Netherlands (European Parliament constituency)

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Netherlands European Parliament constituency
Location amongst the 2007 constituencies
Created	1979
MEP(s)	25 (2009)
Source(s)	[1][2]

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

Contents 1 Current MEPs 2 1979 2.1 Dutch political parties 2.2 European groups 3 1984 3.1 Dutch political parties 3.2 European groups 3.3 MEPs period 1984-1989 4 1989 4.1 Dutch political parties 4.2 European groups 4.3 MEPs period 1989-1994 5 1994 5.1 Dutch political parties 5.2 European groups 5.3 MEPs period 1994-1999 6 1999 6.1 Dutch political parties 6.2 European groups 6.3 MEPs period 1999-2004 7 2004 7.1 Dutch political parties 7.2 European groups 7.3 MEPs period 2004-2009 8 2009 8.1 Dutch political parties 8.2 European groups 8.3 MEPs period 2009-2014 9 External links 10 References

[edit] Current MEPs

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Name	National Party	EP party	EP group	MEP period	Preference votes
Hans van Baalen	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	ALDE	from 14 July 2009	367.796
Bas Belder	ChristianUnion – Reformed Political Party	none	EFD	from 20 July 1999	53.450
Thijs Berman	Labour Party	PES	PASD	from 20 July 2004	372.060
Louis Bontes	Party for Freedom	none	NI	from 14 July 2009	6.751
Emine Bozkurt	Labour Party	PES	PASD	from 20 July 2004	66.385
Wim van de Camp	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP Group	from 14 July 2009	579.775
Marije Cornelissen	GreenLeft	EGP	Greens-EFA	from 14 July 2009	14.486
Peter van Dalen	ChristianUnion – Reformed Political Party	none	ECR	from 14 July 2009	209.947
Bas Eickhout	GreenLeft	EGP	Greens-EFA	from 14 July 2009	13.782
Gerben-Jan Gerbrandij	Democrats 66	ELDR	ALDE	from 14 July 2009	18.107
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	ALDE	from 20 July 2004	52.184
Dennis de Jong	Socialist Party	none	EUL/NGL	from 14 July 2009	194.359
Esther de Lange	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP Group	from 12 April 2007	43.406
Kartika Liotard	Socialist Party	none	EUL/NGL	from 20 July 2004	32.426
Barry Madlener	Party for Freedom	none	NI	from 14 July 2009	372.060
Toine Manders	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	ALDE	from 20 July 1999	34.973
Judith Merkies	Labour Party	PES	PASD	from 14 July 2009	18.553
Lambert van Nistelrooij	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP Group	from 20 July 2004	41.846
Ria Oomen-Ruijten	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP Group	from 25 July 1989	70.388
Judith Sargentini	GreenLeft	EGP	Greens-EFA	from 14 July 2009	321.744
Marietje Schaake	Democrats 66	ELDR	ALDE	from 14 July 2009	18.662
Laurence Stassen	Party for Freedom	none	NI	from 14 July 2009	17.880
Daniël van der Stoep	Party for Freedom	none	NI	from 14 July 2009	5.650
Sophie in 't Veld	Democrats 66	ELDR	ALDE	from 20 July 2004	433.957
Corien Wortmann-Kool	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP Group	from 20 July 2004	48.270
Source: [1]

[edit] 1979

[edit] 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.

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Summary of the 7 June 1979 European Parliament election results in the Netherlands

Lists					Votes	%	Seats
National Party			EU Party	EP Group
	Christian Democratic Appeal	Christen-Democratisch Appèl	EPP		2.017.743	35,60	10
	Labour Party	Partij van de Arbeid	SOC		1.722.240	30,39	9
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie	LD		914.787	16,14	4
	Democrats 66	Democraten 66	none	LD	511.967	9,03	2
	Political Reformed Party	Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij	none		126.412	2,23	0
	Communist Party of the Netherlands	Communistische Partij Nederland	none		97.343	1,72	0
	Pacifist Socialist Party	Pacifistisch Socialistische Partij	none		97.243	1,72	0
	Political Party of Radicals	Politieke Partij Radikalen	none		92.055	1,62	0
	Reformed Political Alliance	Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond	none		62.610	1,10	0
	List Leschot	Lijst Leschot	none		24.903	0,40	0
Total valid votes					5.667.303	100	25
Invalid votes					33.300
Total votes					5.700.603
Electorate					9.808.176
Turnout					58,1%
Source: [2] [3]

[edit] European groups

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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

[edit] 1984

[edit] 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.

