Netherlands (European Parliament constituency)

Netherlands
European Parliament constituency
Location among the 2014 constituencies
Member state	Netherlands
Created	[[1979 European Parliament election in {{{memberstatelink2}}}|1979]]
MEPs	25 (1979 - 1994) 31 (1994 - 2004) 27 (2004 - 2009) 25 (2009 - 2011) 26 (2011 - present)
Sources
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In European elections, the Netherlands is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by twenty-six MEPs. It covers the member state of the Netherlands. Until 2009, it excluded the Dutch in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.

Current MEPs

Further information: MEPs for the Netherlands 2009-2014

1979-1984

Further information: European Parliament election, 1979 (Netherlands)

Dutch political parties

The 1979 European election was the first direct election to the European Parliament to be held and hence the first time the Netherlands had voted. Four parties were able to win seats: the conservative liberal VVD, the progressive liberal D66, the Christian-democratic CDA and the social-democratic Labour Party. Five other nationally represented parties compete but are unable to win seats. 58.1% of the Dutch population turned out on election day.

MEPs period 1979-1984

Below is a complete list of members of the European Parliament for the period 1979-1984 as a result of this election.

Further information: MEPs for the Netherlands 1979–1984

1984-1989

Further information: European Parliament election, 1984 (Netherlands)

Dutch political parties

The 1984 European election was the second European election to be held. In these elections both an alliance of leftwing CPN, PSP and PPR parties (Green Progressive Accord) and the orthodox Protestant SGP, GPV, RPF parties have formed a successful common lists, which win two respectively one seat. the progressive liberal D'66 loses its two seats and disappears from the parliament. 50.9% of the Dutch population turned out on election day.

MEPs period 1984-1989

Below is a complete list of members of the European Parliament for the period 1984-1989 as a result of this election.

Further information: MEPs for the Netherlands 1984-1989

1989-1994

Main article: European Parliament election, 1989 (Netherlands)

Dutch political parties

The 1989 European election was the third European election to be held. In the election the conservative liberal VVD loses seats to the progressive liberal D66, which return to the European parliament after a five year absence. 47.5% of the Dutch population turned out on election day.

MEPs period 1989-1994

Below is a list of members of the European Parliament for the period 1989-1994 as a result of this election.

Further information: MEPs for the Netherlands 1989–1994

1994-1999

Main article: European Parliament election, 1994 (Netherlands)

Dutch political parties

The 1994 European election was the fourth European election to be held. The liberal VVD and D66 parties and the orthodox Protestant alliance of Political Reformed Party, Reformatory Political Federation and Reformed Political Alliance profited from the expansion of the number of seats. While the Christian Democratic Appeal and the Labour Party lost a considerable number of votes, but remained stabile in seats. 35,7% of the Dutch citizens turned out on election day. Template:European Parliament election, 1994 (Netherlands) results

MEPs period 1994-1999

Below is a list of members of the European Parliament for the period 1994-1999 as a result of this election.

Further information: MEPs for the Netherlands 1994-1999

1999-2004

Main article: European Parliament election, 1999 (Netherlands)

Dutch political parties

The 1999 European election was the fifth European election to be held. With only 30 percent of the population showing up, the voter turnout hit an all-time low for Dutch elections on the national level. In the election, GreenLeft performed particularly well quadrupling their seats from one to four, the Socialist Party also won its first seat. These gains were made at the cost of the Christian Democratic Appeal, Democrats 66 and the PvdA, which lost one, two and two seats respectively.

MEPs period 1999-2004

Below is a list of members of the European Parliament for the period 1999-2004 as a result of this election.

Further information: MEPs for the Netherlands 1999-2004

2004-2009

Dutch political parties

Main article: European Parliament election, 2004 (Netherlands)

The 2004 European election was the sixth European election and were held in the Netherlands on June 10. The ruling centre-right parties, the Christian Democratic Appeal and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy polled poorly, while the opposition Labour Party and Socialist Party gained ground. The anti-fraud party Europe Transparent of whistle blower Paul van Buitenen unexpectedly won two seats.

MEPs period 2004-2009

Below is a list of members of the European Parliament for the period 2004-2009 as a result of this election.

Further information: MEPs for the Netherlands 2004-2009

2009-2014

Further information: European Parliament election, 2009 (Netherlands)

Dutch political parties

The European Parliament election of 2009 in the Netherlands was the election of the delegation from the Netherlands to the European Parliament in 2009 and took place on June 4, 2009. The number of Dutch seats was 25 (down from 27). Seventeen parties competed in a D'Hondt type election. For the first time, also all Dutch residents of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba were entitled to vote.

The Christen-Democratic CDA managed to stay the biggest party in the Netherlands (5 seats), despite losing 2 seats.
Biggest winners this elections were the Party for Freedom (+4 seats) and Democrats 66 (+2 seats) Biggest loser was the Labour Party losing more than half their seats (-4 seats) in the European parliament.

In 2011 the number of Dutch seats increased by 1 to 26 as stipulated in the Treaty of Lisbon. The extra seat was assigned to the Party for Freedom.

European groups

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe became the biggest group in the Netherlands, after an electoral loss for the parties in European People's Party–European Democrats and European Socialists group.
The European Greens–European Free Alliance lost a seat, despite GreenLeft winning a seat. This because Europe Transparent, which sat in the European Greens-EFA group did not take part this election. Newcomer Party for Freedom is not part of a European group and is under Non-Inscrits. The ChristianUnion-SGP was in the Independence/Democracy group, but this group did not meet the requirements to be a group in the European Parliament and was dissolved. The ChristianUnion and SGP entered talks with the European Conservatives after the elections. The SGP was asked to chance there stance on women issues, but declined. After that the ChristianUnion joined the European Conservatives on its own. The ChristianUnion and Reformed Political Party split after 25 years cooperation into two group in the European parliament.

MEPs period 2009-2014

Below is a list of members of the European Parliament for the period 2009-2014 as a result of this election.

Further information: MEPs for the Netherlands 2009-2014