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1999 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

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1999 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

← 1994 10 June 1999 2004 →

31 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout30.02%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Hanja Maij-Weggen Max van den Berg Jan-Kees Wiebenga
Party CDA PvdA VVD
Alliance EPP-ED PES ELDR
Seats won
9 / 31
6 / 31
6 / 31
Seat change 1 Decrease 2 Decrease 0 Steady
Popular vote 954,898 712,929 698,050
Percentage 26.94% 20.11% 19.69%
Swing 3.9% Decrease 2.8% Decrease 2.2% Increase

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Joost Lagendijk Hans Blokland Lousewies van der Laan
Party GL SGP/RPF/GPV D66
Alliance Greens-EFA EDD ELDR
Seats won
4 / 31
3 / 31
2 / 31
Seat change 3 Increase 1 Increase 2 Decrease
Popular vote 419,869 309,612 205,623
Percentage 11.85% 8.74% 5.80%
Swing 8.1% Increase 0.9% Increase 5.9% Decrease

  Seventh party
 
Leader Erik Meijer
Party SP
Alliance EUL/NGL
Seats won
1 / 31
Seat change 1 Increase
Popular vote 178,642
Percentage 5.04%
Swing 3.7 Increase
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An election of Members of the European Parliament representing Netherlands constituency for the 1999–2004 term of the European Parliament was held on 10 June 1999. It was part of the wider 1999 European election. Eleven parties competed in a D'Hondt type election for 31 seats.

Background

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Combined lists

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Several parties combined in one list to take part in this European Election and increase their chance on a seat in the European Parliament. These combined lists are:

  1. SGP, RPF and GPV

Electoral alliances

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No lists formed an electoral alliance.

Numbering of the candidates list

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The official order and names of candidate lists:

Candidate lists for the European Parliament election in the Netherlands
← 1994 1999 2004 →
Lists
List English translation List name (Dutch)
1 list CDA - European People's Party CDA – Europese Volkspartij
2 list P.v.d.A./European Social Democrats P.v.d.A./Europese Sociaaldemocraten
3 list VVD - European Liberal-Democrats VVD – Europese Liberaal-Democraten
4 list D66
5 list SGP, GPV and RPF SGP, GPV en RPF
6 list GREENLEFT GROENLINKS
7 list CD/Conservative Democrats CD/Conservatieve Democraten
8 list List Sala Lijst Sala
9 list European Electorate Platform Netherlands Europees Verkiezers Platform Nederland
10 list SP (Socialist Party) SP (Socialistische Partij)
11 list THE EUROPEAN PARTY DE EUROPESE PARTIJ

Results

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Voter turnout was a record low for a national election of just 30.02%. In the election the GreenLeft performed particularly well quadrupling their seats from one to four. The Socialist Party 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.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Christian Democratic Appeal954,89826.949–1
Labour Party712,92920.116–2
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy698,05019.6960
GroenLinks419,86911.854+3
SGP–GPV–RPF309,6128.743+1
Democrats 66205,6235.802–2
Socialist Party178,6425.041+1
European Party23,2310.660New
Centre Democrats17,7400.5000
European Electorate Platform Netherlands13,2340.370New
List Sala10,5800.300New
Total3,544,408100.00310
Valid votes3,544,40899.54
Invalid/blank votes16,3560.46
Total votes3,560,764100.00
Registered voters/turnout11,862,86430.02
Source: Kiesraad[1]

European groups

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The EPP-ED group becomes the biggest group this election despite losing seat. This because the ELDR group in the Netherlands lost 2 seats from the Democrats 66. The EG-EFA group makes a big gain in seat, thanks to the win of GreenLeft. The Socialist Party won EUL-NGL its first seat in the Netherlands.

Summary of the 10 June 1999 European Parliament elections in the Netherlands
← 1994 1999 2004 →
European group Seats 1994 Seats 1999 Change
European People's Party–European Democrats EPP-ED 10 9 1 Decrease
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party ELDR 10 8 2 Decrease
Party of European Socialists PES 8 6 2 Decrease
The Greens–European Free Alliance Greens-EFA 1 4 3 Increase
Europe of Democracies and Diversities EDD 2 3 1 Increase
European United Left–Nordic Green Left EUL-NGL 0 1 1 Increase
Non-Inscrits NI 0 0 0 Steady
31 31 0 Steady

Elected members

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References

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