The electoral colleges for the Senate ( nl, kiescolleges voor de Eerste Kamer; pap, kolegionan elektoral pa Eerste Kamer, label=
Papiamentu) are the
electoral colleges of the
Caribbean Netherlands
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and Dutch expatriates. Their members together with the members of the
States-Provincial
The provincial council (, PS), also known as the States Provincial, is the provincial parliament and legislative assembly in each of the provinces of the Netherlands. It is elected for each province simultaneously once every four years and has ...
in the European Netherlands choose the Senators of the
Dutch Senate
The Senate ( or simply ' , literally "First Chamber of the States General", or sometimes ' ) is the upper house of the States General, the legislature of the Netherlands. Its 75 members are elected on lists by the members of the twelve States-P ...
.
The first electoral college elections (then only in the Caribbean Netherlands) were held on 20 March 2019, simultaneously with the
island council elections, and the European Netherlands'
provincial elections and
water board elections. On 27 May 2019, the colleges cast their votes for the
Senate election.
Seats
The number of members of the electoral colleges for the Senate is equal to the number of members of the island council. The number of members varies per island. Nonetheless, it is always an odd number of members.
*
Bonaire
Bonaire (; , ; pap, Boneiru, , almost pronounced ) is a Dutch island in the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Its capital is the port of Kralendijk, on the west ( leeward) coast of the island. Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao form the ABC ...
: 9 seats
*
St. Eustatius: 5 seats
*
Saba Saba may refer to:
Places
* Saba (island), an island of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean Sea
* Şaba (Romanian for Shabo), a town of the Odesa Oblast, Ukraine
* Sabá, a municipality in the department of Colón, Honduras
* Saba (river), ...
: 5 seats
References
{{Sint Eustatius elections
Senate (Netherlands)
Elections in the Netherlands