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2019 Dutch Senate election All 75 seats in the Senate 38 seats needed for a majority
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Map showing the largest party by province in the 2019 Dutch provincial elections
The 2019 election to the Senate of the Netherlands was held on 27 May 2019, two months after the provincial elections .[1]
Electoral system
The Senate consists of 75 members elected every four years by the members of the States-Provincial of the country's twelve provinces, who are in turn elected directly by the citizens two months earlier in the 2019 provincial elections , and, following a law change in 2017, members of the island councils of the special municipalities of Bonaire , Sint Eustatius and Saba .[5] The seats are distributed in one nationwide constituency using party-list proportional representation .[6]
The value of a vote is determined by the population of the province or special municipality which the elector represents. The seats are distributed in one nationwide constituency using party-list proportional representation .
Province
Members
Population[7]
Value
South Holland
55
3,674,146
668
North Holland
55
2,853,488
519
North Brabant
55
2,544,995
463
Gelderland
55
2,071,913
377
Utrecht
49
1,342,194
274
Overijssel
47
1,156,373
246
Limburg
47
1,116,127
237
Friesland
43
647,740
151
Groningen
43
584,094
136
Drenthe
41
492,179
120
Flevoland
41
416,431
102
Zeeland
39
383,073
98
Bonaire
9
20,104
22
Sint Eustatius
5
3,138
6
Saba
5
1,915
4
Seat projections
Results
Party
Vote
Seats
Votes
Weight
%
±pp
Total
+/−
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Forum for Democracy
87
27,473
15.87
New
12
+12
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People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
78
26,157
15.11
–0.68
12
–1
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Christian Democratic Appeal
76
19,756
11.41
–4.20
9
–3
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GreenLeft
65
19,363
11.18
+5.92
8
+4
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Democrats 66
50
15,154
8.75
–3.00
7
–3
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Labour Party
56
14,921
8.62
–2.43
6
–2
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Party for Freedom
38
11,298
6.53
–5.05
5
–4
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Socialist Party
35
10,179
5.88
–6.40
4
–5
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Christian Union
33
8,707
5.03
–0.58
4
+1
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Party for the Animals
20
6,550
3.78
+0.62
3
+1
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50PLUS
18
5,251
3.03
+0.57
2
±0
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Reformed Political Party
15
4,493
2.60
–0.38
2
±0
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Independent Senate Group
13
2,265
1.31
–1.15
1
±0
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Denk
4
1,563
0.90
New
0
±0
Blank list
0
0
0.00
New
0
±0
Total valid votes
588
173,121
75
±0
Invalid votes
1
4
0.00
±0.00
Votes cast / turnout
589
173,125
100.00
±0.00
Abstentions
0
0
0.00
±0.00
Registered voters
589
173,125
Sources [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
References