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Summary of the 14 June 1984 European Parliament election results in the Netherlands

Lists					Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
National Party			EU Party	EP Group
	Labour Party	Partij van de Arbeid	SOC		1.785.165	33,70	+3,31	9	±0
	Christian Democratic Appeal	Christen-Democratisch Appèl	EPP		1.590.218	30,02	-5,58	8	-2
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie	LD		1.002.685	18,93	+2,79	5	+1
	Green Progressive Accord (CPN, PSP, PPR and Green Party of the Netherlands)		EGC	RBW	296.488	5,60	+0,54*	2	+2
	SGP, RPF and GPV		none	NI	275.786	5,21	+1,88*	1	+1
	Centre Party	Centrumpartij	none		134.877	2,55	+2,55	0	±0
	Democrats 66	Democraten 66	none	LD	120.826	2,28	-6,75	0	-2
	European Greens	Europese Groenen	none		67.413	1,27	+1,27	0	±0
	God with Us	God met Ons	none		23.291	0,44	+0,44	0	±0
Total valid votes					5.296.749	100		25	±0
Invalid votes					37.833
Total votes					5.334.582
Electorate					10.485.014
Turnout					50,9%
Source: [4] [5]

[edit] European groups

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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

[edit] MEPs period 1984-1989

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

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Dutch MEPs for the period 1984-1989

Name	National Party	EP party	EP group	MEP period
Hedy d'Ancona	Dutch Labour Party	SOC		from 24 July 1984 till 7 November 1989
Bouke Beumer	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 17 July 1979 till 19 July 1994
Elise Boot	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 17 July 1979 till 24 July 1989
Bob Cohen	Dutch Labour Party	SOC		from 17 July 1979 till 24 July 1989
Pam Cornelissen	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 24 July 1984 till 20 July 1999
Piet Dankert	Dutch Labour Party	SOC		from 17 July 1979 till 7 November 1989
Nel van Dijk	Green Progressive Accord (CPN, PSP, PPR and The Greens)	EGC	RBW	from January 1987 till 1 September 1998
Jim Janssen van Raaij	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from October 1986 till 20 July 1999
Jessica Larive	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	LD		from 24 July 1984 till 20 July 1999
Bram van der Lek	Green Progressive Accord (CPN, PSP, PPR and The Greens)	EGC	RBW	from 24 July 1984 till 24 July 1989
Hendrik Jan Louwes	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	LD		from 17 July 1979 till 24 July 1989
Hanja Maij-Weggen	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 17 July 1979 till 6 November 1989
Alman Metten	Dutch Labour Party	SOC		from 24 July 1984 till 20 July 1999
Hemmo Muntingh	Dutch Labour Party	SOC		from 17 July 1979 till 19 July 1994
Hans Nord	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	LD		from 17 July 1979 till 24 July 1989
Jean Penders	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 17 July 1979 till 19 July 1994
Yvonne van Rooy	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 24 July 1984 till 28 October 1986
Teun Tolman	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 17 July 1979 till 24 July 1989
Herman Verbeek	Green Progressive Accord (CPN, PSP, PPR and The Greens)	EGC	RBW	from 24 July 1984 till December 1986
Wim Vergeer	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 17 July 1979 till 24 July 1989
Phili Viehoff	Dutch Labour Party	SOC		from December 1979 till 24 July 1989
Ben Visser	Dutch Labour Party	SOC		from 24 July 1984 till 19 July 1994
Gijs de Vries	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	LD		from 24 July 1984 till 2 Augustus 1998
Leen van der Waal	SGP, RPF and GPV	none		from 24 July 1984 till 2 September 1997
Florus Wijsenbeek	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	LD		from 24 July 1984 till 20 July 1999
Eisso Woltjer	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 17 July 1979 till 19 July 1994
Source: [6]

[edit] 1989

[edit] 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.

