2023 Dutch Senate election

An election to the Dutch Senate was held on 30 May 2023. 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.

2023 Dutch Senate election
30 May 2023
All 75 seats in the Senate
38 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
BBB Ilona Lagas 20.66 16 New
VVD Edith Schippers 12.40 10 −2
GL Paul Rosenmöller 9.67 7 −1
PvdA 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
Jan Anthonie Bruijn
VVD

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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