The 1999 European Parliament election in the Netherlands was the election of MEP representing Netherlands constituency for the 1999–2004 term of the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...

. It was part of the wider 1999 European election. It was held on 10 June 1999. Eleven parties competed in a D'Hondt type election for 31 seats.

Background

Combined lists

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: # SGP, RPF and

GPV The Reformed Political LeagueTranslation used by Andeweg and Irwin in ''Governance and Politics of the Netherlands'' (2002: 45) ( nl, Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond, GPV) was an orthodox Protestant political party in the Netherlands. The GPV is o ...

Electoral alliances

No lists formed an

electoral alliance An electoral alliance (also known as a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral pact, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc) is an association of political party, political parties or individuals that exists solely to stand ...

Numbering of the candidates list

Results

Voter turnout was a record low for a national election of just 30.02%. In the election the

GreenLeft GroenLinks (, ) is a Green politics, green List of political parties in the Netherlands, political party in the Netherlands. It was formed on 1 March 1989 from the merger of four Left-wing politics, left-wing parties: the Communist Party of th ...

performed particularly well quadrupling their seats from one to four. The

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

won its first seat. These gains were made at the cost of the

Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal ( nl, Christen-Democratisch Appèl, ; CDA) is a Christian-democratic political party in the Netherlands. It was originally formed in 1977 from a confederation of the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolutionary ...

Democrats 66 Democrats 66 (; abbreviated D66, ) is a Social liberalism, social liberal List of political parties in the Netherlands, political party in the Netherlands, which positions itself in the Centrism, centre of the Left–right political spectrum, p ...

and the PvdA, which lost one, two and two seats respectively.

Seat assignment

Electoral quota

The electoral quota is the number of votes needed for one seat. It is the total valid number of votes divided by the number of seats.
For this election it was 3,544,408 valid votes, divided by 31 seats.
The electoral quota was established as: 114,335

Assigning full seats

Full seats are assigned by number of votes divided by the electoral quota. Electoral alliances are marked as a letter, instead of a number. Any seats left over are not yet assigned to a specific party.

Remainder seats

The remaining, or left over, seats are awarded sequentially to the lists with the highest average number of votes per seat. Only lists that reached the electoral quota are eligible. * CDA – European People's Party is awarded 1 seat. *

is awarded 1 seat. * SGP, GPV and RPF is awarded 1 seat. * D66 is awarded 1 seat.

European groups

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European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe a ...

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Elected members

Below are all the elected members of European parliament for the Netherlands. Members elected by preference votes are in bold. To be elected by preference votes, 10% of the electoral quota is needed. Source:Dutch MEPs since 1952
Parlementair Documentatie Centrum van de Universiteit Leiden (Dutch)

# Hanja Maij-Weggen ( top candidate), by 591,505 votes #

Wim van Velzen Wim is a masculine given name or a shortened form of Willem and other names and may refer to: * Wim Anderiesen (1903–1944), Dutch footballer * Wim Aantjes (1923–2015), Dutch politician * Wim Arras (born 1964), Belgian cyclist * Wim Blockmans ...

, by 103,743 votes # Ria Oomen-Ruijten, by 99,584 votes #

Albert Jan Maat Albert Jan Maat (; born 8 February 1953 in Heino, Overijssel) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal, which is part of the European People's Party, and sits on the European P ...

, by 34,622 votes # Arie Oostlander, by 17,628 votes # Maria Martens, by 16,254 votes #

Karla Peijs Karla Maria Henriëtte Peijs (born 1 September 1944) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal ( nl, Christen-Democratisch Appèl, ; CDA) is a Christian-democratic political party in the ...

, by 11,975 votes # Bartho Pronk, by 7,929 votes # Bert Doorn, by 3,598 votes Labour Party #

Max van den Berg Margrietus Johannes "Max" van den Berg (;Every word in isolation: born 22 March 1946) is a Dutch politician and member of the Dutch Labour Party. From 1979 to 1986 he was the chairman of that party and from 1999 to 2007 he was a Member of the ...

( top candidate), by 584,167 votes # Ieke van den Burg, by 55,016 votes # Joke Swiebel, by 12,554 votes #

Jan Marinus Wiersma Jan Marinus Wiersma (born 26 August 1951 in Groningen) is a Dutch politician and from 1994 to 2009 Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Labour Party, vice-chair of the Party of European Socialists group, and sits on the Europ ...

, by 9,753 votes #

Michiel van Hulten Michiel Frans van Hulten (born 18 February 1969) is Director of Transparency International EU and a former Dutch politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament (1999–2004) and was chairman of the Labour Party ( nl, Partij van de Arb ...

, by 5,710 votes #

Dorette Corbey Dorette Corbey (born July 19, 1957, in Eindhoven, North Brabant) is a Dutch politician and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP). She is a member of the Partij van de Arbeid (Dutch Labour Party), which is part of the Party of European S ...

, by 4,898 votes

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( nl, Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie ; VVD) is a conservative-liberal Andeweg, R. and G. Irwin ''Politics and Governance in the Netherlands'', Basingstoke (Palgrave) p.49 political party in ...

# Jan-Kees Wiebenga ( top candidate), by 535,904 votes #

Elly Plooij-van Gorsel Pieternella Cornelia (Elly) Plooij-van Gorsel (born 20 March 1947 in Tholen, Zeeland) was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the delegation of the liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democrat ...

, by 45,855 votes #

Toine Manders Toine Manders (born 14 March 1956) is a Dutch lawyer and politician who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 1999. He served for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy from 20 July 1999 until 17 October 2013 as ...

, by 14,237 votes # Jan Mulder, by 13,825 votes # Marieke Sanders-ten Holte, by 11,670 votes # Jules Maaten, by 4,341 votes

Joost Lagendijk Joost Lagendijk (; born 8 June 1957 in Roosendaal, Netherlands) is a Dutch politician who was a columnist with the Turkish dailies Zaman and Today's Zaman until these newspapers were closed by the Turkish government. From 2009 till 2012 he was ...

( top candidate), by 245,642 votes #

Kathalijne Buitenweg Dr. Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg (born 27 March 1970) is a Dutch politician for the GreenLeft who served as a member of the House of Representatives between 2017 and 2021. Between 1999 and 2009, she was a Member of the European Parliament, and s ...

, by 90,549 votes #

Theo Bouwman Theo is a given name and a hypocorism. Greek origin Many names beginning with the root "Theo-" derive from the Ancient Greek word ''theos'' (''θεός''), which means god, for example: *Feminine names: Thea (name), Thea, Theodora (given name), T ...

, by 6,012 votes #

Alexander de Roo Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

, by 4,343 votes SGP, GPV and RPF # Hans Blokland (

) ( top candidate), by 245,214 votes #

Bas Belder Bastiaan "Bas" Belder (born 25 October 1946) is a Dutch politician and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Netherlands. He is a member of the Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij, part of the European Conservatives and Reformists. ...

( SGP), by 20,491 votes # Rijk van Dam ( RPF), by 10,630 votes

Lousewies van der Laan Louse Wies Sija Anne Lilly Berthe "Lousewies" van der Laan (born 18 February 1966) is a retired Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and jurist. Life before politics In her youth, Van der Laan lived in Belgium, Germany, and the Uni ...

( top candidate), by 143,009 votes # Bob van den Bos, by 8,712 votes

# Erik Meijer ( top candidate), by 124,800 votes

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.

References

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