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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]

[edit] European groups

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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

[edit] MEPs period 1989-1994

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

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Dutch MEPs for the period 1989-1994

Name	National Party	EP party	EP group	MEP period
Hedy d'Ancona	Dutch Labour Party	SOC		from 24 July 1984 till 7 November 1989
Jan-Willem Bertens	Democrats 66	ELDR		from 24 July 1989 till 20 July 1999
Bouke Beumer	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 17 July 1979 till 19 July 1994
Mathilde van den Brink	Dutch Labour Party	SOC		from 20 November 1989 till 19 July 1994
Pam Cornelissen	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 24 July 1984 till 20 July 1999
Piet Dankert	Dutch Labour Party	SOC		from 17 July 1979 till 7 November 1989
Nel van Dijk	Rainbow of CPN, PSP and PPR	EGC	RBW	from January 1987 till 1 September 1998
Annemarie Goedmakers	Dutch Labour Party	SOC		from 20 November 1989 till 19 July 1994
Jim Janssen van Raaij	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from October 1986 till 20 July 1999
Jessica Larive	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR		from 24 July 1984 till 20 July 1999
Hanja Maij-Weggen	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 17 July 1979 till 6 November 1989
Alman Metten	Dutch Labour Party	SOC		from 24 July 1984 till 20 July 1999
Hemmo Muntingh	Dutch Labour Party	SOC		from 17 July 1979 till 19 July 1994
Ria Oomen-Ruijten	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 25 July 1989
Arie Oostlander	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 25 July 1989 till 20 July 2004
Karla Peijs	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 25 July 1989 till 27 May 2003
Jean Penders	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 17 July 1979 till 19 July 1994
Bartho Pronk	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 20 November 1989 till 20 July 2004
Maartje van Putten	Dutch Labour Party	SOC		from 25 July 1989 till 20 July 1999
Jan Sonneveld	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 25 July 1989 till 20 July 1999
Wim van Velzen	Dutch Labour Party	SOC		from 25 July 1989 till 20 July 1999
Herman Verbeek	Rainbow of CPN, PSP and PPR	EGC	RBW	from 25 July 1989 till 19 July 1994
Maxime Verhagen	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 25 July 1989 till 19 July 1994
Ben Visser	Dutch Labour Party	SOC		from 24 July 1984 till 19 July 1994
Gijs de Vries	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR		from 24 July 1984 till 2 Augustus 1998
Leen van der Waal	SGP, RPF and GPV	none	NI	from 24 July 1984 till 2 September 1997
Florus Wijsenbeek	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR		from 24 July 1984 till 20 July 1999
Eisso Woltjer	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 17 July 1979 till 19 July 1994
Source: [8]

[edit] 1994

[edit] 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.

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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]

[edit] European groups

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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

[edit] MEPs period 1994-1999

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

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Dutch MEPs for the period 1994-1999

Name	National Party	EP party	EP group	MEP period
Hedy d'Ancona	Dutch Labour Party	PES		from 19 July 1994 till July 1999
Jan-Willem Bertens	Democrats 66	ELDR		from 24 July 1989 till 20 July 1999
Leonie van Bladel	Dutch Labour Party	PES		from 19 July 1994 till 20 July 1999
Hans Blokland	SGP, RPF and GPV	none	EN /I-EN	from 19 July 1994
Johanna Boogerd-Quaak	Democrats 66	ELDR		from 5 February 2003 till 20 July 2004
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst	Democrats 66	ELDR		from 19 July 1994 till 8 June 1999
Frits Castricum	Dutch Labour Party	PES		from 19 July 1994 till 20 July 1999
Pam Cornelissen	Dutch Labour Party	EPP		from 24 July 1984 till 20 July 1999
Rijk van Dam	SGP, RPF and GPV	none	EN /I-EN	from September 1997 till 20 July 2004
Piet Dankert	Dutch Labour Party	PES		from 19 July 1994 till 20 July 1999
Nel van Dijk	GreenLeft	EFGP	EGG	from January 1987 till 1 September 1998
Doeke Eisma	Democrats 66	ELDR		from 19 July 1994 till 20 July 1999
Robert Jan Goedbloed	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR		from September 1998 till 20 July 1999
Elly Plooij-van Gorsel	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR		from 19 July 1994 till 20 July 2004
Joost Lagendijk	GreenLeft	EFGP	EGG	from 1 September 1998
Jessica Larive	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR		from 24 July 1984 till 20 July 1999
Hanja Maij-Weggen	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 19 July 1994 till 1 October 2003
Alman Metten	Dutch Labour Party	PES		from 24 July 1984 till 20 July 1999
Jan Mulder	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR		from 19 July 1994
Ria Oomen-Ruijten	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 25 July 1989
Arie Oostlander	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 25 July 1989 till 20 July 2004
Karla Peijs	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 25 July 1989 till 27 May 2003
Peter Pex	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 19 July 1994 till 20 July 1999
Bartho Pronk	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 20 November 1989 till 20 July 2004
Maartje van Putten	Dutch Labour Party	PES		from 25 July 1989 till 20 July 1999
Jim Janssen van Raaij	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from October 1986 till 20 July 1999
Jan Sonneveld	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 25 July 1989 till 20 July 1999
Wim van Velzen	Dutch Labour Party	PES		from 25 July 1989 till 20 July 1999
Wim van Velzen	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		from 19 July 1994 till 20 July 2004
Gijs de Vries	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR		from 24 July 1984 till 2 Augustus 1998
Leen van der Waal	SGP, RPF and GPV	none	EN /I-EN	from 24 July 1984 till 2 September 1997
Jan-Kees Wiebenga	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR		from 19 July 1994 till October 2001
Jan Marinus Wiersma	Dutch Labour Party	PES		from 19 July 1994
Florus Wijsenbeek	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR		from 24 July 1984 till 20 July 1999
Source: [10]

