Netherlands (European Parliament constituency)

Netherlands
European Parliament constituency
Location among the 2014 constituencies
Member state	Netherlands
Created	1979
MEPs	25 (1979–94) 31 (1994–2004) 27 (2004–09) 25 (2009–11) 26 (2011–present)
Sources

In European elections, the Netherlands is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by twenty-six MEPs. It covers the member state of the Netherlands. Until 2009, it excluded the Dutch in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.

Current MEPs

Name	National party	EP Group	Period	Votes
Johannes "Hans" van Baalen	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ALDE	14 July 2009 –	367,796
Bastiaan "Bas" Belder	Reformed Political Party	EFD	20 July 1999 –	53,450
Thijs Berman	Labour Party	S&D	20 July 2004 –	372,060
Louis Bontes [1]	Party for Freedom	NI	14 July 2009 –	6,751
Emine Bozkurt	Labour Party	S&D	20 July 2004 –	66,385
Wim van de Camp	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	14 July 2009 –	579,775
Marije Cornelissen	GreenLeft	G–EFA	14 July 2009 –	14,486
Peter van Dalen	Christian Union	ECR	14 July 2009 –	209,947
Bas Eickhout	GreenLeft	G–EFA	14 July 2009 –	13,782
Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy	Democrats 66	ALDE	14 July 2009 –	18,107
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert [2]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ALDE	20 July 2004 –	52,184
Dennis de Jong	Socialist Party	EUL–NGL	14 July 2009 –	194,359
Esther de Lange	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	12 April 2007 –	43,406
Kartika Liotard [3]	Socialist Party (2009–2010) /      Independent	EUL–NGL	20 July 2004 –	32,426
Barry Madlener [4]	Party for Freedom	NI	14 July 2009 –	372,060
Toine Manders [5]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (2009–2013) /      Independent	ALDE	20 July 1999 –	34,973
Judith Merkies	Labour Party	S&D	14 July 2009 –	18,553
Lambert van Nistelrooij	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	20 July 2004 –	41,846
Ria Oomen-Ruijten	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	25 July 1989 –	70,388
Judith Sargentini	GreenLeft	G–EFA	14 July 2009 –	321,744
Marietje Schaake	Democrats 66	ALDE	14 July 2009 –	18,662
Laurence Stassen [6] [7]	Party for Freedom (2009–2014) /      Independent	NI	14 July 2009 –	17,880
Daniël van der Stoep [8]	Party for Freedom (2009–2011) /      Independent	NI	14 July 2009 –	5,650
Sophie in 't Veld	Democrats 66	ALDE	20 July 2004 –	433,957
Corien Wortmann-Kool	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	20 July 2004 –	48,270
Resigned in 2010, became a member of the Dutch Parliament (House of Representatives) after the 2010 election. Replaced by Lucas Hartong on 22 June 2010. Resigned in 2010, became a member of the Dutch Parliament (House of Representatives) after the 2010 election. Replaced by Jan Mulder on 22 June 2010. Withdrew her membership of the Socialist Party on 1 June 2010 after internal conflicts in the Socialist Party. Sits as an independent while still part of the EUL-NGL. Resigned in 2012, became a member of the Dutch Parliament (House of Representatives) after the 2012 election. Replaced by Patricia van der Kammen on 27 September 2012. Withdrew his membership of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy on 17 October 2013 to run as party leader of 50PLUS in the European Parliament election, 2014. Sits as an independent, while still part of the ALDE. Geert Wilders, as "party list pusher" was chosen on the number of preferences votes, however he declined to join the European Parliament. Stassen took up his seat. Withdrew her membership of the Party for Freedom on 21 March 2014 after allegedly discriminatory remarks by party leader Wilders. Sits as an independent. Resigned in 2011 because he caused a car crash while drunk driving. Replaced by Auke Zijlstra on 13 September 2011. Van der Stoep returned to the Parliament in December 2011 because of seat increases provided for by the Treaty of Lisbon. As the first candidate on the Party for Freedom election list who did not have a seat in the European Parliament he was allowed to return to the Parliament. However, the Party for Freedom did not allow him to rejoin their delegation, and he currently sits as an independent.

1979–84

Dutch political parties

The 1979 European election was the first direct election to the European Parliament to be held and hence the first time the Netherlands had voted. Four parties were able to win seats: the conservative liberal VVD, the progressive liberal D66, the Christian-democratic CDA and the social-democratic Labour Party. Five other nationally represented parties compete but are unable to win seats. 58.1% of the Dutch population turned out on election day.

