Electoral college elections were held in the
Caribbean Netherlands
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on 20 March 2019 to elect the members of the
electoral colleges for the Senate
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 and Dutch expatriates. Their members together with ...
. The elections were held on the same day as the
island council elections in the Caribbean Netherlands, and the
provincial
Provincial may refer to:
Government & Administration
* Provincial capitals, an administrative sub-national capital of a country
* Provincial city (disambiguation)
* Provincial minister (disambiguation)
* Provincial Secretary, a position in Can ...
and
water board elections in the
European Netherlands
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. These elections
indirectly determine the composition of the
Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the e ...
, since the members of the electoral colleges, alongside 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 ha ...
elected in the
European Netherlands
)
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on the same day, will elect the Senate's 75 members in the
Senate election on 27 May, two months after the electoral college elections.
Results
Bonaire
Saba
Sint Eustatius
See also
*
2019 Dutch Senate election
The 2019 election to the Senate of the Netherlands was held on 27 May 2019, two months after the provincial elections.
Forum for Democracy, which took part for the first time, became the largest party. This was later undone by several party spl ...
References
2019 elections in the Caribbean
Electoral college
March 2019 events in North America
2019 in Bonaire
Elections in Bonaire
Elections in Saba (island)
Elections in Sint Eustatius
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