List of candidates in the 2015 Dutch Senate election

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For the 2015 Dutch Senate election, 12 electoral lists were successfully submitted, totalling 261 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 2,255 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
PositionCandidateVotesWeighted
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
18Dick Sluimers
19 Albert van den Bosch
20Erik van der Maas
21 Avine Fokkens-Kelder
22 Henk Jan Meijer
23 Han ter Heegde
24Paul Zevenbergen
25 Alfred Arbouw
26Marc Muntinga
27Ton van Ede
28Ida van Veldhuizen
29Frits Barneveld Binkhuysen
30Tjalling Tiemstra
31Kees Bierens
32René Meeuwissen
33Willem Cramer
34 Rian Vogels
35Sven Tulner
36Kees Noomen
37Marlies Pernot
38 Huub Hieltjes
39 Pauline Bouvy-Koene
40Bastiaan Meerburg
41Robert Gebel
42Arnoud Passenier
43 Pieter van Woensel
44Joël Scherrenberg
45Han Moraal
46 Pim van Ballekom
Total

2: Labour Party

Candidate list for Labour Party
PositionCandidateVotesWeighted
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
12Flora Goudappel
13 Mary Fiers
14 Anne Koning
15 Pieter Tops
16 Attiya Gamri
17 Co Verdaas
18 Usman Santi
19Jan Westhoff
20Jaouad Khamkhami
21Wilma Brouwer
22Jan Schuurman Hess
23Nicole Teeuwen
24 Saskia Noorman-den Uyl
Total

3: Christian Democratic Appeal

Candidate list for Christian Democratic Appeal
PositionCandidateVotesWeighted
votes
Result
1 Elco Brinkman Elected
2 Maria Martens Elected
3 Wopke Hoekstra Elected
4 Ton Rombouts Elected
5Grietje de Vries-LeggedoorElected
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
14Siem Korver
15 Dick van Hemmen
16 Frank Kerckhaert
17Gertjan van der Brugge
18 Jan de Vries
19Anita Sörensen
20Brigitte Bauer
21 Geart Benedictus
22Marius Buiting
23Hans van Kranenburg
24 Paul van Geest
25Marianne Luyer
26 Raymond Gradus
27 Bas Jan van Bochove
28Frank van den Heuvel
29Jan Leliveld
30Yolande Ulenaers
31 Pieter van Maaren
32Lida Schelwald-van der Kleij
33Harry 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]
NumberCandidateVotesWeighted
votes
Result
1 Marjolein Faber 112,083Elected [3]
2 Gom van Strien 51,190Elected [4]
3 René Dercksen 2516Elected [5]
4 Gabriëlle Popken 1238Elected [6]
5 Gidi Markuszower 1502Elected [7]
6 Danai van Weerdenburg 1502Elected [8]
7 Kees Kok 113,710Elected [9]
8 Peter van Dijk 00Replacement [10]
9 Alexander van Hattem 73,171Elected [11]
10 Martin van Beek 00Replacement [12]
11 Dannij van der Sluijs 31,506Replacement [13]
12 Ton van Kesteren 81,003Replacement [14]
13 Max Aardema 4600Replacement [15]
14 Alexander Kops 125,214Elected [16]
15 Auke Zijlstra 00
16Tim Vermeer00
17Floris van Zonneveld00
18Elias van Hees00
Total6620,235

5: Socialist Party

Candidate list for Socialist Party
PositionCandidateVotesWeighted
votes
Result
1 Tiny Kox 7020,038Elected [17]
2 Arda Gerkens 00Elected [18]
3 Hans Martin Don 00Elected [19]
4 Anneke Wezel 00Elected [20]
5 Bastiaan van Apeldoorn 00Elected [21]
6 Tuur Elzinga 00Elected [22]
7 Meta Meijer 00Elected [23]
8 Bob Ruers 00Elected [24]
9 Frank Köhler 00Elected [25]
10 Geert Reuten 00Replacement [26]
11 Henk Overbeek 00Replacement [27]
12 Sineke ten Horn 00
13 Erik Meijer 00
14 Riet de Wit-Romans 00
15 Jules Iding 00
16Ineke Palm00
17 Tineke Slagter-Roukema 00
18Moska Ghazizoi00
19Riet Nigten00
20Kevin Levie00
21Ane Duijff00
22Inez Staarink00
23Bernard Gerard00
24Edith Plantier00
25 Trix de Roos-Consemulder 00
26Pieter Kraaima00
27Jean Rouwet00
28 Remi Poppe 00
Total

6: Democrats 66

Candidate list for Democrats 66
PositionCandidateVotesWeighted
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
14Paul Comenencia
15 Marion Gout-van Sinderen
16 Adriana Esmeijer
17Bas Werker
18Hans Glaubitz
19 Johanna Boogerd-Quaak
20Elisabeth van Oostrum
21 Patrick Poelmann
22Anneke Wijbenga
23Jacqueline Versteeg
24Mark Sanders
25 Bob van den Bos
Total
Candidate list for GroenLinks
PositionCandidateVotesWeighted
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
7Axel Boomgaars
8Barbara Wegelin
9 Marcel Vissers
10 Saskia Bolten
11Herma Hofmeijer
12Jan Dirx
13Willem Verf
14 Nevin Özütok
15Pauline Goedvolk
16Gert Jan Kleinpaste
17 Rik Grashoff
18 Wijnand Duijvendak
Total

8: ChristianUnion

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

9: Reformed Political Party

Candidate list for Reformed Political Party
PositionCandidateVotesWeighted
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
8Rien Bogerd
9Dirk van Dijk
10Arnold Weggeman
11Rien Hoek
12Theo Meijboom
13David van As
14Wim de Vries
15Jos Bart
16Arjo van Bezooijen
17 Peter Zevenbergen
18Aart de Kruijf
19Ad Dorst
20Wouter Boonzaaijer
Total

10: 50PLUS

Candidate list for 50PLUS
PositionCandidateVotesWeighted
votes
Result
1 Jan Nagel Elected
2 Martin van Rooijen Elected
3 Martine Baay Replacement
4John Struijlaard
5Maurice Koopman
6 Monique van de Griendt
7Jan Waterlander
8Richard De Mulder
9Joop van Orsouw
10Hylke ten Cate
11Bart van Wijck
12Pietsje Spijkstra
13Hein Meijer
14Erik Boshuijzen
15Frits Colnot
16Cees Steendam Visser
Total

11: Party for the Animals

Candidate list for Party for the Animals
PositionCandidateVotesWeighted
votes
Result
1 Niko Koffeman Elected
2 Christine Teunissen Elected
3 Frank Wassenberg Replacement
4 Floriske van Leeuwen Replacement
5Diederik 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
PositionCandidateVotesWeighted
votes
Result
1 Hendrik ten Hoeve Elected
2Jan van der Starre
3Mariska Sloot
4Marien Weststrate
5Mirjam Hamberg
6Theunis Rienk Piersma
7Henk Hoiting
8Cees van Mourik
9Jan Lambers
10Harry Visser
Total

See also

Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 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.

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