2015 Dutch Senate election

Elections of the Dutch Senate were held on 26 May 2015. The elected senators were sworn in on 9 June 2015.

2015 Dutch Senate election

26 May 2015
All 75 seats to the Senate 38 seats are needed for a majority
Turnout	100,0%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Loek Hermans Elco Brinkman Thom de Graaf Party VVD CDA D66 Last election 16 seats, 20,8% 11 seats, 14.6% 5 seats, 7.6% Seats won 13 12 10 Seat change 3 1 5 Popular vote 28,523 25,145 21,997 Percentage 16.9% 14.9% 13.0% Swing 3.9% 0.3% 5.4%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Marjolein Faber Tiny Kox Marleen Barth Party PVV SP PvdA Last election 10 seats, 13.1% 8 seats, 10.3% 14 seats, 18.1% Seats won 9 9 8 Seat change 1 1 6 Popular vote 20,235 20,038 17,651 Percentage 12.0% 11.9% 10.5% Swing 1.1% 1.6% 7.6
President before election Ankie Broekers-Knol VVD Elected President Ankie Broekers-Knol VVD

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
South Holland	55	3,600,784	655
North Holland	55	2,762,163	502
North Brabant	55	2,489,325	453
Gelderland	55	2,026,393	368
Utrecht	49	1,263,509	258
Overijssel	47	1,140,659	243
Limburg	47	1,118,054	238
Friesland	43	646,324	150
Groningen	43	584,104	136
Drenthe	41	488,611	119
Flevoland	41	401,503	98
Zeeland	39	380,717	98

Results

Parties		Vote		Seats
		Votes	Value	Won	+/-
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	90	28,523	13	3
	Christian Democratic Appeal	89	25,145	12	1
	Democrats 66	67	21,997	10	5
	Party for Freedom	66	20,235	9	1
	Socialist Party	70	20,038	9	1
	Labour Party	63	17,651	8	6
	GroenLinks	30	9,520	4	1
	Christian Union	32	8,237	3	1
	Party for the Animals	18	6,073	2	1
	Reformed Political Party	17	4,597	2	1
	50PLUS	14	4,388	2	1
	Independent Senate Group	14	2,652	1
Total		570	169,056	75
Source: Kiesraad

See also

• List of candidates in the 2015 Dutch Senate election