2015 Dutch Senate election|
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Turnout | 100,0% |
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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Leader
|
Loek Hermans
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Elco Brinkman
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Thom de Graaf
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Party
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VVD
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CDA
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D66
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Last election
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16 seats, 20,8%
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11 seats, 14.6%
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5 seats, 7.6%
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Seats won
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13
|
12
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10
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Seat change
|
3
|
1
|
5
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Popular vote
|
28,523
|
25,145
|
21,997
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Percentage
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16.9%
|
14.9%
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13.0%
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Swing
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3.9%
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0.3%
|
5.4%
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|
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Sixth party
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|
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|
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Leader
|
Marjolein Faber
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Tiny Kox
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Marleen Barth
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Party
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PVV
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SP
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PvdA
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Last election
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10 seats, 13.1%
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8 seats, 10.3%
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14 seats, 18.1%
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Seats won
|
9
|
9
|
8
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Seat change
|
1
|
1
|
6
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Popular vote
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20,235
|
20,038
|
17,651
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Percentage
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12.0%
|
11.9%
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10.5%
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Swing
|
1.1%
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1.6%
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7.6
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Elections of the Dutch Senate were held on 26 May 2015. The elected senators were sworn in on 9 June 2015.
Electoral system
The Senate is elected by the members of the States-Provincial of the country's twelve provinces, who had been directly elected by the citizens two months earlier, in the 2015 provincial elections. The value of a vote is determined by the population of the province in which the voter is a member of the States-Provincial. The seats are distributed in one nationwide constituency using party-list proportional representation.
Province
|
Members
|
Population
|
Value
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South Holland
|
55
|
3,600,784
|
655
|
North Holland
|
55
|
2,762,163
|
502
|
North Brabant
|
55
|
2,489,325
|
453
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Gelderland
|
55
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2,026,393
|
368
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Utrecht
|
49
|
1,263,509
|
258
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Overijssel
|
47
|
1,140,659
|
243
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Limburg
|
47
|
1,118,054
|
238
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Friesland
|
43
|
646,324
|
150
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Groningen
|
43
|
584,104
|
136
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Drenthe
|
41
|
488,611
|
119
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Flevoland
|
41
|
401,503
|
98
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Zeeland
|
39
|
380,717
|
98
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