,526Elected
2 Heleen Dupuis 41,460Elected
3 Liesbeth Kneppers-Heijnert 00Elected
4 Fred de Graaf 00Elected
5 Frank de Grave 00Elected
6 Ankie Broekers-Knol 00Elected
7 Helmi Huijbregts-Schiedon 00Elected
8 Jos van Rey 1239Elected
9 Willem Bröcker 00Elected
10 Frank van Kappen 00Elected
11 Anne-Wil Duthler 00Elected
12 Sybe Schaap 00Elected
13 Menno Knip 00Elected
14 Henk Beckers 00Elected
15 Koos Schouwenaar 1365Elected
16 Ben Swagerman 00Elected
17 Jan Anthonie Bruijn 00Replacement
18 Henk Jan Meijer 00
19 Han ter Heegde 00
20 Henry Meijdam 00
21 Sipke Swierstra 00
22 Florus Wijsenbeek 00
23 Harry Dijksma 00
24 Joop Boertjens 00
25 Jan Schrijen 00
26Frans Willem Lantink00
27Paul Zevenbergen00
28Duco Lodder00
29Ida van Veldhuizen00
30Bert van Dijk00
31Hans Kapelle00
32Ger Jaarsma00
33Kees Bierens00
Total34,590

3: Labour Party

Candidate list for Labour Party [4]
PositionCandidateVotesWeighted
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
19Flora Goudappel
20Pieter Smidt van Gelder
21Wilma Brouwer
22Rudi Schouwaert
23Ineke Ketelaar
24Michiel Hardon
25Martien Branderhorst
26Alper Tekin Erdogan
27Marijke Drees
28Kees van Paridon
Total
Candidate list for GroenLinks
PositionCandidateVotesWeighted
votes		Result
1 Tof Thissen
2 Tineke Strik
3 Marijke Vos
4 Ruard Ganzevoort
5 Margreet de Boer
6Yolan Koster-Dreese
7 Harmen Binnema
8 Cees van Eijk
9 Jan Laurier
10Brechtje Paardekooper
11 Kees Duijvestein
12Tys de Ruijter
13Han Warmelink
14 Michaël Boddeke
15 Marten Wiersma
Total

5: Socialist Party

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

6: Democrats 66

Candidate list for Democrats 66 (D66)
PositionCandidateVotesWeighted
votes		Result
1 Roger van Boxtel
2 Hans Engels
3 Marijke Scholten
4 Joris Backer
5 Thom de Graaf
6Mischa Wladimiroff
7Klaartje Peters
8 Han Entzinger
9 Marga Kool
10 Ernst Bakker
11Menno Witteveen
12 Johanna Boogerd-Quaak
13 Bob van den Bos
14Huub Linthorst
15Anna Galama
16Petra van den Boomgaard
17Arnaud Booij
18Sietske van Oogen-Visser
19Marion di Bucchianico-Bakker
20Zafer Yurdakul
21Tjerk Jouwstra
22Remco Jaasma
Total

7: ChristianUnion

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

8: Reformed Political Party

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

9: Independent Senate Group

Candidate list for Independent Senate Group
PositionCandidateVotesWeighted
votes		Result
1 Kees de Lange
2 Hendrik ten Hoeve
3 Marten Bierman
4François Babijn
Total

10: Party for the Animals

Candidate list for Party for the Animals
PositionCandidateVotesWeighted
votes		Result
1 Niko Koffeman
2Birgit Verstappen
3 Erno Eskens
4Diederik van Liere
5 Karen Soeters
6Ton Dekker
7 Paul Cliteur
Total

11: Party for Freedom

Candidate list for the Party for Freedom [5]
NumberCandidateVotesWeighted
votes		Result
1 Machiel de Graaf 11,403Elected [6]
2 Reinette Klever 730Elected [7]
3 Marcel de Graaff 0Elected
4 Gom van Strien 239Elected [8]
5 Ronald Sørensen 1,402Elected [9]
6 Tobias Reynaers 0Elected [10]
7 Gabriëlle Popken 943Elected [11]
8 Marjolein Faber 0Elected [12]
9 Mariëtte Frijters-Klijnen 3,568Elected [13]
10 Peter van Dijk 490Elected [14]
11 Martin van Beek 0Replacement [15]
12 Kees Kok 2,173Replacement [16]
13Rick Deurloo0
14 Alexander Kops 641Replacement [17]
15Pascal Romeijn0
16Rita Folkersma120
17Ruud Muste0
18Nathalie Choenni0
19Menno Ludriks0
20Yvonne Waterman0
Total21,709

12: 50PLUS

Candidate list for 50PLUS
PositionCandidateVotesWeighted
votes		Result
1 Jan Nagel
2 Martine Baay-Timmerman
3 Michel van Hulten
4 Henk Krol
5Cees Steendam Visser
6Cor Slothouber
7John Peters
8Mieke Hoek
9Leo Meerts
10Dieuwke van der Haak - Levers
11 Roy Ho Ten Soeng
12 Willem Holthuizen
13Otto Vellinga
14 Alexander Münninghoff
Total

13: List Koornstra

Candidate list for List Koornstra
PositionCandidateVotesWeighted
votes		Result
1 Ruud Koornstra
Total

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