[edit] 1999

[edit] 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.

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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		712.929	20,11	-2,8	6	-2
		People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie	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		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]

[edit] European groups

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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
European 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

[edit] 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.

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Dutch MEPs for the period 1999-2004

Name	National Party	EP party	EP group	MEP period
Bas Belder	SGP, RPF and GPV	none	EDD	from 20 July 1999
Max van den Berg	Dutch Labour Party	PES		from 20 July 1999 till 1 September 2007
Hans Blokland	SGP, RPF and GPV	none	EDD	from 19 July 1994
Johanna Boogerd-Quaak	Democrats 66	ELDR		from 5 februari 2003 till 20 july 2004
Bob van den Bos	Democrats 66	ELDR		from 20 July 1999 till 20 July 2004
Theo Bouwman	GreenLeft	EFGP	Greens-EFA	from 20 July 1999 till 20 July 2004
Cees Bremmer	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP-ED	from 8 October 2003 till 20 July 2004
Kathalijne Buitenweg	GreenLeft	EFGP	Greens-EFA	from 20 July 1999
Ieke van den Burg	Dutch Labour Party	PES		from 20 July 1999
Dorette Corbey	Dutch Labour Party	PES		from 20 July 1999
Rijk van Dam	SGP, RPF and GPV	none	EDD	from September 1997 till 20 July 2004
Bert Doorn	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP-ED	from 20 July 1999
Elly Plooij-van Gorsel	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR		from 19 July 1994 till 20 July 2004
Marieke Sanders-ten Holte	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR		from 20 July 1999 till 20 July 2004
Michiel van Hulten	Dutch Labour Party	PES		from 20 July 1999 till 20 July 2004
Lousewies van der Laan	Democrats 66	ELDR		from 20 July 1999 till 30 January 2003
Joost Lagendijk	GreenLeft	EFGP	Greens-EFA	from 1 September 1998
Albert-Jan Maat	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP-ED	from 20 july 1999 till 10 april 2007
Jules Maaten	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR		from 20 July 1999
Hanja Maij-Weggen	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP-ED	from 19 July 1994 till 1 October 2003
Toine Manders	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR		from 20 July 1999
Maria Martens	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP-ED	from 20 July 1999
Erik Meijer	Socialist Party	none	EUL/NGL	from 20 July 1999
Jan Mulder	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR		from 19 July 1994
Ria Oomen-Ruijten	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP-ED	from 25 July 1989
Arie Oostlander	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP-ED	from 25 July 1989 till 20 July 2004
Karla Peijs	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP-ED	from 25 July 1989 till 27 May 2003
Peter Pex	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP-ED	from 11 june 2003 till 20 july 2004
Bartho Pronk	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP-ED	from 20 November 1989 till 20 July 2004
Alexander de Roo	GreenLeft	EFGP	Greens-EFA	from 20 July 1999 till 20 July 2004
Joke Swiebel	Dutch Labour Party	PES		from 20 July 1999 till 20 July 2004
Wim van Velzen	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP-ED	from 19 July 1994 till 20 July 2004
Herman Vermeer	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR		from 12 November 2001 till 20 july 2004
Jan-Kees Wiebenga	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR		from 19 July 1994 till October 2001
Jan Marinus Wiersma	Dutch Labour Party	PES		from 19 July 1994
Source: [12]

[edit] 2004

[edit] 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.

