Dutch Senate election, 2019

Dutch Senate election, 2019

27 May 2019
All 75 seats to the Senate 38 seats are needed for a majority
160x160px 160x160px 160x160px Leader Annemarie Jorritsma Ben Knapen Annelien Bredenoord Party VVD CDA D66 Last election 13 seats, 16,9% 12 seats, 14.9% 10 seats, 13.0%   160x160px 160x160px Leader Marjolein Faber Tiny Kox Esther-Mirjam Sent Party PVV SP PvdA Last election 9 seats, 12.0% 9 seats, 11.9% 8 seats, 10.5%
Incumbent President Ankie Broekers-Knol VVD

An election to the Senate of the Netherlands will be held on 27 May 2019, two months after the provincial elections.

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, who are in turn elected directly by the citizens two months earlier. The weight of a vote is determined by the population of the province in which the voter is a member of the States-Provincial. This Senate election will be the first in which members of an electoral college representing the Caribbean Netherlands will also be able to vote. The seats are distributed in one nationwide constituency using party-list proportional representation.