An election of Members of the European Parliament representing Netherlands constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament was held on 10 June 2004. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. Fifteen parties competed in a D'Hondt type election for 27 seats. (down from 31).
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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:
Several parties formed an electoral alliance:[1]
The alliance between Christian Democratic Appeal and Christian Union-SGP cost the Christian Democratic Appeal a seat, which goes to Christian Union-SGP. Other alliances had no effect on the result.
The exact number of seats allocated to each country is determined by the treaties, currently the Treaty of Nice, and is adjusted by the accession treaty of each new member. Hence no change to the seats occurs without ratification by all states. According to the treaties, the maximum number of members in the Parliament is 732. This why the seats for the Netherlands was reduced from 31 to 27
The official order and names of candidate lists:
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Lists | ||||||
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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 | GREENLEFT | GROENLINKS | |||
5 | list | Christian Union-SGP | ChristenUnie–SGP | |||
6 | list | Democrats 66 (D66) | Democraten 66 (D66) | |||
7 | list | SP (Socialist Party) | SP (Socialistische Partij) | |||
8 | list | Democratic Europe | Democratisch Europa | |||
9 | list | LIVABLE EUROPE | LEEFBAAR EUROPA | |||
10 | list | Party for the North | Partij voor het Noorden | |||
11 | list | New Right | Nieuw Rechts | |||
12 | list | Europe Transparent | Europa Transparant | |||
13 | list | List Pim Fortuyn (LPF) | Lijst Pim Fortuyn (LPF) | |||
14 | list | Party for the Animals | Partij voor de Dieren | |||
15 | list | Respect.now | Respect.Nu |
According to the European Commission, the publication of national results prior to Sunday evening is considered illegal. However, all the municipalities in the Netherlands published the results on Thursday, giving the media the opportunity to give an almost complete national result, only missing votes cast abroad. The complete and official result were publicised according to the rules.[2]
The ruling centre-right parties, the Christian Democratic Appeal and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy polled poorly, while the opposition Labour Party and Socialist Party gained ground. The anti-fraud party Europe Transparent of whistleblower Paul van Buitenen unexpectedly won two seats. Voter turnout was 39.26%, a lot higher than the turnout in 1999 30.02%.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Christian Democratic Appeal | 1,164,431 | 24.43 | 7 | –2 | |
Labour Party | 1,124,549 | 23.60 | 7 | +1 | |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 629,198 | 13.20 | 4 | –2 | |
GroenLinks | 352,201 | 7.39 | 2 | –2 | |
Europe Transparent | 349,156 | 7.33 | 2 | New | |
Socialist Party | 332,326 | 6.97 | 2 | +1 | |
Christian Union – Reformed Political Party | 279,880 | 5.87 | 2 | –1 | |
Democrats 66 | 202,502 | 4.25 | 1 | –1 | |
Party for the Animals | 153,432 | 3.22 | 0 | New | |
Pim Fortuyn List | 121,509 | 2.55 | 0 | New | |
Party for the North | 18,234 | 0.38 | 0 | New | |
New Right | 15,732 | 0.33 | 0 | New | |
Liveable Europe | 9,144 | 0.19 | 0 | New | |
Democratic Europe | 8,780 | 0.18 | 0 | New | |
Respect.now | 4,603 | 0.10 | 0 | New | |
Total | 4,765,677 | 100.00 | 27 | –4 | |
Valid votes | 4,765,677 | 99.76 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 11,444 | 0.24 | |||
Total votes | 4,777,121 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 12,168,878 | 39.26 | |||
Source: Kiesraad |
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 4,765,677 valid votes, divided by 27 seats.
The electoral quota was established as: 176,506
The results of the electoral alliances. Both parties of both alliances reached the electoral quota and are eligible for remainder seats.
Electoral alliance | List | Number of votes |
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1 |
List 1: CDA – European People's Party | 1,164,431 |
List 5: Christian Union-SGP | 279,880 | |
Total | 1,444,311 |
Electoral alliance | List | Number of votes |
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2 |
List 2: P.v.d.A./European Social Democrats | 1,124,549 |
List 4: GreenLeft | 352,201 | |
Total | 1,476,750 |
Electoral alliance | List | Number of votes |
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3 |
List 3: VVD - European Liberal-Democrats | 629,198 |
List 6: Democrats 66 (D66) | 202,502 | |
Total | 831,700 |
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.
