2003 Dutch Senate election

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Elections of the Dutch Senate 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.

Province States members Population Vote weight
South Holland 83 3,439,913 414
North Holland 83 2,572,809 310
North Brabant 79 2,400,164 304
Gelderland 75 1,960,384 261
Utrecht 63 1,152,357 183
Limburg 63 1,142.009 181
Overijssel 63 1,100,728 175
Friesland 55 640,060 116
Groningen 55 573,225 104
Drenthe 51 481,472 94
Zealand 47 378,163 80
Flevoland 47 351,558 75
Election results
Party 1999 2003 Difference
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats ppt. Seats
Christian Democratic Appeal 40,541 25.7 20 46,848 29.0 23 3.3 3
Labour Party 30,976 19.7 15 40,613 25.1 19 5.4 4
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 39,809 25.3 19 31,026 19.2 15 -6.1 -4
GroenLinks 16,256 10.3 8 10,866 6.7 5 -3.6 -3
Socialist Party 4,801 3.0 2 8,551 5.3 4 2.3 2
Democrats 66 8,542 5.4 4 7,087 4.4 3 -1.0 -1
Christian Union[1] 7,307 4.6 4 4,960 3.1 2 -1.5 -2
Reformed Political Party 4,281 2.7 2 4,695 2.9 2 0.2 0
Pim Fortuyn List - - - 4,124 2.6 1 2.6 1
Independent Senate Group 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

Notes

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  1. ^ In 1999 joint list of RPF and GPV.