The 2019 election to the Senate of the Netherlands was held on 27 May 2019, two months after the provincial elections.
Forum for Democracy, which took part for the first time, became the largest party. This was later undone by several party splits.
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 (and following a law change in 2017, electoral colleges representing the special municipalities of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba), who are in turn elected directly by the citizens two months earlier in the 2019 provincial and electoral college elections. The seats are distributed in one nationwide constituency using party-list proportional representation.
The value of each elector's vote is determined by the population of the province or special municipality which the elector represents, at a ratio of approximately 1 vote per 100 residents.
ProvinceMembersPopulationPopulation figures: 1 January 2019VotesValue per member South Holland 55 3,674,146 36,740 668 North Holland 55 2,853,488 29,095 519 North Brabant 55 2,544,995 25,465 463 Gelderland 55 2,071,913 20,735 377 Utrecht 49 1,342,194 13,426 274 Overijssel 47 1,156,373 11,562 246 Limburg 47 1,116,127 11,139 237 Friesland 43 647,740 6,493 151 Groningen 43 584,094 5,848 136 Drenthe 41 492,179 4,920 120 Flevoland 41 416,431 4,182 102 Zeeland 39 383,073 3,822 98 Bonaire 9 20,104 198 22 Sint Eustatius 5 3,138 30 6 Saba 5 1,915 20 4
Seat projections Polling firm Date(s) VVD CDA D66 PVV SP PvdA GL CU PvdD SGP 50+ OSF DENK FVD ANP projection 21 Mar 2019 12 9 6 5 4 7 9 4 3 1 2 0 0 13 Ipsos exit poll 20 Mar 2019 12 8 7 6 4 7 8 4 3 1 3 1 1 10 Peil.nl exit poll 20 Mar 2019 12 8 6 6 5 7 7 3 3 2 2 1 1 12 Peil.nl 19 Mar 2019 11 8 6 7 5 6 8 3 2 2 2 2 2 11 I&O Research 15–18 Mar 2019 11 8 5 7 6 6 9 4 3 1 2 2 1 10 Kantar Public 14–17 Mar 2019 13 7 6 6 7 5 6 4 3 2 3 2 2 9 I&O Research 8–12 Mar 2019 12 8 5 7 7 5 9 3 2 2 3 2 1 9 Ipsos 8–11 Mar 2019 13 7 5 9 5 6 8 3 4 2 3 2 0 8 I&O Research 22–26 Feb 2019 11 7 6 8 7 5 10 4 3 2 3 2 1 8 Ipsos 22–25 Feb 2019 12 7 6 8 5 5 9 4 3 2 3 2 1 8 2015 election 26 May 2015 13 12 10 9 9 8 4 3 2 2 2 1 – –
Results Electors
Senate Rutte III lost its majority in the senate.
Party Unweighted vote Weighted vote Seats Votes % Votes % ±pp Total +/− Forum for Democracy 87 14.80 27,473 15.87 New 12 +12 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 78 13.27 26,157 15.11 –0.68 12 –1 Christian Democratic Appeal 76 12.93 19,756 11.41 –4.20 9 –3 GroenLinks 65 11.05 19,363 11.18 +5.92 8 +4 Democrats 66 50 8.50 15,154 8.75 –3.00 7 –3 Labour Party 56 9.52 14,921 8.62 –2.43 6 –2 Party for Freedom 38 6.46 11,298 6.53 –5.05 5 –4 Socialist Party 35 5.95 10,179 5.88 –6.40 4 –5 Christian Union 33 5.61 8,707 5.03 –0.58 4 +1 Party for the Animals 20 3.40 6,550 3.78 +0.62 3 +1 50PLUS 18 3.06 5,251 3.03 +0.57 2 ±0 Reformed Political Party 15 2.55 4,493 2.60 –0.38 2 ±0 Independent Senate Group 13 2.21 2,265 1.31 –0.26 1 ±0 DENK 4 0.68 1,563 0.90 New 0 ±0 Blank list 0 0.00 0 0.00 New 0 ±0 Total 588 100.00 173,121 100.00 – 75 ±0 Valid votes 588 99.83 173,121 100.00 Invalid/blank votes 1 0.17 4 0.00 Total votes 589 100.00 173,125 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 589 100.00 173,125 100.00 Sources
Results summary
See also List of candidates in the 2019 Dutch Senate election
References