The 2019 election to the Senate of the Netherlands was held on 27 May 2019, two months after the provincial elections.[1]
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All 75 seats in the Senate 38 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Forum for Democracy, which took part for the first time, became the largest party. This was later undone by several party splits.
Electoral system edit
The Senate consists of 75 members elected every four years by the members of the States-Provincial of the country's twelve provinces, and, following a law change in 2017, electoral colleges representing the special municipalities of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba,[5][6] who are in turn elected directly by the citizens two months earlier in the 2019 provincial and electoral college elections. The seats are distributed in one nationwide constituency using party-list proportional representation.[7]
The value of each elector's vote is determined by the population of the province or special municipality which the elector represents, at a ratio of approximately 1 vote per 100 residents.
| Province | Members | Population[8] | Votes | Value per member |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Holland | 55 | 3,674,146 | 36,740 | 668 |
| North Holland | 55 | 2,853,488 | 29,095 | 519 |
| North Brabant | 55 | 2,544,995 | 25,465 | 463 |
| Gelderland | 55 | 2,071,913 | 20,735 | 377 |
| Utrecht | 49 | 1,342,194 | 13,426 | 274 |
| Overijssel | 47 | 1,156,373 | 11,562 | 246 |
| Limburg | 47 | 1,116,127 | 11,139 | 237 |
| Friesland | 43 | 647,740 | 6,493 | 151 |
| Groningen | 43 | 584,094 | 5,848 | 136 |
| Drenthe | 41 | 492,179 | 4,920 | 120 |
| Flevoland | 41 | 416,431 | 4,182 | 102 |
| Zeeland | 39 | 383,073 | 3,822 | 98 |
| Bonaire | 9 | 20,104 | 198 | 22 |
| Sint Eustatius | 5 | 3,138 | 30 | 6 |
| Saba | 5 | 1,915 | 20 | 4 |
Seat projections edit
| Polling firm | Date(s) | VVD | CDA | D66 | PVV | SP | PvdA | GL | CU | PvdD | SGP | 50+ | OSF | DENK | FVD | Rutte III Support | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANP projection | 21 Mar 2019 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 31 | –7 |
| Ipsos exit poll | 20 Mar 2019 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 31 | –7 |
| Peil.nl exit poll | 20 Mar 2019 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 29 | –9 |
| Peil.nl | 19 Mar 2019 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 28 | –10 |
| I&O Research | 15–18 Mar 2019 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 28 | –10 |
| Kantar Public | 14–17 Mar 2019 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 30 | –8 |
| I&O Research | 8–12 Mar 2019 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 28 | –10 |
| Ipsos | 8–11 Mar 2019 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 28 | –10 |
| I&O Research | 22–26 Feb 2019 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 28 | –10 |
| Ipsos | 22–25 Feb 2019 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 29 | –9 |
| 2015 election | 26 May 2015 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 38 | +1 |
Results edit
Electors edit
| Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forum for Democracy | 1,057,030 | 14.51 | 86 | New | |||
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1,017,937 | 13.97 | 80 | –9 | |||
| CDA-affiliated | Christian Democratic Appeal | 805,862 | 11.06 | 72 | –17 | ||
| Bonaire Patriotic Union | 1,530 | 0.02 | 2 | New | |||
| Democratic Party (Sint Eustatius) | 366 | 0.01 | 5 | New | |||
| Total | 807,758 | 11.09 | 79 | –10 | |||
| GroenLinks | 783,006 | 10.75 | 61 | +31 | |||
| PvdA-affiliated | Labour Party | 619,906 | 8.51 | 53 | –10 | ||
| Bonaire Democratic Party | 2,166 | 0.03 | 3 | New | |||
| Total | 622,072 | 8.54 | 56 | –7 | |||
| D66-affiliated | Democrats 66 | 567,363 | 7.79 | 41 | –26 | ||
| Bonaire People's Movement | 3,097 | 0.04 | 4 | New | |||
| Total | 570,460 | 7.83 | 45 | –22 | |||
| Party for Freedom | 504,948 | 6.93 | 40 | –26 | |||
| Socialist Party | 430,096 | 5.90 | 35 | –35 | |||
| CU–SGP | Christian Union | 353,443 | 4.85 | 31 | +2 | ||
| Reformed Political Party | 179,899 | 2.47 | 14 | –4 | |||