 Summary of the results of the Netherlands's 7 June 1979 election to the European Parliament

1979 • 1984 →
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA)	EPP		2,017,743	35.60	—	10	—
	Labour Party (PVDA)	SOC		1,722,240	30.39	—	9	—
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)	LD		914,787	16.14	—	4	—
	Democrats 66 (D66)	None		511,967	9.03	—	2	—
	Political Reformed Party (SGP)	None		126,412	2.23	—	0	—
	Communist Party (CPN)	None		97,343	1.72	—	0	—
	Pacifist Socialist Party (PSP)	None		97,243	1.72	—	0	—
	Political Party of Radicals (PPR)	None		92,055	1.62	—	0	—
	Reformed Political Alliance (GPV)	None		62,610	1.10	—	0	—
	List Leschot (LL)	None		24,903	0.40	—	0	—
Valid votes				5,667,303	99.42
Blank and invalid votes				33,300	0.58
Totals				5,700,603	100.00	—	25	—
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				9,808,176	58.12	—
Source: [1] [2]

European groups

 Summary of the 7 June 1979 European Parliament elections in the Netherlands

European group			Seats 1979
	European People's Party	EPP	10
	Confederation of Socialist Parties	SOC	9
	European Liberal Democrats	LD	6
	Non-Inscrits		0
			25

MEPs period 1979–84

Below is a complete list of members of the European Parliament for the period 1979–1984 as a result of this election.

Name	National party	EP Group	Period
Wim Albers	Labour Party	SOC	17 July 1979 – 24 July 1984
Cees Berkhouwer	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	LD	17 July 1979 – 24 July 1984
Bouke Beumer	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 19 July 1994
Elise Boot	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 24 July 1989
Bob Cohen	Labour Party	SOC	17 July 1979 – 24 July 1989
Piet Dankert	Labour Party	SOC	17 July 1979 – 7 November 1989
Suzanne Dekker	Democrats 66	NI	17 July 1979 – 10 June 1981
Doeke Eisma	Democrats 66	NI	19 June 1981 – 23 July 1984
Aart Geurtsen	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	LD	17 July 1979 – July 1984
Aar de Goede	Democrats 66	NI	17 July 1979 – 24 July 1984
Frans van der Gun	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 1 January 1982
Ien van den Heuvel-de Blank	Labour Party	SOC	17 July 1979 – 24 July 1989
Sjouke Jonker	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 24 July 1984
Annie Krouwel-Vlam	Labour Party	SOC	17 July 1979 – 23 July 1984
Hendrik Jan Louwes	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	LD	17 July 1979 – 24 July 1989
Hanja Maij-Weggen	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 6 November 1989
Johan van Minnen	Labour Party	SOC	17 July 1979 – 24 July 1984
Joep Mommersteeg	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	15 February 1982 – 24 July 1984
Hemmo Muntingh	Labour Party	SOC	17 July 1979 – 19 July 1994
Hans Nord	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	LD	17 July 1979 – 24 July 1989
Harrij Notenboom	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – July 1984
Jean Penders	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 19 July 1994
Jim Janssen van Raaij	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 24 July 1984
Teun Tolman	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 24 July 1989
Wim Vergeer	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 24 July 1989
Phili Viehoff	Labour Party	SOC	December 1979 – 24 July 1989
Anne Vondeling	Labour Party	SOC	17 July 1979 – 22 November 1979
Eisso Woltjer	Labour Party	SOC	17 July 1979 – 19 July 1994
Source: [3]

1984–89

Dutch political parties

The 1984 European election was the second European election to be held. In these elections both an alliance of leftwing CPN, PSP and PPR parties (Green Progressive Accord) and the orthodox Protestant SGP, GPV, RPF parties have formed a successful common lists, which win two respectively one seat. the progressive liberal D'66 loses its two seats and disappears from the parliament. 50.9% of the Dutch population turned out on election day.

 Summary of the results of the Netherlands' 14 June 1984 election to the European Parliament

← 1979 • 1984 • 1989 →
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Labour Party (PVDA)	SOC		1,785,165	33.70	3.31	9	0
	Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA)	EPP		1,590,218	30.02	5.58	8	2
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)	LD		1,002,685	18.93	2.79	5	1
	Green Progressive Accord (CPN + PSP + PPR + GPN)	EGC		296,488	5.60	* 0.54	2	2
	Political Reformed Party (SGP) + Reformatory Political Federation (RPF) + Reformed Political Alliance (GPV)	None		275,786	5.21	* 1.88	1	1
	Centre Party (CP)	None		134,877	2.55	new	0	new
	Democrats 66 (D66)	None		120,826	2.28	6.75	0	2
	European Greens (EG)	None		67,413	1.27	new	0	new
	God With Us (GMO)	None		23,291	0.44	new	0	new
Valid votes				5,296,749	99.29
Blank and invalid votes				37,833	0.71
Totals				5,334,582	100.00	—	25	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				10,485,014	50.88	7.24
Source: [4] [5]

European groups

 Summary of the 14 June 1984 European Parliament elections in the Netherlands

European group		Seats 1979	Seats 1984	Change
Confederation of Socialist Parties	SOC	9	9	±0
European People's Party	EPP	10	8	-2
European Liberal Democrats	LD	6	5	-1
Rainbow Group	RBW	0	2	+2
Non-Inscrits		0	1	+1
		25	25	±0

MEPs period 1984–89

Below is a complete list of members of the European Parliament for the period 1984–1989 as a result of this election.

