2003 Dutch Senate election

The elections of the Dutch Senate of 2003 were held on 26 May 2003, following the provincial elections on 11 March 2003. The 564 members of the twelve States-Provincial elected the 75 Senate members. The new Senate was installed on 10 June 2003. The term of office ended on 11 June 2007.

ProvinceStates membersInhabitantsVoice value
South Holland833,439,913414
North Holland832,572,809310
North Brabant792,400,164304
Gelderland751,960,384261
Utrecht631,152,357183
Limburg631,142.009181
Overijssel631,100,728175
Friesland55640,060116
Groningen55573,225104
Drenthe51481,47294
Zealand47378,16380
Flevoland47351,55875
Election results
Party 1999 2003 Difference
votes perc. seats votes perc. seats ppt. seats
Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl) 40,541 25.7 20 46,848 29.0 23 3.3 3
Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) 30,976 19.7 15 40,613 25.1 19 5.4 4
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) 39,809 25.3 19 31,026 19.2 15 -6.1 -4
GreenLeft (GroenLinks) 16,256 10.3 8 10,866 6.7 5 -3.6 -3
Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij) 4,801 3.0 2 8,551 5.3 4 2.3 2
Democrats 66 (Democraten 66) 8,542 5.4 4 7,087 4.4 3 -1.0 -1
Christian Union (ChristenUnie)[1] 7,307 4.6 4 4,960 3.1 2 -1.5 -2
Reformed Political Party (Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij) 4,281 2.7 2 4,695 2.9 2 0.2 0
Pim Fortuyn List (Lijst Pim Fortuyn) - - - 4,124 2.6 1 2.6 1
Independent Senate Group (Onafhankelijke Senaatsfractie) 3,880 2.5 1 2,874 1.8 1 -0.7 0
Others 1,160 0.7 0 0 0.0 0 -0.7 0
Total 157,553 100.0 75 161,644 100.0 75 0.0 0
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Notes

  1. In 1999 joint list of RPF and GPV.


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