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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
		Christian Democratic Appeal	Christen-Democratisch Appèl	EPP	EPP-ED	1.164.431	24,43	-2,51	7	-2
		Labour Party	Partij van de Arbeid	PES		1.124.549	23,60	+3,49	7	+1
		People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie	ELDR	ALDE	629.198	13,20	-6,49	4	-2
		GreenLeft	GroenLinks	EGP	Greens-EFA	352.201	7,39	-4,46	2	-2
		Europe Transparent	Europa Transparant	none	Greens-EFA	349.156	7,33	+7,33	2	+2
		Socialist Party	Socialistische Partij	none	EUL/NGL	332.326	6,97	+1,93	2	+1
		ChristianUnion – Reformed Political Party	ChristenUnie–SGP	none	ID	279.880	5,87	-2,27	2	-1
		Democrats 66	Democraten 66	ELDR	ALDE	202.502	4,25	-1,55	1	-1
		Party for the Animals	Partij voor de Dieren	none		153.432	3,22	+3,22	0	±0
		List Pim Fortuyn	Lijst Pim Fortuyn	none	EUN	121.509	2,55	+2,55	0	±0
		Party of the North	Partij voor het Noorden	none		18.234	0,38	+3,38	0	±0
		New Right	Nieuw Rechts	none		15.732	0,33	+0,33	0	±0
		Livable Europe	Leefbaar Europa	none		9.144	0,19	+0,19	0	±0
		Democratic Europe	Democratisch Europa	none		8.780	0,18	+0,18	0	±0
		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]

[edit] European groups

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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
European 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

[edit] MEPs period 2004-2009

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

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Dutch MEPs for the period 2004-2009

Name	National Party	EP party	EP group	MEP period	Preference votes
Bastiaan Belder	ChristianUnion – Reformed Political Party	none	ID	from 20 July 1999	44.473
Max van den Berg	Dutch Labour Party	PES		from 20 July 1999 till 1 September 2007	879.972
Thijs Berman	Dutch Labour Party	PES		from 20 July 2004	2.536
Johannes Blokland	ChristianUnion – Reformed Political Party	none	ID	from 19 July 1994	197.031
Emine Bozkurt	Dutch Labour Party	PES		from 20 July 2004	24.359
Paul van Buitenen	Europe Transparent	none	Greens-EFA	from 20 July 2004	338.477
Kathalijne Buitenweg	GreenLeft	EGP	Greens-EFA	from 20 July 1999	297.237
Ieke van den Burg	Dutch Labour Party	PES		from 20 July 1999	2.084
Dorette Corbey	Dutch Labour Party	PES		from 20 July 1999	17.847
Bert Doorn	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP-ED	from 20 July 1999	978
Camiel Eurlings	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP-ED	from 20 July 2004 till 22 February 2007	938.025
Els de Groen	Europe Transparent	none	Greens-EFA	from 20 July 2004	4.796
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	ALDE	from 20 July 2004	44.064
Joost Lagendijk	GreenLeft	EGP	Greens-EFA	from 1 September 1998	3.626
Esther de Lange	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP-ED	from 12 April 2007
Kartika Liotard	Socialist Party	none	EUL/NGL	from 20 July 2004	32.187
Albert Jan Maat	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP-ED	from 20 July 1999 till 10 April 2007	50.493
Jules Maaten	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	ALDE	from 20 July 1999	412.688
Toine Manders	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	ALDE	from 20 July 1999	43.376
Maria Martens	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP-ED	from 20 July 1999	30.948
Edith Mastenbroek	Dutch Labour Party	PES		from 20 July 2004 till 20 April 2008	92.018
Erik Meijer	Socialist Party	none	EUL/NGL	from 20 July 1999	230.531
Jan Mulder	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	ALDE	from 19 July 1994	32.819
Lambert van Nistelrooij	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP-ED	from 20 July 2004	27.957
Ria Oomen-Ruijten	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP-ED	from 19 July 1994	29.719
Sophie in 't Veld	Democrats 66	ELDR	ALDE	from 20 July 1999	161.104
Jan-Marinus Wiersma	Dutch Labour Party	PES		from 19 July 1994	27.067
Corien Wortmann-Kool	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP-ED	from 20 July 2004	2.748
Source: [14]

[edit] 2009

[edit] 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.

