2015 Dutch Senate election
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All 75 seats to the Senate
38 seats are needed for a majority |
Turnout |
100,0% |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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Leader |
Loek Hermans |
Elco Brinkman |
Thom de Graaf |
Party |
VVD |
CDA |
D66 |
Last election |
16 seats, 20,8% |
11 seats, 14.6% |
5 seats, 7.6% |
Seats won |
13 |
12 |
10 |
Seat change |
3 |
1 |
5 |
Popular vote |
28,523 |
25,145 |
21,997 |
Percentage |
16.9% |
14.9% |
13.0% |
Swing |
3.9% |
0.3% |
5.4% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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Leader |
Marjolein Faber |
Tiny Kox |
Marleen Barth |
Party |
PVV |
SP |
PvdA |
Last election |
10 seats, 13.1% |
8 seats, 10.3% |
14 seats, 18.1% |
Seats won |
9 |
9 |
8 |
Seat change |
1 |
1 |
6 |
Popular vote |
20,235 |
20,038 |
17,651 |
Percentage |
12.0% |
11.9% |
10.5% |
Swing |
1.1% |
1.6% |
7.6 |
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Elections of the Dutch Senate were held on 26 May 2015. The elected senators were sworn in on 9 June 2015.
Electoral system
The Senate is elected by the members of the States-Provincial of the country's twelve provinces, who had been directly elected by the citizens two months earlier, in the 2015 provincial elections. The value of a vote is determined by the population of the province in which the voter is a member of the States-Provincial. The seats are distributed in one nationwide constituency using party-list proportional representation.
Province |
Members |
Population |
Value |
South Holland |
55 |
3,600,784 |
655 |
North Holland |
55 |
2,762,163 |
502 |
North Brabant |
55 |
2,489,325 |
453 |
Gelderland |
55 |
2,026,393 |
368 |
Utrecht |
49 |
1,263,509 |
258 |
Overijssel |
47 |
1,140,659 |
243 |
Limburg |
47 |
1,118,054 |
238 |
Friesland |
43 |
646,324 |
150 |
Groningen |
43 |
584,104 |
136 |
Drenthe |
41 |
488,611 |
119 |
Flevoland |
41 |
401,503 |
98 |
Zeeland |
39 |
380,717 |
98 |
Results
Parties |
Vote |
Seats |
Votes |
Value |
Won |
+/- |
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People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
90 |
28,523 |
13 |
3 |
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Christian Democratic Appeal |
89 |
25,145 |
12 |
1 |
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Democrats 66 |
67 |
21,997 |
10 |
5 |
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Party for Freedom |
66 |
20,235 |
9 |
1 |
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Socialist Party |
70 |
20,038 |
9 |
1 |
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Labour Party |
63 |
17,651 |
8 |
6 |
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GreenLeft |
30 |
9,520 |
4 |
1 |
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Christian Union |
32 |
8,237 |
3 |
1 |
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Party for the Animals |
18 |
6,073 |
2 |
1 |
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Reformed Political Party |
17 |
4,597 |
2 |
1 |
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50PLUS |
14 |
4,388 |
2 |
1 |
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Independent Senate Group |
14 |
2,652 |
1 |
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Total |
570 |
169,056 |
75 |
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Source: Kiesraad |