2023 Dutch Senate election

2023 Dutch Senate election

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All 75 seats in the Senate 38 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader % Seats +/– BBB Ilona Lagas 20.66 16 New VVD Edith Schippers 12.40 10 −2 GL[a] Paul Rosenmöller 9.67 7 −1 PvdA[a] Mei Li Vos 8.86 7 +1 CDA Theo Bovens 7.34 6 −3 D66 Paul van Meenen 6.23 5 −2 PVV Marjolein Faber 6.10 4 −1 PvdD Niko Koffeman 4.78 3 0 JA21 Annabel Nanninga 4.63 3 New SP Tiny Kox 4.14 3 −1 CU Tineke Huizinga 3.68 3 −1 FvD Johan Dessing 2.72 2 −10 Volt Gaby Perin-Gopie 2.70 2 New SGP Peter Schalk 2.48 2 0 50+ Martin van Rooijen 1.82 1 −1 OPNL Auke van der Goot 1.78 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. President of the Senate before President of the Senate after Jan Anthonie Bruijn VVD Jan Anthonie Bruijn VVD

An election to the Dutch Senate was held on 30 May 2023.^[2] The 75 members of the Senate were elected by members of the provincial councils and electoral colleges elected two months earlier in provincial and electoral college elections.

The four coalition parties saw their combined seat count decrease from 32 to 24. The Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB), which had come first in the provincial elections, entered the Senate with 16 seats. The Labour Party and GroenLinks, which intend to form a joint parliamentary group, won a combined 14 seats.

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