List | Party's | Number of votes | Electoral quota | Seats |
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1 (list 1+5) | Christian Democratic Appeal + Christian Union-SGP | 1,444,311 | 176,506 | 8 |
2 (list 2+4) | Labour Party + GreenLeft | 1,476,750 | 176,506 | 8 |
3 (list 3+6) | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy + Democrats 66 | 831,700 | 176,506 | 4 |
7 | Socialist Party | 332,326 | 176,506 | 1 |
8 | Democratic Europe | 8,780 | 176,506 | 0 |
9 | LIVABLE EUROPE | 9,144 | 176,506 | 0 |
10 | Party for the North | 18,234 | 176,506 | 0 |
11 | New Right | 15,732 | 176,506 | 0 |
12 | Europe Transparent | 349,156 | 176,506 | 1 |
13 | List Pim Fortuyn | 121,509 | 176,506 | 0 |
14 | Party for the Animals | 153,432 | 176,506 | 0 |
15 | Respect.now | 4,603 | 176,506 | 0 |
Total | 4,765,677 | 22 | ||
Total seats | 27 | |||
Remaining seats | 5 |
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.
List | Remainder seat 1 | Remainder seat 2 | Remainder seat 3 | Remainder seat 4 | Remainder seat 5 | Total |
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1 (list 1+5) | 160,479 | 160,479 | 160,479 | 160,479 | 160,479 | 1 |
2 (list 2+4) | 164,083 | 164,083 | 164,083 | 164,083 | 147,675 | 1 |
3 (list 3+6) | 166,340 | 166,340 | 138,636 | 138,636 | 138,636 | 1 |
7 | 166,163 | 166,163 | 166,163 | 110,775 | 110,775 | 1 |
12 | 174,578 | 116,385 | 116,385 | 116,385 | 116,385 | 1 |
Assigned to | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
To decide the seats per party for electoral alliances, the combination quota is first determined. Combination quota for electoral alliances are determined by the total number valid votes divided by the awarded seats. The party with the most votes left after the full seats are assigned gets the seat remaining.
List 1
For list 1, there were 1,444,311 votes divided by 9 seats.
The combination quota was established as: 160,479 votes
Electoral alliance | List | Number of votes | Combination quota | Full seats | Remainder votes | Remainder seat | Total |
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1 |
List 1: CDA – European People's Party | 1,164,431 | 160,479 | 7 | 41,078 | 0 | 7 |
List 5: Christian Union-SGP | 279,880 | 160,479 | 1 | 119,401 | 1 | 2 | |
Total | 1,444,311 | 9 |
List 2
For list 2, there were 1,476,750 votes divided by 9 seats.
The combination quota was established as: 164,083 votes
Electoral alliance | List | Number of votes | Combination quota | Full seats | Remainder votes | Remainder seat | Total |
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List 2: P.v.d.A./European Social Democrats | 1,124,549 | 164,083 | 6 | 140,049 | 1 | 7 |
List 4: GreenLeft | 352,201 | 164,083 | 2 | 24,034 | 0 | 2 | |
Total | 1,476,750 | 9 |
List 3
For list 3, there were 831,700 votes divided by 5 seats.
The combination quota was established as: 166,340 votes
Electoral alliance | List | Number of votes | Combination quota | Full seats | Remainder votes | Remainder seat | Total |
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3 |
List 3: VVD - European Liberal-Democrats | 629,198 | 166,340 | 3 | 130,178 | 1 | 4 |
List 6: Democrats 66 (D66) | 202,502 | 166,340 | 1 | 36,162 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 831,700 | 5 |
Summary:
The EPP-ED group lost 2 seats, making it just as big as the PES group. The ELDR becomes 3rd group after PES. After the elections ELDR and European Democratic Party (EDP) formed a new European Group named ALDE in the European parliament. The EDP did not have member party's in the Netherlands. Also the Europe of Democracies and Diversities (EDD) group reforms itself with party's from Eastern-Europe. They rename their group to Independence/Democracy (ID). The Christian Union – Reformed Political Party is part of this new group.
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European group | Seats 1999 | Seats 2004 | Change | ||||||||
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European People's Party–European Democrats | EPP-ED | 9 | 7 | 2 | |||||||
Party of European Socialists | PES | 6 | 7 | 1 | |||||||
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe | ALDE | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||||||
The Greens–European Free Alliance | Greens-EFA | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
European United Left–Nordic Green Left | EUL-NGL | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
Independence/Democracy | IND&DEM | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
Non-Inscrits | NI | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
31 | 27 | 4 |
Below are all the elected members of European parliament. People with enough preference votes are in bold.
The following MEP were officially announced by the Central Electoral Commission on 15 June 2004:[1]
21 members were elected by preference vote. Emine Bozkurt for the Labour Party was purely elected on his preference votes and would otherwise not made it into the European Parliament.
