European Parliament election, 1999 (Netherlands)
Encyclopedia
The European Parliament election of 1999 in the Netherlands was the election of MEP representing Netherlands constituency
for the 1999-2004 term of the European Parliament
. It was part of the wider 1999 European election
. It was held on on June 10, 1999. Eleven parties competed in a D'Hondt
type election for 31 seats.
These combined lists are:
hit an all-time low for Dutch elections on the national level. In the election the GreenLeft
performed particularly well quadrupling their seats from one to four. The Socialist Party
won its first seat. These gains were made at the cost of the Christian Democratic Appeal
, Democrats 66
and the PvdA, which lost one, two and two seats respectively.
Christian Democratic Appeal
Dutch Labour Party
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
GreenLeft
SGP, RPF
and GPV
Democrats 66
Socialist Party
Netherlands (European Parliament constituency)
In European elections, the Netherlands is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by twenty-five MEPs. It covers the member state of the Netherlands...
for the 1999-2004 term of the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
. It was part of the wider 1999 European election
European Parliament election, 1999
The European Parliament Election, 1999 was a European election for all 626 members of the European Parliament held across the 15 European Union member states on 10, 11 and 13 June 1999. The voter turn-out was generally low, except in Belgium and Luxembourg, where voting is compulsory and where...
. It was held on on June 10, 1999. Eleven parties competed in a D'Hondt
D'Hondt method
The d'Hondt method is a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. The method described is named after Belgian mathematician Victor D'Hondt who described it in 1878...
type election for 31 seats.
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, RPFReformatory Political FederationThe Reformatory Political Federation was a minor Protestant Christian political party in the Netherlands.-History:The RPF was founded in 1975 by three groups of orthodox Christians...
and GPV
Dutch political parties
With only 30 percent of the population showing up, the voter turnoutVoter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
hit an all-time low for Dutch elections on the national level. In the election the GreenLeft
GreenLeft
GreenLeft is a green political party operating in the Netherlands.GreenLeft was formed on 1 March 1989 as a merger of four left-wing political parties: the Communist Party of the Netherlands, Pacifist Socialist Party, the Political Party of Radicals and the Evangelical People's Party...
performed particularly well quadrupling their seats from one to four. The Socialist Party
Socialist Party (Netherlands)
The Socialist Party is a democratic socialist political party in the Netherlands. After the 2006 general election, the Socialist Party became one of the major parties of the Netherlands with 25 seats of 150, an increase of 16 seats. The party was in opposition against the fourth Balkenende cabinet...
won its first seat. These gains were made at the cost of the Christian Democratic Appeal
Christian Democratic Appeal
The Christian Democratic Appeal is a centre-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. It suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections and fell from the first to the fourth place...
, Democrats 66
Democrats 66
Democrats 66 is a progressive and social-liberal political party in the Netherlands. D66 was formed in 1966 by a group of politically unaligned, young intellectuals, led by journalist Hans van Mierlo. The party's main objective was to democratise the political system; it proposed to create an...
and the PvdA, which lost one, two and two seats respectively.
European groups
The EPP-ED group becomes the biggest group this election despite losing seat. This because the ELDR group in the Netherlands lost 2 seats from the Democrats 66. The EG-EFA group makes a big gain in seat, thanks to the win of GreenLeft. The Socialist Party won EUL-NGL its first seat in the Netherlands.Elected Members
Source:Christian Democratic Appeal
Christian Democratic Appeal
The Christian Democratic Appeal is a centre-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. It suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections and fell from the first to the fourth place...
- Albert Jan MaatAlbert Jan MaatAlbert Jan Maat 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 Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and its Committee on Fisheries.He is...
- Maria MartensMaria MartensMaria Martens is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal, a member of the bureau of the EPP-ED group in the European Parliament, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Development.She is also a substitute for the...
- Bert DoornBert DoornBert Doorn 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 Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs and its Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer...
- Hanja Maij-WeggenHanja Maij-WeggenJohanna Rika Hermanna Maij-Weggen is a former Dutch politician. From 1989 until 1994 she was Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management in the third cabinet of prime minister Ruud Lubbers, and from 2003 until 2009 the Queen's Commissioner of the province of North Brabant.-Life and...
(top candidateLijsttrekkerLijsttrekker is a Dutch term for the top candidate of a party on a party list. He or she is almost always the party's political leader. After an election, this person usually leads the party's faction in the States-General, or serves in a senior position in the Cabinet if his party is part of...
) - Wim van Velzen
- Bartho Pronk
- Arie Oostlander
- Karla PeijsKarla PeijsKarla Maria Henriëtte Peijs is a Dutch politician of the CDA. She was minister of Transport and Waterworks in the second and third Balkenende cabinet. In August 2006 she announced she would not be accepting a position in a new cabinet. On 1 March 2007 she was appointed Queen's Commissioner for the...
- Ria Oomen-RuijtenRia Oomen-RuijtenRia Oomen-Ruijten is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal, a member of the bureau of the EPP-ED group, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.She is also a substitute for the Committee...
