List of candidates in the 2015 Dutch Senate election

For the 2015 Dutch Senate election, 12 electoral lists were successfully submitted, totalling 261 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 2,255 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: Alexander Kops and Alexander van Hattem (both Party for Freedom). ^[1] Replacements are also asked based on position on the list.

1: People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Candidate list for People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Loek Hermans			Elected
2	Ankie Broekers-Knol			Elected
3	Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink			Elected
4	Frank van Kappen			Elected
5	Frank de Grave			Elected
6	Helmi Huijbregts-Schiedon			Elected
7	Jan Anthonie Bruijn			Elected
8	Koos Schouwenaar			Elected
9	Mart van de Ven			Elected
10	Pauline Krikke			Elected
11	Anne-Wil Duthler			Elected
12	Sybe Schaap			Elected
13	Menno Knip			Elected
14	Ben Swagerman			Replacement
15	Tanja Klip-Martin			Replacement
16	Reina de Bruijn-Wezeman			Replacement
17	Roel Wever			Replacement
18	Dick Sluimers
19	Albert van den Bosch
20	Erik van der Maas
21	Avine Fokkens-Kelder
22	Henk Jan Meijer
23	Han ter Heegde
24	Paul Zevenbergen
25	Alfred Arbouw
26	Marc Muntinga
27	Ton van Ede
28	Ida van Veldhuizen
29	Frits Barneveld Binkhuysen
30	Tjalling Tiemstra
31	Kees Bierens
32	René Meeuwissen
33	Willem Cramer
34	Rian Vogels
35	Sven Tulner
36	Kees Noomen
37	Marlies Pernot
38	Huub Hieltjes
39	Pauline Bouvy-Koene
40	Bastiaan Meerburg
41	Robert Gebel
42	Arnoud Passenier
43	Pieter van Woensel
44	Joël Scherrenberg
45	Han Moraal
46	Pim van Ballekom
Total

2: Labour Party

Candidate list for Labour Party

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Marleen Barth			Elected
2	Ruud Vreeman			Elected
3	Jannette Beuving			Elected
4	Nico Schrijver			Elected
5	Jopie Nooren			Elected
6	André Postema			Elected
7	Lambert Verheijen			Elected
8	Esther Mirjam Sent			Elected
9	Mohamed Sini			Replacement
10	Janny Vlietstra			Replacement
11	Wouter van Zandbrink			Replacement
12	Flora Goudappel
13	Mary Fiers
14	Anne Koning
15	Pieter Tops
16	Attiya Gamri
17	Co Verdaas
18	Usman Santi
19	Jan Westhoff
20	Jaouad Khamkhami
21	Wilma Brouwer
22	Jan Schuurman Hess
23	Nicole Teeuwen
24	Saskia Noorman-den Uyl
Total

3: Christian Democratic Appeal

Candidate list for Christian Democratic Appeal

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Elco Brinkman			Elected
2	Maria Martens			Elected
3	Wopke Hoekstra			Elected
4	Ton Rombouts			Elected
5	Grietje de Vries-Leggedoor			Elected
6	Niek Jan van Kesteren			Elected
7	Anne Flierman			Elected
8	Ben Knapen			Elected
9	Ria Oomen-Ruijten			Elected
10	Joop Atsma			Elected
11	Marnix van Rij			Elected
12	Sophie van Bijsterveld			Elected
13	Pia Lokin-Sassen			Replacement
14	Siem Korver
15	Dick van Hemmen
16	Frank Kerckhaert
17	Gertjan van der Brugge
18	Jan de Vries
19	Anita Sörensen
20	Brigitte Bauer
21	Geart Benedictus
22	Marius Buiting
23	Hans van Kranenburg
24	Paul van Geest
25	Marianne Luyer
26	Raymond Gradus
27	Bas Jan van Bochove
28	Frank van den Heuvel
29	Jan Leliveld
30	Yolande Ulenaers
31	Pieter van Maaren
32	Lida Schelwald-van der Kleij
33	Harry Bodifée
34	Wim van Fessem
35	Antoinette Vietsch
36	Marlies Veldhuijzen van Zanten
Total

4: Party for Freedom

Candidate list for the Party for Freedom ^[2]