Name	National party	EP Group	Period
Hedy d'Ancona	Labour Party	SOC	24 July 1984 – 7 November 1989
Bouke Beumer	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 19 July 1994
Elise Boot	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 24 July 1989
Bob Cohen	Labour Party	SOC	17 July 1979 – 24 July 1989
Pam Cornelissen	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	24 July 1984 – 20 July 1999
Piet Dankert	Labour Party	SOC	17 July 1979 – 7 November 1989
Nel van Dijk	Green Progressive Accord	RBW	January 1987 – 1 September 1998
Jim Janssen van Raaij	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	October 1986 – 20 July 1999
Jessica Larive	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	LD	24 July 1984 – 20 July 1999
Bram van der Lek	Green Progressive Accord (Pacifist Socialist Party)	RBW	24 July 1984 – 24 July 1989
Hendrik Jan Louwes	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	LD	17 July 1979 – 24 July 1989
Hanja Maij-Weggen	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 6 November 1989
Alman Metten	Labour Party	SOC	24 July 1984 – 20 July 1999
Hemmo Muntingh	Labour Party	SOC	17 July 1979 – 19 July 1994
Hans Nord	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	LD	17 July 1979 – 24 July 1989
Jean Penders	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 19 July 1994
Yvonne van Rooy	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	24 July 1984 – 28 October 1986
Teun Tolman	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 24 July 1989
Herman Verbeek	Green Progressive Accord (Political Party of Radicals)	RBW	24 July 1984 – December 1986
Wim Vergeer	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 24 July 1989
Phili Viehoff	Labour Party	SOC	December 1979 – 24 July 1989
Ben Visser	Labour Party	SOC	24 July 1984 – 19 July 1994
Gijs de Vries	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	LD	24 July 1984 – 2 Augustus 1998
Leen van der Waal	Political Reformed Party	NI	24 July 1984 – 2 September 1997
Florus Wijsenbeek	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	LD	24 July 1984 – 20 July 1999
Eisso Woltjer	Labour Party	SOC	17 July 1979 – 19 July 1994
Source: [6]

1989–94

Dutch political parties

The 1989 European election was the third European election to be held. In the election the conservative liberal VVD loses seats to the progressive liberal D66, which return to the European parliament after a five-year absence. 47.5% of the Dutch population turned out on election day.

 Summary of the 15 June 1989 European Parliament election results in the Netherlands

Lists						Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
Logo		National Party		EU Party	EP Group
		Christian Democratic Appeal	Christen-Democratisch Appèl	EPP			34,6	+4,6	10	+1
		Labour Party	Partij van de Arbeid	SOC			30,7	−3,0	8	±0
		People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie	ELDR			13,6	-5,9	3	-2
		Rainbow (CPN, PSP, PPR, Green Party Netherlands)		EGC	RBW		7,0	+1,4	2	±0
		Democrats 66	Democraten 66	ELDR			6,0	+3,7	1	+1
		SGP, RPF and GPV		none	NI		5,9	+0,7	1	±0
		Centre Democrats	Centrum Democraten	none			0,8	-1,7	0	±0
		Socialist Party	Socialistische Partij	none			0,7	+0,7	0	±0
		Others		none			0,8	+0,4	0	±0
Total valid votes						5.242.333	100		25	±0
Invalid votes						28.041
Blank votes						0
Total votes						5.270.374
Electorate						11.099.123
Turnout						47,5%
Source: [7]

European groups

 Summary of the 15 June 1989 European Parliament elections in the Netherlands

European group		Seats 1984	Seats 1989	Change
European People's Party	EPP	9	10	+1
Confederation of Socialist Parties	SOC	8	8	±0
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party	ELDR	5	4	-1
Rainbow Group	RBW	2	2	±0
Non-Inscrits		1	1	±0
		25	25	±0

MEPs period 1989–94

Below is a list of members of the European Parliament for the period 1989–1994 as a result of this election.