| CU–SGP joint list in North Brabant | 19,466 | 0.27 | 1 | –1 | |||
| Total | 552,808 | 7.59 | 46 | –3 | |||
| Party for the Animals | 317,104 | 4.35 | 20 | +2 | |||
| 50PLUS-affiliated | 50PLUS | 265,215 | 3.64 | 17 | +3 | ||
| Party for the North | 10,527 | 0.14 | 2 | +1 | |||
| Total | 275,742 | 3.79 | 19 | +4 | |||
| OSF-affiliated | Local Brabant | 25,485 | 0.35 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frisian National Party | 23,662 | 0.32 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Groningers' Interests | 18,556 | 0.25 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Local Limburg | 18,474 | 0.25 | 2 | +1 | |||
| Elderly Party North Holland | 18,307 | 0.25 | 0 | –1 | |||
| Local Parties South Holland | 11,648 | 0.16 | 0 | New | |||
| Local Parties Gelderland – Code Orange | 11,053 | 0.15 | 0 | New | |||
| Party for Zeeland | 10,619 | 0.15 | 2 | +1 | |||
| Locally Strong | 9,344 | 0.13 | 1 | 0 | |||
| U26 Municipalities | 6,530 | 0.09 | 0 | New | |||
| Frisian Provincial Interests | 5,345 | 0.07 | 0 | New | |||
| Total | 159,023 | 2.18 | 13 | +1 | |||
| Denk | 121,753 | 1.67 | 4 | New | |||
| Code Orange | 24,047 | 0.33 | 0 | New | |||
| NIDA | 11,347 | 0.16 | 0 | New | |||
| Seniors Brabant | 9,687 | 0.13 | 0 | New | |||
| Elderly Appeal - Heart for Brabant | 6,719 | 0.09 | 0 | New | |||
| Independent Party Drenthe | 3,777 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |||
| Natural Frisian | 2,917 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |||
| Jesus Lives | 2,323 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Senior Interests | 1,414 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Politically Active Elders | 1,283 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Respect! | 976 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |||
| Windward Islands People's Movement | 547 | 0.01 | 4 | New | |||
| Saba Labour Party | 110 | 0.00 | 1 | New | |||
| Total | 7,284,884 | 100.00 | 589 | +19 | |||
| Valid votes | 7,284,884 | 99.41 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 43,014 | 0.59 | |||||
| Total votes | 7,327,898 | 100.00 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 13,047,950 | 56.16 | |||||
| Source: Kiesraad: European Netherlands (Provincial), Bonaire (EC), Saba (EC), Sint Eustatius (EC) | |||||||
Senate edit
Rutte III lost its majority in the senate.
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| Party | Unweighted Vote | Weighted Vote | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Faithless electors | % | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| Forum for Democracy | 87 | +1 | 14.80 | 27,473 | 15.87 | New | 12 | +12 | |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 78 | -2 | 13.27 | 26,157 | 15.11 | –0.68 | 12 | –1 | |
| Christian Democratic Appeal | 76 | -3 | 12.93 | 19,756 | 11.41 | –4.20 | 9 | –3 | |
| GroenLinks | 65 | +4 | 11.05 | 19,363 | 11.18 | +5.92 | 8 | +4 | |
| Democrats 66 | 50 | +5 | 8.50 | 15,154 | 8.75 | –3.00 | 7 | –3 | |
| Labour Party | 56 | ±0 | 9.52 | 14,921 | 8.62 | –2.43 | 6 | –2 | |
| Party for Freedom | 38 | -2 | 6.46 | 11,298 | 6.53 | –5.05 | 5 | –4 | |
| Socialist Party | 35 | ±0 | 5.95 | 10,179 | 5.88 | –6.40 | 4 | –5 | |
| Christian Union | 33 | +1 | 5.61 | 8,707 | 5.03 | –0.58 | 4 | +1 | |
| Party for the Animals | 20 | ±0 | 3.40 | 6,550 | 3.78 | +0.62 | 3 | +1 | |
| 50PLUS | 18 | –1 | 3.06 | 5,251 | 3.03 | +0.57 | 2 | ±0 | |
| Reformed Political Party | 15 | +1 | 2.55 | 4,493 | 2.60 | –0.38 | 2 | ±0 | |
| Independent Senate Group | 13 | ±0 | 2.21 | 2,265 | 1.31 | –0.26 | 1 | ±0 | |
| DENK | 4 | ±0 | 0.68 | 1,563 | 0.90 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank list | 0 | ±0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Total valid votes | 588 | 173,121 | 75 | ±0 | |||||
| Invalid votes | 1 | +1 | 0.00 | 4 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 589 | ±0 | 100.00 | 173,125 | 100.00 | ±0.00 | |||
| Abstentions | 0 | ±0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | |||
| Registered voters | 589 | 173,125 | |||||||
| Sources [9][10][11][12][13][14] | |||||||||
Results summary edit
References edit
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