Number	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Marjolein Faber	11	2,083	Elected [3]
2	Gom van Strien	5	1,190	Elected [4]
3	René Dercksen	2	516	Elected [5]
4	Gabriëlle Popken	1	238	Elected [6]
5	Gidi Markuszower	1	502	Elected [7]
6	Danai van Weerdenburg	1	502	Elected [8]
7	Kees Kok	11	3,710	Elected [9]
8	Peter van Dijk	0	0	Replacement [10]
9	Alexander van Hattem	7	3,171	Elected [11]
10	Martin van Beek	0	0	Replacement [12]
11	Dannij van der Sluijs	3	1,506	Replacement [13]
12	Ton van Kesteren	8	1,003	Replacement [14]
13	Max Aardema	4	600	Replacement [15]
14	Alexander Kops	12	5,214	Elected [16]
15	Auke Zijlstra	0	0
16	Tim Vermeer	0	0
17	Floris van Zonneveld	0	0
18	Elias van Hees	0	0
Total		66	20,235

5: Socialist Party

Candidate list for Socialist Party

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Tiny Kox	70	20,038	Elected [17]
2	Arda Gerkens	0	0	Elected [18]
3	Hans Martin Don	0	0	Elected [19]
4	Anneke Wezel	0	0	Elected [20]
5	Bastiaan van Apeldoorn	0	0	Elected [21]
6	Tuur Elzinga	0	0	Elected [22]
7	Meta Meijer	0	0	Elected [23]
8	Bob Ruers	0	0	Elected [24]
9	Frank Köhler	0	0	Elected [25]
10	Geert Reuten	0	0	Replacement [26]
11	Henk Overbeek	0	0	Replacement [27]
12	Sineke ten Horn	0	0
13	Erik Meijer	0	0
14	Riet de Wit-Romans	0	0
15	Jules Iding	0	0
16	Ineke Palm	0	0
17	Tineke Slagter-Roukema	0	0
18	Moska Ghazizoi	0	0
19	Riet Nigten	0	0
20	Kevin Levie	0	0
21	Ane Duijff	0	0
22	Inez Staarink	0	0
23	Bernard Gerard	0	0
24	Edith Plantier	0	0
25	Trix de Roos-Consemulder	0	0
26	Pieter Kraaima	0	0
27	Jean Rouwet	0	0
28	Remi Poppe	0	0
Total

6: Democrats 66

Candidate list for Democrats 66

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Thom de Graaf			Elected
2	Alexander Rinnooy Kan			Elected
3	Henriette Prast			Elected
4	Hans Engels			Elected
5	Annelien Bredenoord			Elected
6	Joris Backer			Elected
7	Paul Schnabel			Elected
8	Petra Stienen			Elected
9	Henk Pijlman			Elected
10	Herman Schaper			Elected
11	Margo Andriessen			Replacement
12	Fleur Spijker
13	Anita Vink			Replacement
14	Paul Comenencia
15	Marion Gout-van Sinderen
16	Adriana Esmeijer
17	Bas Werker
18	Hans Glaubitz
19	Johanna Boogerd-Quaak
20	Elisabeth van Oostrum
21	Patrick Poelmann
22	Anneke Wijbenga
23	Jacqueline Versteeg
24	Mark Sanders
25	Bob van den Bos
Total

7: GroenLinks

Candidate list for GroenLinks

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Tineke Strik			Elected
2	Ruard Ganzevoort			Elected
3	Marijke Vos			Elected
4	Frits Lintmeijer			Elected
5	Harmen Binnema			Replacement
6	Margreet de Boer
7	Axel Boomgaars
8	Barbara Wegelin
9	Marcel Vissers
10	Saskia Bolten
11	Herma Hofmeijer
12	Jan Dirx
13	Willem Verf
14	Nevin Özütok
15	Pauline Goedvolk
16	Gert Jan Kleinpaste
17	Rik Grashoff
18	Wijnand Duijvendak
Total

8: ChristianUnion

Candidate list for ChristianUnion

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Roel Kuiper			Elected
2	Peter Ester			Elected
3	Mirjam Bikker			Elected
4	Herman Sietsma			Replacement
5	Beatrice de Graaf
6	Martijn van Meppelen Scheppink
7	Hendrik-Jan Talsma
8	Gerdien Rots
9	Kees van Kranenburg
10	Jacqueline Koops-Scheele
Total