Dutch Labour Party
- Michiel van Hulten
- Joke Swiebel
- Ieke van den BurgIeke van den BurgIeke van den Burg is a Dutch politician and a former Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Labour Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs...
- Dorette CorbeyDorette CorbeyDorette Corbey is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Partij van de Arbeid , which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.She is also a substitute...
- Max van den Berg (top candidateLijsttrekkerLijsttrekker is a Dutch term for the top candidate of a party on a party list. He or she is almost always the party's political leader. After an election, this person usually leads the party's faction in the States-General, or serves in a senior position in the Cabinet if his party is part of...
) - Jan Marinus WiersmaJan Marinus WiersmaJan Marinus Wiersma is a Dutch politician and from 1994-2009 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 European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs.He was also a member of the Subcommittee on...
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a conservative-liberal political party located in the Netherlands. The VVD supports private enterprise in the Netherlands and is often perceived as an economic liberal party in contrast to the social-liberal Democrats 66 alongside which it sits in...
- Jules MaatenJules MaatenJules Maaten is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie, Member of the Bureau of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.He...
- Toine MandersToine MandersToine Manders is a Dutch politician andMember of the European Parliamentwith the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on...
- Jan Mulder
- Elly Plooij-van GorselElly Plooij-van GorselPieternella Cornelia Plooij-van Gorsel was a Member of the European Parliament in the delegation of the liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy for ten years.-Early life :Van Gorsel attended high school until 1965, specializing in science...
- Marieke Sanders-ten Holte
- Jan-Kees Wiebenga (top candidateLijsttrekkerLijsttrekker is a Dutch term for the top candidate of a party on a party list. He or she is almost always the party's political leader. After an election, this person usually leads the party's faction in the States-General, or serves in a senior position in the Cabinet if his party is part of...
)
GreenLeft
GreenLeft
GreenLeft is a green political party operating in the Netherlands.GreenLeft was formed on 1 March 1989 as a merger of four left-wing political parties: the Communist Party of the Netherlands, Pacifist Socialist Party, the Political Party of Radicals and the Evangelical People's Party...
- Theo Bouwman
- Kathalijne BuitenwegKathalijne BuitenwegKathalijne Maria Buitenweg is a Dutch politician. Between 1999 and 2009, she was a Member of the European Parliament for the Green Left, which is part of the European Greens, and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.-Before politics:From 1985 to...
- Joost Lagendijk (top candidateLijsttrekkerLijsttrekker is a Dutch term for the top candidate of a party on a party list. He or she is almost always the party's political leader. After an election, this person usually leads the party's faction in the States-General, or serves in a senior position in the Cabinet if his party is part of...
) - Alexander de Roo
SGP, RPF
Reformatory Political Federation
The Reformatory Political Federation was a minor Protestant Christian political party in the Netherlands.-History:The RPF was founded in 1975 by three groups of orthodox Christians...
and GPV
- Bas BelderBastiaan BelderBastiaan Belder is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament with the SGP, part of the Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs...
(SGP) - Hans BloklandJohannes BloklandJohannes Blokland is a former Dutch politician and former Member of the European Parliament...
(GPV) (top candidateLijsttrekkerLijsttrekker is a Dutch term for the top candidate of a party on a party list. He or she is almost always the party's political leader. After an election, this person usually leads the party's faction in the States-General, or serves in a senior position in the Cabinet if his party is part of...
) - Rijk van Dam (RPFReformatory Political FederationThe Reformatory Political Federation was a minor Protestant Christian political party in the Netherlands.-History:The RPF was founded in 1975 by three groups of orthodox Christians...
)
Democrats 66
Democrats 66
Democrats 66 is a progressive and social-liberal political party in the Netherlands. D66 was formed in 1966 by a group of politically unaligned, young intellectuals, led by journalist Hans van Mierlo. The party's main objective was to democratise the political system; it proposed to create an...
- Lousewies van der LaanLousewies van der LaanLouse Wies Sija Anne Lilly Berthe van der Laan is a former Dutch politician and the leader of the parliamentary group of the social liberal Democrats 66 in the House of Representatives for six months in 2006...
(top candidateLijsttrekkerLijsttrekker is a Dutch term for the top candidate of a party on a party list. He or she is almost always the party's political leader. After an election, this person usually leads the party's faction in the States-General, or serves in a senior position in the Cabinet if his party is part of...
) - Bob van den BosBob van den BosBob van den Bos is a Dutch politician.-References:...
Socialist Party
Socialist Party (Netherlands)
The Socialist Party is a democratic socialist political party in the Netherlands. After the 2006 general election, the Socialist Party became one of the major parties of the Netherlands with 25 seats of 150, an increase of 16 seats. The party was in opposition against the fourth Balkenende cabinet...
- Erik Meijer (top candidateLijsttrekkerLijsttrekker is a Dutch term for the top candidate of a party on a party list. He or she is almost always the party's political leader. After an election, this person usually leads the party's faction in the States-General, or serves in a senior position in the Cabinet if his party is part of...
)