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Elections of the Dutch Senate were held on 26 May 2003, following the provincial elections on 11 March 2003. The 564 members of the twelve States-Provincial elected the 75 Senate members. The new Senate was installed on 10 June 2003. The term of office ended on 11 June 2007.
Province
States members
Population
Vote weight
South Holland
83
3,439,913
414
North Holland
83
2,572,809
310
North Brabant
79
2,400,164
304
Gelderland
75
1,960,384
261
Utrecht
63
1,152,357
183
Limburg
63
1,142.009
181
Overijssel
63
1,100,728
175
Friesland
55
640,060
116
Groningen
55
573,225
104
Drenthe
51
481,472
94
Zealand
47
378,163
80
Flevoland
47
351,558
75
Election results
Party
1999
2003
Difference
Votes
%
Seats
Votes
%
Seats
ppt.
Seats
Christian Democratic Appeal
40,541
25.7
20
46,848
29.0
23
3.3
3
Labour Party
30,976
19.7
15
40,613
25.1
19
5.4
4
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
39,809
25.3
19
31,026
19.2
15
-6.1
-4
GroenLinks
16,256
10.3
8
10,866
6.7
5
-3.6
-3
Socialist Party
4,801
3.0
2
8,551
5.3
4
2.3
2
Democrats 66
8,542
5.4
4
7,087
4.4
3
-1.0
-1
Christian Union[1]
7,307
4.6
4
4,960
3.1
2
-1.5
-2
Reformed Political Party
4,281
2.7
2
4,695
2.9
2
0.2
0
Pim Fortuyn List
-
-
-
4,124
2.6
1
2.6
1
Independent Senate Group
3,880
2.5
1
2,874
1.8
1
-0.7
0
Others
1,160
0.7
0
0
0.0
0
-0.7
0
Total
157,553
100.0
75
161,644
100.0
75
0.0
0
^In 1999 joint list of RPF and GPV.
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