Elections of the Dutch Senate were held on 26 May 2015. The elected senators were sworn in on 9 June 2015.
2015 Dutch Senate election|
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| Turnout | 100,0% |
|---|
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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| Leader
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Loek Hermans
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Elco Brinkman
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Thom de Graaf
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| Party
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VVD
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CDA
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D66
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| Last election
|
16 seats, 20,8%
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11 seats, 14.6%
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5 seats, 7.6%
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| Seats won
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13
|
12
|
10
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| Seat change
|
 3
|
 1
|
5
|
| Popular vote
|
28,523
|
25,145
|
21,997
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| Percentage
|
16.9%
|
14.9%
|
13.0%
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| Swing
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3.9%
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0.3%
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5.4%
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Sixth party
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| Leader
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Marjolein Faber
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Tiny Kox
|
Marleen Barth
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| Party
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PVV
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SP
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PvdA
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| Last election
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10 seats, 13.1%
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8 seats, 10.3%
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14 seats, 18.1%
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| Seats won
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9
|
9
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8
|
| Seat change
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
| Popular vote
|
20,235
|
20,038
|
17,651
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| Percentage
|
12.0%
|
11.9%
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10.5%
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| Swing
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1.1%
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1.6%
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7.6
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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
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| 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
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| Limburg
|
47
|
1,118,054
|
238
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| Friesland
|
43
|
646,324
|
150
|
| Groningen
|
43
|
584,104
|
136
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| Drenthe
|
41
|
488,611
|
119
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| Flevoland
|
41
|
401,503
|
98
|
| Zeeland
|
39
|
380,717
|
98
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| Parties
|
Vote
|
Seats
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| Votes
|
Value
|
Won
|
+/-
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|
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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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GroenLinks
|
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
|
|
| Total
|
570
|
169,056
|
75
|
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| Source: Kiesraad[1]
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