9: Reformed Political Party

Candidate list for Reformed Political Party

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Peter Schalk			Elected
2	Diederik van Dijk			Elected
3	Servaas Stoop
4	Hans Tanis
5	George van Heukelom
6	Breunis van de Weerd
7	Gert-Jan Kats
8	Rien Bogerd
9	Dirk van Dijk
10	Arnold Weggeman
11	Rien Hoek
12	Theo Meijboom
13	David van As
14	Wim de Vries
15	Jos Bart
16	Arjo van Bezooijen
17	Peter Zevenbergen
18	Aart de Kruijf
19	Ad Dorst
20	Wouter Boonzaaijer
Total

10: 50PLUS

Candidate list for 50PLUS

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Jan Nagel			Elected
2	Martin van Rooijen			Elected
3	Martine Baay			Replacement
4	John Struijlaard
5	Maurice Koopman
6	Monique van de Griendt
7	Jan Waterlander
8	Richard De Mulder
9	Joop van Orsouw
10	Hylke ten Cate
11	Bart van Wijck
12	Pietsje Spijkstra
13	Hein Meijer
14	Erik Boshuijzen
15	Frits Colnot
16	Cees Steendam Visser
Total

11: Party for the Animals

Candidate list for Party for the Animals

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Niko Koffeman			Elected
2	Christine Teunissen			Elected
3	Frank Wassenberg			Replacement
4	Floriske van Leeuwen			Replacement
5	Diederik van Liere
6	Karen Soeters
7	Hans Bouma
8	Ewald Engelen
9	Paul Cliteur
10	Peter Nicolaï
Total

12: Independent Senate Group

Candidate list for Independent Senate Group

Position	Candidate	Votes	Weighted votes	Result
1	Hendrik ten Hoeve			Elected
2	Jan van der Starre
3	Mariska Sloot
4	Marien Weststrate
5	Mirjam Hamberg
6	Theunis Rienk Piersma
7	Henk Hoiting
8	Cees van Mourik
9	Jan Lambers
10	Harry Visser
Total

See also

• List of members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–2019

References

1. Kiesraad (28 May 2015a). "Definitieve uitslag Eerste Kamerverkiezing" (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 October 2024.
2. Kiesraad 2015b, pp. 28–30.
3. "M.H.M. (Marjolein) Faber-van de Klashorst". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
4. "Ir. drs. G.A. (Gom) van Strien". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
5. "R.G.J. (René) Dercksen". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
6. "G.J.F. (Gabriëlle) Popken LL.M". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
7. "Mr. G. (Gidi) Markuszower". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
8. "Mr. V.D.D. (Danai) van Weerdenburg". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
9. "Mr. C.J. (Kees) Kok". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
10. "P. (Peter) van Dijk". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
11. "A.W.J.A. (Alexander) van Hattem". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
12. "M.J. (Martin) van Beek MBA". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
13. "D.J. (Dannij) van der Sluijs". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
14. "A.J.M. (Ton) van Kesteren". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
15. "M. (Max) Aardema". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
16. "A. (Alexander) Kops". Parlement.com . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
17. "M.J.M. (Tiny) Kox". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 May 2025.
18. "A.M.V. (Arda) Gerkens". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 May 2025.
19. "Drs. H.M. (Hans-Martin) Don". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 May 2025.
20. "Mr. A.M.T. (Anneke) Wezel EMoC". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 May 2025.
21. "Prof.Dr. E.B. (Bastiaan) van Apeldoorn". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 May 2025.
22. "A. (Tuur) Elzinga". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 May 2025.
23. "M.P. (Meta) Meijer". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 May 2025.
24. "Dr. R.F. (Bob) Ruers". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 May 2025.
25. "F. (Frank) Köhler". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 May 2025.
26. "Dr. G.A.Th.M. (Geert) Reuten MSc". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 May 2025.
27. "Prof.Dr. H.W. (Henk) Overbeek". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 May 2025.

General references

• Kiesraad (28 May 2015b). "Uitslag Eerste Kamerverkiezing 2015" (PDF) (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 October 2024.