Senate (Netherlands)
Senate Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal | |
|---|---|
| States General of the Netherlands | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
First Vice President | |
Second Vice President | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 75 |
 | |
Political groups | Government (24)
Opposition (51) |
Length of term | 4 years |
| Elections | |
| Indirect party-list proportional | |
Last election | 30 May 2023 |
Next election | May 2027 [1] |
| Meeting place | |
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| Senate Chamber Binnenhof The Hague, Netherlands | |
| Website | |
| www.eerstekamer.nl | |
The Senate (Dutch: Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal [ˈeːrstə ˈkaːmər dɛr ˈstaːtə(n) ˌɣeːnəˈraːl] or simply Eerste Kamer [ˈeːrstə ˈkaːmər] (
listen), literally "First Chamber", or sometimes Senaat [səˈnaːt]) is the upper house of the States General, the legislature of the Netherlands.
Its 75 members are elected on lists by the members of the twelve States-Provincial and four electoral colleges for the Senate (three for the Caribbean Netherlands islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba and one for Dutch expatriates) every four years, within three months of the provincial elections.
Senate elections results since 1977
[change | change source]Original seats in Senate or First Chamber (Eerste Kamer).[2]
| Party | 2023 | 2019 | 2015 | 2011 | 2007 | 2003 | 1999 | 1995 | 1991 | 1987 | 1986 | 1983 | 1981 | 1980 | 1977 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBB | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| VVD | 10 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 15 |
| GL | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| * CPN | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| * PPR | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| * PSP | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| PvdA | 7 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 17 | 17 | 28 | 26 | 25 |
| CDA | 6 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 24 |
| D66 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
| PVV | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||
| PvdD | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| SP | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| CU | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| * GPV | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| * RPF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| JA21 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| SGP | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| FVD | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Volt | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 50+ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| OPNL / OSF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| LPF | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| AOV | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| BP | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 |
Related pages
[change | change source]- President of the Senate (Netherlands)
- House of Representatives (Netherlands)
- Politics of the Netherlands
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Dag van stemming Eerste Kamerverkiezing (29 mei 2023)". Kiesraad.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- ↑ www.nlverkiezingen.com