Name	National party	EP Group	Period
Hedy d'Ancona	Labour Party	SOC	24 July 1984 – 7 November 1989
Jan-Willem Bertens	Democrats 66	ELDR	24 July 1989 – 20 July 1999
Bouke Beumer	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 19 July 1994
Mathilde van den Brink	Labour Party	SOC	20 November 1989 – 19 July 1994
Pam Cornelissen	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	24 July 1984 – 20 July 1999
Piet Dankert	Labour Party	SOC	17 July 1979 – 7 November 1989
Nel van Dijk	Rainbow of CPN, PSP and PPR	RBW	January 1987 – 1 September 1998
Annemarie Goedmakers	Labour Party	SOC	20 November 1989 – 19 July 1994
Jim Janssen van Raaij	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	October 1986 – 20 July 1999
Jessica Larive	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	24 July 1984 – 20 July 1999
Hanja Maij-Weggen	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 6 November 1989
Alman Metten	Labour Party	SOC	24 July 1984 – 20 July 1999
Hemmo Muntingh	Labour Party	SOC	17 July 1979 – 19 July 1994
Ria Oomen-Ruijten	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	25 July 1989
Arie Oostlander	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	25 July 1989 – 20 July 2004
Karla Peijs	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	25 July 1989 – 27 May 2003
Jean Penders	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 19 July 1994
Bartho Pronk	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	20 November 1989 – 20 July 2004
Maartje van Putten	Labour Party	SOC	25 July 1989 – 20 July 1999
Jan Sonneveld	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	25 July 1989 – 20 July 1999
Wim van Velzen	Labour Party	SOC	25 July 1989 – 20 July 1999
Herman Verbeek	Rainbow of CPN, PSP and PPR	RBW	25 July 1989 – 19 July 1994
Maxime Verhagen	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	25 July 1989 – 19 July 1994
Ben Visser	Labour Party	SOC	24 July 1984 – 19 July 1994
Gijs de Vries	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	24 July 1984 – 2 Augustus 1998
Leendert "Leen" van der Waal	SGP, RPF and GPV	NI	24 July 1984 – 2 September 1997
Florus Wijsenbeek	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	24 July 1984 – 20 July 1999
Eisso Woltjer	Labour Party	SOC	17 July 1979 – 19 July 1994
Source: [8]

1994–99

Dutch political parties

The 1994 European election was the fourth European election to be held. The liberal VVD and D66 parties and the orthodox Protestant alliance of Political Reformed Party, Reformatory Political Federation and Reformed Political Alliance profited from the expansion of the number of seats. While the Christian Democratic Appeal and the Labour Party lost a considerable number of votes, but remained stabile in seats. 35,7% of the Dutch citizens turned out on election day.

 Summary of the 9 June 1994 European Parliament election results in the Netherlands

Lists						Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
Logo		National Party		EU Party	EP Group
		Christian Democratic Appeal	Christen-Democratisch Appèl	EPP		1.271.840	30,8	−3,8	10	±0
		Labour Party	Partij van de Arbeid	PES		945.843	22,9	−7,8	8	±0
		People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie	ELDR		740.451	17,9	+3,7	6	+3
		Democrats 66	Democraten 66	ELDR		481.826	11,7	+5,7	4	+3
		Political Reformed Party, Reformatory Political Federation and Reformed Political Alliance		none	EN /I-EN	322.793	7,8	+1,9	2	+1
		GreenLeft	GroenLinks	EFGP	EGG	154.362	3,7	-3,3	1	-1
		The Greens	De Groenen	EFGP	EGG	96.801	2,4	+2,4	0	±0
		Socialist Party	Socialistische Partij	none		55.306	1,3	+0,6	0	±0
		Centre Democrats	Centrum Democraten	none		43.300	1,0	+0,2	0	±0
		Others		none		21.055	0,5	+0,1	0	±0
Total valid votes						4.133.557	100		31	+6
Invalid votes						13.173
Blank votes						0
Total votes						4.146.730
Electorate						11.618.677
Turnout						35,7%
Source: [9]

European groups

 Summary of the 9 June 1994 European Parliament elections in the Netherlands

European group		Seats 1989	Seats 1994	Change
European People's Party	EPP	10	10	±0
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party	ELDR	4	10	+6
Party of European Socialists	PES	8	8	±0
Green Group in the European Parliament	EGG	2	1	-1
Europe of Nations	EN	0	2	+2
Non-Inscrits		1	0	-1
		25	31	+6

MEPs period 1994–99

Below is a list of members of the European Parliament for the period 1994–1999 as a result of this election.

