2019 Dutch Senate election

The 2019 election to the Senate of the Netherlands was held on 27 May 2019, two months after the provincial elections.[1]

2019 Dutch Senate election
27 May 2019[1]
All 75 seats in the Senate
38 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats ±
FvD Paul Cliteur 15.87 12 New
VVD Annemarie Jorritsma[2] 15.11 12 -1
CDA Ben Knapen[3] 11.41 9 -3
GL Paul Rosenmöller 11.18 8 +4
D66 Annelien Bredenoord[4] 8.75 7 -3
PvdA Mei Li Vos 8.62 6 -2
PVV Marjolein Faber 6.53 5 -4
SP Tiny Kox 5.88 4 -5
CU Mirjam Bikker 5.03 4 +1
PvdD Niko Koffeman 3.78 3 +1
50+ Martin van Rooijen 3.03 2 0
SGP Peter Schalk 2.60 2 0
OSF Gerben Gerbrandy 1.31 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
President of the Senate before President of the Senate after
Ankie Broekers-Knol
VVD		 Jan Anthonie Bruijn
VVD
Map showing the largest party by province in the 2019 Dutch provincial elections

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
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
Party Vote Seats
Votes Weight % ±pp Total +/−
Forum for Democracy 8727,47315.87New 12+12
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 7826,15715.11–0.68 12–1
Christian Democratic Appeal 7619,75611.41–4.20 9–3
GreenLeft 6519,36311.18+5.92 8+4
Democrats 66 5015,1548.75–3.00 7–3
Labour Party 5614,9218.62–2.43 6–2
Party for Freedom 3811,2986.53–5.05 5–4
Socialist Party 3510,1795.88–6.40 4–5
Christian Union 338,7075.03–0.58 4+1
Party for the Animals 206,5503.78+0.62 3+1
50PLUS 185,2513.03+0.57 2±0
Reformed Political Party 154,4932.60–0.38 2±0
Independent Senate Group 132,2651.31–1.15 1±0
Denk 41,5630.90New 0±0
Blank list 000.00New 0±0
Total valid votes 588173,121 75±0
Invalid votes 140.00±0.00
Votes cast / turnout 589173,125100.00±0.00
Abstentions 000.00±0.00
Registered voters 589173,125
Sources [8][9][10][11][12][13]
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References
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  2. "Annemarie Jorritsma VVD-lijsttrekker Eerste Kamerverkiezingen". NOS (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  3. "Oud-staatssecretaris Knapen gaat Senaatsfractie CDA leiden". NOS (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  4. "Hoogleraar Ethiek lijsttrekker D66 voor Eerste Kamerverkiezingen". NOS (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  5. "Kiesrecht voor Eerste Kamer voor Caribisch Nederland". Rijksoverheid (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  6. "Eerste Kamer". Kiesraad.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  7. Population figures: 1 January 2019
  8. "Kandidatenlijsten Eerste Kamerverkiezing 2019 onderzocht". Kiesraad.nl (in Dutch). 24 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  9. "Stemwaarden Eerste Kamerverkiezing 2019 vastgesteld". Kiesraad.nl (in Dutch). 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  10. "Provinciale Staten kiezen nu nieuwe Eerste Kamer, VVD en Forum even groot (12 zetels)". NOS (in Dutch). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  11. "Geen verrassing bij Eerste Kamerverkiezing in Overijssel: uitslag gelijk aan zetelverdeling". tubantia.nl (in Dutch). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  12. "Meeste stemmen voor CDA in de Eerste Kamer". Omroep Zeeland (in Dutch). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  13. "Stemmingen Eerste Kamerverkiezing in provincies en kiescolleges (27 mei)". Kiesraad.nl (in Dutch). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
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