2011 Dutch Senate election

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Elections of the Dutch Senate were held on 23 May 2011, following the provincial elections on 2 March 2011.[1] The 566 members of the twelve States-Provincial elected the 75 Senate members. The new Senate was installed on 7 June 2011. The term ended on 8 June 2015.

## Participating parties

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List number | Party | Top candidate

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1  | Christian Democratic Appeal | Elco Brinkman
2  | Labour Party | Marleen Barth
3  | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Loek Hermans
4  | GroenLinks | Tof Thissen
5  | Socialist Party | Tiny Kox
6  | Democrats 66 | Roger van Boxtel
7  | ChristianUnion | Roel Kuiper
8  | Reformed Political Party | Gerrit Holdijk
9  | Independent Senate Group | Kees de Lange
10  | Party for the Animals | Niko Koffeman
11  | Party for Freedom | Machiel de Graaf
12  | 50PLUS | Jan Nagel
13  | Koornstra List  | Ruud Koornstra

## Vote weights

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The provinces have different population sizes, so the members of the States-Provincial cast weighted votes, to ensure that each vote represents the same number of people. The weight is determined by dividing the population of the province by the number of seats in the States of that province. This number is divided by 100 and rounded.

Province | Seats | Population | Vote weight[2]

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South Holland | 55  | 3,527,449  | 641
North Holland | 55  | 2,691,426  | 489
North Brabant | 55  | 2,453,936  | 446
Gelderland | 55  | 2,005,298  | 365
Utrecht | 47  | 1,228,579  | 261
Overijssel | 47  | 1,134,434  | 241
Limburg | 47  | 1,122,631  | 239
Friesland | 43  | 647,280  | 151
Groningen | 43  | 579,034  | 135
Drenthe | 41  | 491,342  | 120
Flevoland | 39  | 391,988  | 101
Zeeland | 39  | 381,582  | 98

## Result

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Result of the Dutch Eerste Kamer election, 2011 Party | 2007 | 2011[3] | difference

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People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) | 14 | 16 | +2
Labour Party (PvdA) | 14 | 14 | 0
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) | 21 | 11 | −10
Party for Freedom (PVV) | 0 | 10 | +10
Socialist Party (SP) | 12 | 8 * | −4
Democrats 66 (D66) | 2 | 5 * | +3
GroenLinks (GL) | 4 | 5 | +1
ChristianUnion (CU) | 4 | 2 | −2
Reformed Political Party (SGP) | 2 | 1 | −1
50PLUS (50+) | 0 | 1 | +1
Party for the Animals (PvdD) | 1 | 1 | 0
Independent Senate Group (OSF) | 1 | 1 | 0
Total | 75 | 75 | 0

The coalition parties VVD and CDA and their supporting party, the PVV, won 37 seats in this election, one short of an overall majority. However, the coalition-friendly SGP won the last needed seat, and it is expected that the SGP will help the cabinet in obtaining a majority on most issues.[4]

\- * Democrats 66 missed a seat and the Socialist Party gained one due to a mistake of North Holland States-Provincial member Wim Cool, who voted with a blue writing device instead of the prescribed red one.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Electoral Calendar -worldwide elections". mherrera.org. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
2. ^ Stemwaarden Eerste Kamerverkiezing 2011 Archived 2011-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, Kiesraad
3. ^ Prognose zetelverdeling Eerste Kamer volgens ANP Archived 2011-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, Nederlands Dagblad
4. ^ Rutte haalt met SGP meerderheid in Eerste Kamer, Elsevier, 23 May 2011
5. ^ D66 stem senaat blijft ongeldig Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, Nieuws.nl, 31 May 2011

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Members of the Senate of the Netherlands (2011–2015)

Senate, 7 June 2011 - 8 June 2015

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
(VVD: 16)|

* Hermans
* Beckers
* Bröcker
* Broekers-Knol (President)
* Bruijn
* Dupuis
* Duthler
* De Graaf
* De Grave
* Huijbregts-Schiedon
* Van Kappen
* Kneppers-Heynert
* Knip
* <Van Rey>
* Schaap
* Schouwenaar
* Swagerman

Labour Party
(PvdA: 14)|

* Barth
* Beuving
* Duivesteijn
* Ter Horst
* Koning
* Koole
* Linthorst
* <Meurs>
* <Noten>
* Postema
* <Putters>
* Schrijver
* Sent
* Sylvester
* Vlietstra
* De Vries
* <Witteveen>
* Van Zandbrink

Christian Democratic Appeal
(CDA: 11)|

* Brinkman
* Van Bijsterveld
* Essers
* Flierman
* Franken
* Hoekstra
* Van der Linden
* Lokin-Sassen
* Martens
* Terpstra
* De Vries-Leggedoor

Party for Freedom
(PVV: 10)|

* Faber
* Van Beek
* Van Dijk
* Frijters-Klijnen
* <De Graaf>
* <De Graaff>
* <Klever>
* Kok
* Kops
* Popken
* Reynaers
* Sørensen
* Van Strien

Socialist Party
(SP: 8)|

* Kox
* Elzinga
* Gerkens
* Meijer
* Quik-Schuijt
* Reuten
* Ruers
* Slagter-Roukema
* <Smaling>
* <Vliegenthart>

Democrats 66
(D66: 5)|

* Van Boxtel
* Backer
* Engels
* De Graaf
* Scholten

GreenLeft
(GL: 5)|

* Thissen
* De Boer
* Ganzevoort
* Strik
* Vos

Christian Union
(CU: 2)|

* Kuiper
* Ester

Reformed Political Party
(SGP: 1)|

* Holdijk

50PLUS
(50+: 1)|

* Nagel

Party for the Animals
(PvdD: 1)|

* Koffeman

Independent Senate Group
(OSF: 1)|

* De Lange

Bold signifies the Parliamentary leader (first mentioned)

Bold also signifies the President
Brackets () signifies a temporary absent member
Italics signifies a temporary member
<> signifies a member who prematurely left this Senate

See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–present

See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2012–present

See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–2012

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