Name	National party	EP Group	Period
Hedy d'Ancona	Labour Party	PES	19 July 1994 – July 1999
Jan-Willem Bertens	Democrats 66	ELDR	24 July 1989 – 20 July 1999
Leonie van Bladel	Labour Party	PES	19 July 1994 – 20 July 1999
Johannes "Hans" Blokland	Political Reformed Party – Reformatory Political Federation – Reformed Political Alliance	EN /I-EN	19 July 1994 – 14 July 2009
Johanna Boogerd-Quaak	Democrats 66	ELDR	5 February 2003 – 20 July 2004
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst	Democrats 66	ELDR	19 July 1994 – 8 June 1999
Frits Castricum	Labour Party	PES	19 July 1994 – 20 July 1999
Pam Cornelissen	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	24 July 1984 – 20 July 1999
Rijk van Dam	Political Reformed Party – Reformatory Political Federation – Reformed Political Alliance	EN /I-EN	September 1997 – 20 July 2004
Piet Dankert	Labour Party	PES	19 July 1994 – 20 July 1999
Nel van Dijk	GreenLeft	G	January 1987 – 1 September 1998
Doeke Eisma	Democrats 66	ELDR	19 July 1994 – 20 July 1999
Robert Jan Goedbloed	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	September 1998 – 20 July 1999
Elly Plooij-van Gorsel	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	19 July 1994 – 20 July 2004
Joost Lagendijk	GreenLeft	G	1 September 1998 – 14 July 2009
Jessica Larive	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	24 July 1984 – 20 July 1999
Hanja Maij-Weggen	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	19 July 1994 – 1 October 2003
Alman Metten	Labour Party	PES	24 July 1984 – 20 July 1999
Jan Mulder	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	19 July 1994 – 14 July 2009
Ria Oomen-Ruijten	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	25 July 1989
Arie Oostlander	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	25 July 1989 – 20 July 2004
Karla Peijs	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	25 July 1989 – 27 May 2003
Peter Pex	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	19 July 1994 – 20 July 1999
Bartho Pronk	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	20 November 1989 – 20 July 2004
Maartje van Putten	Labour Party	PES	25 July 1989 – 20 July 1999
Jim Janssen van Raaij	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	October 1986 – 20 July 1999
Jan Sonneveld	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	25 July 1989 – 20 July 1999
Wim van Velzen	Labour Party	PES	25 July 1989 – 20 July 1999
Wim van Velzen	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	19 July 1994 – 20 July 2004
Gijs de Vries	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	24 July 1984 – 2 Augustus 1998
Leendert "Leen" van der Waal	Political Reformed Party – Reformatory Political Federation – Reformed Political Alliance	EN /I-EN	24 July 1984 – 2 September 1997
Jan-Kees Wiebenga	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	19 July 1994 – October 2001
Jan Marinus Wiersma	Labour Party	PES	19 July 1994 – 14 July 2009
Florus Wijsenbeek	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	24 July 1984 – 20 July 1999
Source: [10]

1999–2004

Dutch political parties

The 1999 European election was the fifth European election to be held. With only 30 percent of the population showing up, the voter turnout hit an all-time low for Dutch elections on the national level. In the election, GreenLeft performed particularly well quadrupling their seats from one to four, the Socialist Party also won its first seat. These gains were made at the cost of the Christian Democratic Appeal, Democrats 66 and the PvdA, which lost one, two and two seats respectively.

 Summary of the 10 June 1999 European Parliament election results in the Netherlands

Lists						Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
Logo		National Party		EU Party	EP Group
		Christian Democratic Appeal	Christen-Democratisch Appèl	EPP	EPP-ED	951,898	26.94	−3.9	9	−1
		Labour Party	Partij van de Arbeid	PES	PES	712,929	20.11	−2.8	6	−2
		People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie	ELDR	ELDR	698,050	19.69	+2.2	6	±0
		GreenLeft	GroenLinks	EFGP	Greens-EFA	419,869	11.85	+8.1	4	+3
		SGP, RPF and GPV		none	EDD	309.612	8,74	+0,9	3	+1
		Democrats 66	Democraten 66	ELDR	ELDR	205,623	5.8	−5.9	2	−2
		Socialist Party	Socialistische Partij	none	EUL/NGL	178,642	5.04	+3.7	1	+1
		The European Party	De Europese Partij	none		23,231	0.66	+0.66	0	±0
		CD/Conservative Democrats	CD/Conservatieve Democraten	none		17.740	0,50	+0,50	0	±0
		European Electorate Platform Netherlands	Europees Verkiezers Platform Nederland	none		13.234	0,37	+0,37	0	±0
		List Sala	Lijst Sala	none		10.580	0,30	+0,30	0	±0
Total valid votes						3.544.408	100		31	±0
Invalid votes						16.356
Total votes						3.560.764
Electorate						11.862.864
Turnout						30.02%
Source: [11]

European groups

 Summary of the 10 June 1999 European Parliament elections in the Netherlands

European group		Seats 1994	Seats 1999	Change
European People's Party–European Democrats	EPP-ED	10	9	−1
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party	ELDR	10	8	−2
Party of European Socialists	PES	8	6	−2
The Greens–European Free Alliance	Greens-EFA	1	4	+3
Europe of Democracies and Diversities	EDD	2	3	+1
European United Left–Nordic Green Left	EUL-NGL	0	1	+1
Non-Inscrits		0	0	±0
		31	31	±0

MEPs period 1999–2004

Below is a list of members of the European Parliament for the period 1999–2004 as a result of this election.