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Christian Union – Reformed Political Party
Below is a list of members of the European Parliament for the period 2009–2014 as a result of this election.
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Name | Sex | National party | EP Group | Period | Preference vote | ||||||
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Bas Belder | Male | Reformed Political Party | IND&DEM | 20 July 1999 – 2 July 2019[3] | 44,473 | ||||||
Max van den Berg | Male | Labour Party | PES | 20 July 1999 – 1 September 2007[4] | 879,972 | ||||||
Thijs Berman | Male | Labour Party | PES | 20 July 2004 – 1 July 2014[5] | 6,825 | ||||||
Hans Blokland | Male | Christian Union | IND&DEM | 19 July 1994 – 14 July 2009[6] | 197,031 | ||||||
Emine Bozkurt | Female | Labour Party | PES | 20 July 2004 – 1 July 2014[7] | 24,359 | ||||||
Paul van Buitenen | Male | Europe Transparent | G–EFA | 20 July 2004 – 14 July 2009[8] | 338,477 | ||||||
Kathalijne Buitenweg | Female | GreenLeft | G–EFA | 20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009[9] | 297,237 | ||||||
Ieke van den Burg | Female | Labour Party | PES | 20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009[10] | 7,695 | ||||||
Jan Cremers | Male | Labour Party | PES | 8 May 2008 – 14 July 2009[11] | 3,787 | ||||||
Dorette Corbey | Female | Labour Party | PES | 20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009[6] | 17,847 | ||||||
Bert Doorn | Male | Christian Democratic Appeal | EPP–ED | 20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009[12] | 4,842 | ||||||
Camiel Eurlings | Male | Christian Democratic Appeal | EPP–ED | 20 July 2004 – 22 February 2007[13] | 938,025 | ||||||
Els de Groen-Kouwenhoven | Female | Europe Transparent | G–EFA | 20 July 2004 – 14 July 2009[14] | 4,796 | ||||||
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert | Female | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | ALDE | 20 July 2004 – 17 June 2010[15] | 44,064 | ||||||
Lily Jacobs | Female | Labour Party | PES | 4 September 2007 – 14 July 2009[16] | 10,983 | ||||||
Joost Lagendijk | Male | GreenLeft | G–EFA | 1 September 1998 – 14 July 2009[17] | 12,405 | ||||||
Esther de Lange | Female | Christian Democratic Appeal | EPP–ED | 12 April 2007 – Present[18] | 2,754 | ||||||
Kartika Liotard | Female | Socialist Party | EUL–NGL | 20 July 2004 – 1 July 2014[19] | 32,187 | ||||||
Albert Jan Maat | Male | Christian Democratic Appeal | EPP–ED | 20 July 1999 – 10 April 2007[20] | 30,948 | ||||||
Jules Maaten | Male | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | ALDE | 20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009 2 July 2019 – 2 July 2019[21] |
412,688 | ||||||
Toine Manders | Male | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | ALDE | 20 July 1999 – 1 July 2014[22] | 32,819 | ||||||
Maria Martens | Female | Christian Democratic Appeal | EPP–ED | 20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009[23] | 50,493 | ||||||
Edith Mastenbroek | Female | Labour Party | PES | 20 July 2004 – 20 April 2008[24] | 92,018 | ||||||
Erik Meijer | Male | Socialist Party | EUL–NGL | 20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009[25] | 230,531 | ||||||
Jan Mulder | Male | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | ALDE | 19 July 1994 – 14 July 2009 22 June 2010 – 1 July 2014[26] |
43,376 | ||||||
Lambert van Nistelrooij | Male | Christian Democratic Appeal | EPP–ED | 20 July 2004 – Present[27] | 27,957 | ||||||
Ria Oomen-Ruijten | Female | Christian Democratic Appeal | EPP–ED | 19 July 1994 – 1 July 2014[28] | 29,719 | ||||||
Joop Post | Male | Christian Democratic Appeal | EPP–ED | 1 March 2007 – 16 October 2007[29] | 7,515 | ||||||
Sophie in 't Veld | Female | Democrats 66 | ALDE | 20 July 2004 – Present[30] | 161,104 | ||||||
Cornelis Visser | Male | Christian Democratic Appeal | EPP–ED | 17 October 2007 – 14 July 2009[31] | 3,832 | ||||||
Jan-Marinus Wiersma | Male | Labour Party | PES | 19 July 1994 – 14 July 2009[32] | 27,067 | ||||||
Corien Wortmann-Kool | Female | Christian Democratic Appeal | EPP–ED | 20 July 2004 – 1 July 2014[33] | 9,776 | ||||||
Source:[34] |