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Summary of the 4 June 2009 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 Group	913.233	20,05	−4,33	5	−2
		Party for Freedom	Partij voor de Vrijheid	none	NI	772.746	16,97	+16,97	4	+4
		Labour Party	Partij van de Arbeid	PES	PASD	548.691	12,05	−11,60	3	−4
		People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie	ELDR	ALDE	518.643	11,39	−1,81	3	−1
		Democrats 66	Democraten 66	ELDR	ALDE	515.422	11,32	+7,08	3	+2
		GreenLeft	GroenLinks	EGP	Greens-EFA	404.020	8,87	+1,53	3	+1
		Socialist Party	Socialistische Partij	none	EUL/NGL	323.269	7,10	+0,13	2	±0
		ChristianUnion – Reformed Political Party	ChristenUnie–SGP	none	ECR / EFD	310.540	6,82	+0,91	2	±0
		Party for the Animals	Partij voor de Dieren	none		157.735	3,46	+0,32	0	±0
		Europese klokkenluiderspartij	European Whistle-Blower Party	none		21.448	0,47	+0,47	0	±0
		Newropeans		Newropeans	none	19.840	0,44	+0,44	0	±0
		Libertas	Libertas	Libertas.eu	EFD	14.612	0,32	+0,32	0	±0
		Liberal Democratic Party	Liberaal Democratische Partij	none		10.757	0,24	+0,24	0	±0
		The Greens	De Groenen	EGP	Greens-EFA	8.517	0,19	+0,19	0	±0
		Solidara		none		7.533	0,17	+0,17	0	±0
		Europe Cheap! & Sustainable	Europa Voordelig! & Duurzaam	none		4.431	0,10	+0,10	0	±0
		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]

[edit] European groups

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe became the biggest group in the Netherlands, after a 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 it's own. The ChristianUnion and Reformed Political Party split after 25 years cooperation into two group in the European parliament.

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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	PASD	7	3	-4
European 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	1	1	-1
Non-Inscrits		0	4	+4
		27	25	-2

[edit] MEPs period 2009-2014

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

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Name	National Party	EP party	EP group	MEP period	Preference votes
Hans van Baalen	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	ALDE	from 14 July 2009	367.796
Bas Belder	ChristianUnion – Reformed Political Party	none	EFD	from 20 July 1999	53.450
Thijs Berman	Labour Party	PES	PASD	from 20 July 2004	372.060
Louis Bontes	Party for Freedom	none	NI	from 14 July 2009	6.751
Emine Bozkurt	Labour Party	PES	PASD	from 20 July 2004	66.385
Wim van de Camp	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP Group	from 14 July 2009	579.775
Marije Cornelissen	GreenLeft	EGP	Greens-EFA	from 14 July 2009	14.486
Peter van Dalen	ChristianUnion – Reformed Political Party	none	ECR	from 14 July 2009	209.947
Bas Eickhout	GreenLeft	EGP	Greens-EFA	from 14 July 2009	13.782
Gerben-Jan Gerbrandij	Democrats 66	ELDR	ALDE	from 14 July 2009	18.107
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	ALDE	from 20 July 2004	52.184
Dennis de Jong	Socialist Party	none	EUL/NGL	from 14 July 2009	194.359
Esther de Lange	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP Group	from 12 April 2007	43.406
Kartika Liotard	Socialist Party	none	EUL/NGL	from 20 July 2004	32.426
Barry Madlener	Party for Freedom	none	NI	from 14 July 2009	372.060
Toine Manders	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	ALDE	from 20 July 1999	34.973
Judith Merkies	Labour Party	PES	PASD	from 14 July 2009	18.553
Lambert van Nistelrooij	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP Group	from 20 July 2004	41.846
Ria Oomen-Ruijten	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP Group	from 25 July 1989	70.388
Judith Sargentini	GreenLeft	EGP	Greens-EFA	from 14 July 2009	321.744
Marietje Schaake	Democrats 66	ELDR	ALDE	from 14 July 2009	18.662
Laurence Stassen	Party for Freedom	none	NI	from 14 July 2009	17.880
Daniël van der Stoep	Party for Freedom	none	NI	from 14 July 2009	5.650
Sophie in 't Veld	Democrats 66	ELDR	ALDE	from 20 July 2004	433.957
Corien Wortmann-Kool	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	EPP Group	from 20 July 2004	48.270
Source: [1]

[edit] External links

• European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
• List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu

[edit] References

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