Name	National party	EP Group	Period
Bas Belder	SGP, RPF and GPV	EDD	20 July 1999
Max van den Berg	Labour Party	PES	20 July 1999 – 1 September 2007
Hans Blokland	SGP, RPF and GPV	EDD	19 July 1994 – 14 July 2009
Johanna Boogerd-Quaak	Democrats 66	ELDR	5 februari 2003 – 20 july 2004
Bob van den Bos	Democrats 66	ELDR	20 July 1999 – 20 July 2004
Theo Bouwman	GreenLeft	G–EFA	20 July 1999 – 20 July 2004
Cees Bremmer	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP–ED	8 October 2003 – 20 July 2004
Kathalijne Buitenweg	GreenLeft	G–EFA	20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009
Ieke van den Burg	Labour Party	PES	20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009
Dorette Corbey	Labour Party	PES	20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009
Rijk van Dam	SGP, RPF and GPV	EDD	September 1997 – 20 July 2004
Bert Doorn	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP–ED	20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009
Elly Plooij-van Gorsel	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	19 July 1994 – 20 July 2004
Marieke Sanders-ten Holte	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	20 July 1999 – 20 July 2004
Michiel van Hulten	Labour Party	PES	20 July 1999 – 20 July 2004
Lousewies van der Laan	Democrats 66	ELDR	20 July 1999 – 30 January 2003
Joost Lagendijk	GreenLeft	G–EFA	1 September 1998 – 14 July 2009
Albert-Jan Maat	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP–ED	20 July 1999 – 10 April 2007
Jules Maaten	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009
Hanja Maij-Weggen	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP–ED	19 July 1994 – 1 October 2003
Toine Manders	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	20 July 1999
Maria Martens	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP–ED	20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009
Erik Meijer	Socialist Party	EUL–NGL	20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009
Jan Mulder	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	19 July 1994 – 14 July 2009
Ria Oomen-Ruijten	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP–ED	25 July 1989
Arie Oostlander	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP–ED	25 July 1989 – 20 July 2004
Karla Peijs	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP–ED	25 July 1989 – 27 May 2003
Peter Pex	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP–ED	11 june 2003 – 20 july 2004
Bartho Pronk	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP–ED	20 November 1989 – 20 July 2004
Alexander de Roo	GreenLeft	G–EFA	20 July 1999 – 20 July 2004
Joke Swiebel	Labour Party	PES	20 July 1999 – 20 July 2004
Wim van Velzen	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP–ED	19 July 1994 – 20 July 2004
Herman Vermeer	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	12 November 2001 – 20 july 2004
Jan-Kees Wiebenga	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	19 July 1994 – October 2001
Jan Marinus Wiersma	Labour Party	PES	19 July 1994 – 14 July 2009
Source: [12]

2004–09

Dutch political parties

The 2004 European election was the sixth European election and were held in the Netherlands on June 10. The ruling centre-right parties, the Christian Democratic Appeal and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy polled poorly, while the opposition Labour Party and Socialist Party gained ground. The anti-fraud party Europe Transparent of whistle blower Paul van Buitenen unexpectedly won two seats.

 Summary of the 10 June 2004 European Parliament election results in the Netherlands

Lists						Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
Logo		National Party		EU Party	EP Group
	list	Christian Democratic Appeal	Christen-Democratisch Appèl	EPP	EPP-ED	1.164.431	24,43	-2,51	7	-2
	list	Labour Party	Partij van de Arbeid	PES	PES	1.124.549	23,60	+3,49	7	+1
	list	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie	ELDR	ALDE	629.198	13,20	-6,49	4	-2
	list	GreenLeft	GroenLinks	EGP	Greens-EFA	352.201	7,39	-4,46	2	-2
	list	Europe Transparent	Europa Transparant	none	Greens-EFA	349.156	7,33	+7,33	2	+2
	list	Socialist Party	Socialistische Partij	none	EUL/NGL	332.326	6,97	+1,93	2	+1
	list	ChristianUnion – Reformed Political Party	ChristenUnie–SGP	none	ID	279.880	5,87	-2,27	2	-1
	list	Democrats 66	Democraten 66	ELDR	ALDE	202.502	4,25	-1,55	1	-1
	list	Party for Animals	Partij voor de Dieren	none		153.432	3,22	+3,22	0	±0
	list	Pim Fortuyn List	Lijst Pim Fortuyn	none	UEN	121.509	2,55	+2,55	0	±0
	list	Party of the North	Partij voor het Noorden	none		18.234	0,38	+3,38	0	±0
	list	New Right	Nieuw Rechts	none		15.732	0,33	+0,33	0	±0
	list	Livable Europe	Leefbaar Europa	none		9.144	0,19	+0,19	0	±0
	list	Democratic Europe	Democratisch Europa	none		8.780	0,18	+0,18	0	±0
	list	Respect.now	Respect.nu	none		4.603	0,10	+0,10	0	±0
Total valid votes						4.765.677	100		27	-4
Invalid votes						11.444
Total votes						4.777.121
Electorate						12.168.878
Turnout						39,26%
Source: [13]

European groups

 Summary of the 10 June 2004 European Parliament elections in the Netherlands

European group			Seats 1999	Seats 2004	Change
	European People's Party–European Democrats	EPP-ED	9	7	−2
	Party of European Socialists	PES	6	7	+1
	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe	ALDE	8	5	−3
	The Greens–European Free Alliance	Greens-EFA	4	4	±0
	European United Left–Nordic Green Left	EUL-NGL	1	2	+1
	Independence/Democracy	ID	3	2	−1
	Non-Inscrits		0	0	±0
			31	27	-4

MEPs period 2004–09

Below is a list of members of the European Parliament for the period 2004–2009 as a result of this election.

Name	National party	EP Group	Period	Votes
Bastiaan "Bas" Belder	ChristianUnion–Reformed Political Party	IND&DEM	20 July 1999	44,473
Max van den Berg	Labour Party	PES	20 July 1999 – 1 September 2007	879,972
Thijs Berman	Labour Party	PES	20 July 2004	2,536
Johannes Blokland	ChristianUnion–Reformed Political Party	IND&DEM	19 July 1994 – 14 July 2009	197,031
Emine Bozkurt	Labour Party	PES	20 July 2004	24,359
Paul van Buitenen	Europe Transparent	G–EFA	20 July 2004 – 14 July 2009	338,477
Kathalijne Buitenweg	GreenLeft	G–EFA	20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009	297,237
Ieke van den Burg	Labour Party	PES	20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009	2,084
Jan Cremers	Labour Party	PES	8 May 2008 – 14 July 2009
Dorette Corbey	Labour Party	PES	20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009	17,847
Bert Doorn	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP–ED	20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009	978
Camiel Eurlings	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP–ED	20 July 2004 – 22 February 2007	938,025
Els de Groen-Kouwenhoven	Europe Transparent	G–EFA	20 July 2004 – 14 July 2009	4,796
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ALDE	20 July 2004	44,064
Lily Jacobs	Labour Party	PES	4 September 2007 – 14 July 2009
Joost Lagendijk	GreenLeft	G–EFA	1 September 1998 – 14 July 2009	3,626
Esther de Lange	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP–ED	12 April 2007
Kartika Liotard	Socialist Party	EUL–NGL	20 July 2004	32,187
Albert Jan Maat	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP–ED	20 July 1999 – 10 April 2007	50,493
Jules Maaten	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ALDE	20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009	412,688
Toine Manders	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ALDE	20 July 1999	43,376
Maria Martens	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP–ED	20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009	30.948
Edith Mastenbroek	Labour Party	PES	20 July 2004 – 20 April 2008	92,018
Erik Meijer	Socialist Party	EUL–NGL	20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009	230,531
Jan Mulder	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ALDE	19 July 1994 – 14 July 2009	32,819
Lambert van Nistelrooij	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP–ED	20 July 2004	27,957
Ria Oomen-Ruijten	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP–ED	19 July 1994	29,719
Joop Post	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP–ED	1 March 2007 – 16 October 2007
Sophie in 't Veld	Democrats 66	ALDE	20 July 2004	161,104
Cornelis Visser	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP–ED	17 October 2007 – 14 July 2009
Jan-Marinus Wiersma	Labour Party	PES	19 July 1994 – 14 July 2009	27,067
Corien Wortmann-Kool	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP–ED	20 July 2004	2,748
Source: [14]

2009–14

Dutch political parties

The European Parliament election of 2009 in the Netherlands was the election of the delegation from the Netherlands to the European Parliament in 2009 and took place on June 4, 2009. The number of Dutch seats was 25 (down from 27). Seventeen parties competed in a D'Hondt type election. For the first time, also all Dutch residents of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba were entitled to vote.

The Christen-Democratic CDA managed to stay the biggest party in the Netherlands (5 seats), despite losing 2 seats.
Biggest winners this elections were the Party for Freedom (+4 seats) and Democrats 66 (+2 seats) Biggest loser was the Labour Party losing more than half their seats (−4 seats) in the European parliament.

In 2011 the number of Dutch seats increased by 1 to 26 as stipulated in the Treaty of Lisbon. The extra seat was assigned to the Party for Freedom.

 Summary of the 4 June 2009 European Parliament election results in the Netherlands

Lists						Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
List		National Party		EU Party	EP Group
	list	Christian Democratic Appeal	Christen-Democratisch Appèl	EPP	EPP	913.233	20,05	−4,33	5	−2
	list	Party for Freedom	Partij voor de Vrijheid	none	NI	772.746	16,97	+16,97	4	+4
	list	Labour Party	Partij van de Arbeid	PES	S&D	548.691	12,05	−11,60	3	−4
	list	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie	ELDR	ALDE	518.643	11,39	−1,81	3	−1
	list	Democrats 66	Democraten 66	ELDR	ALDE	515.422	11,32	+7,08	3	+2
	list	GreenLeft	GroenLinks	EGP	Greens-EFA	404.020	8,87	+1,53	3	+1
	list	Socialist Party	Socialistische Partij	none	EUL/NGL	323.269	7,10	+0,13	2	±0
	list	ChristianUnion – Reformed Political Party	ChristenUnie–SGP	ECPM / none	ECR / EFD	310.540	6,82	+0,91	2	±0
	list	Party for the Animals	Partij voor de Dieren	none		157.735	3,46	+0,32	0	±0
	list	European Whistle-Blower Party	Europese klokkenluiderspartij	none		21.448	0,47	+0,47	0	±0
	list	Newropeans		Newropeans	none	19.840	0,44	+0,44	0	±0
	list	Libertas	Libertas	Libertas.eu	EFD	14.612	0,32	+0,32	0	±0
	list	Liberal Democratic Party	Liberaal Democratische Partij	none		10.757	0,24	+0,24	0	±0
	list	The Greens	De Groenen	EGP	Greens-EFA	8.517	0,19	+0,19	0	±0
	list	Solidara		none		7.533	0,17	+0,17	0	±0
	list	Europe Cheap! & Sustainable	Europa Voordelig! & Duurzaam	none		4.431	0,10	+0,10	0	±0
	list	Party for European politics	Partij voor Europese Politiek	none		2.427	0,05	+0,05	0	±0
Total valid votes						4.553.864	100		25	-2
Invalid votes						9.866
Blank votes						10.013
Total votes						4.573.743
Electorate						12.378.500
Turnout						36,9%
Source: [15]

European groups

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe became the biggest group in the Netherlands, after an electoral loss for the parties in European People's Party–European Democrats and European Socialists group.
The European Greens–European Free Alliance lost a seat, despite GreenLeft winning a seat. This because Europe Transparent, which sat in the European Greens-EFA group did not take part this election. Newcomer Party for Freedom is not part of a European group and is under Non-Inscrits. The ChristianUnion-SGP was in the Independence/Democracy group, but this group did not meet the requirements to be a group in the European Parliament and was dissolved. The ChristianUnion and SGP entered talks with the European Conservatives after the elections. The SGP was asked to chance there stance on women issues, but declined. After that the ChristianUnion joined the European Conservatives on its own. The ChristianUnion and Reformed Political Party split after 25 years cooperation into two group in the European parliament.

 Summary of the 4 June 2009 European Parliament elections in the Netherlands

European group			Seats 2004	Seats 2009	Change
	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe	ALDE	5	6	+1
	European People's Party	EPP	7	5	-2
	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats	S&D	7	3	-4
	The Greens–European Free Alliance	Greens-EFA	4	3	-1
	European United Left–Nordic Green Left	EUL-NGL	2	2	±0
	European Conservatives and Reformists	ECR	0	1	+1
	Europe of Freedom and Democracy	EFD	2	1	-1
	Non-Inscrits		0	4	+4
			27	25	-2

MEPs period 2009–14

Below is a list of members of the European Parliament for the period 2009–2014 as a result of this election.

Name	National party	EP Group	Period	Votes
Johannes "Hans" van Baalen	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ALDE	14 July 2009 –	367,796
Bastiaan "Bas" Belder	Reformed Political Party	EFD	20 July 1999 –	53,450
Thijs Berman	Labour Party	S&D	20 July 2004 –	372,060
Louis Bontes [16]	Party for Freedom	NI	14 July 2009 –	6,751
Emine Bozkurt	Labour Party	S&D	20 July 2004 –	66,385
Wim van de Camp	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	14 July 2009 –	579,775
Marije Cornelissen	GreenLeft	G–EFA	14 July 2009 –	14,486
Peter van Dalen	Christian Union	ECR	14 July 2009 –	209,947
Bas Eickhout	GreenLeft	G–EFA	14 July 2009 –	13,782
Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy	Democrats 66	ALDE	14 July 2009 –	18,107
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert [17]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ALDE	20 July 2004 –	52,184
Dennis de Jong	Socialist Party	EUL–NGL	14 July 2009 –	194,359
Esther de Lange	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	12 April 2007 –	43,406
Kartika Liotard [18]	Socialist Party (2009–2010) /      Independent	EUL–NGL	20 July 2004 –	32,426
Barry Madlener [19]	Party for Freedom	NI	14 July 2009 –	372,060
Toine Manders [20]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (2009–2013) /      Independent	ALDE	20 July 1999 –	34,973
Judith Merkies	Labour Party	S&D	14 July 2009 –	18,553
Lambert van Nistelrooij	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	20 July 2004 –	41,846
Ria Oomen-Ruijten	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	25 July 1989 –	70,388
Judith Sargentini	GreenLeft	G–EFA	14 July 2009 –	321,744
Marietje Schaake	Democrats 66	ALDE	14 July 2009 –	18,662
Laurence Stassen [21] [22]	Party for Freedom (2009–2014) /      Independent	NI	14 July 2009 –	17,880
Daniël van der Stoep [23]	Party for Freedom (2009–2011) /      Independent	NI	14 July 2009 –	5,650
Sophie in 't Veld	Democrats 66	ALDE	20 July 2004 –	433,957
Corien Wortmann-Kool	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	20 July 2004 –	48,270
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