# List of candidates in the 2015 Dutch Senate election

For the 2015 Dutch Senate election, 12 electoral lists were successfully submitted, totalling 261 candidates.
The 75 seats were awarded to party lists, with candidates over the preference threshold awarded a seat first if available and the other seats awarded based on position on the list. The preference threshold for this election was 2,255 weighted votes (same as the electoral threshold). Two candidate would have not been elected based on position on the list, but received enough preference votes: Alexander Kops and Alexander van Hattem (both Party for Freedom). Replacements are also asked based on position on the list.

## 1: People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Candidate list for People's Party for Freedom and Democracy :
| Position | Candidate |
| 1 | Loek Hermans |
| 2 | Ankie Broekers-Knol |
| 3 | Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink |
| 4 | Frank van Kappen |
| 5 | Frank de Grave |
| 6 | Helmi Huijbregts-Schiedon |
| 7 | Jan Anthonie Bruijn |
| 8 | Koos Schouwenaar |
| 9 | Mart van de Ven |
| 10 | Pauline Krikke |
| 11 | Anne-Wil Duthler |
| 12 | Sybe Schaap |
| 13 | Menno Knip |
| 14 | Ben Swagerman |
| 15 | Tanja Klip-Martin |
| 16 | Reina de Bruijn-Wezeman |
| 17 | Roel Wever |
| 18 | Dick Sluimers |
| 19 | Albert van den Bosch |
| 20 | Erik van der Maas |
| 21 | Avine Fokkens-Kelder |
| 22 | Henk Jan Meijer |
| 23 | Han ter Heegde |
| 24 | Paul Zevenbergen |
| 25 | Alfred Arbouw |
| 26 | Marc Muntinga |
| 27 | Ton van Ede |
| 28 | Ida van Veldhuizen |
| 29 | Frits Barneveld Binkhuysen |
| 30 | Tjalling Tiemstra |
| 31 | Kees Bierens |
| 32 | René Meeuwissen |
| 33 | Willem Cramer |
| 34 | Rian Vogels |
| 35 | Sven Tulner |
| 36 | Kees Noomen |
| 37 | Marlies Pernot |
| 38 | Huub Hieltjes |
| 39 | Pauline Bouvy-Koene |
| 40 | Bastiaan Meerburg |
| 41 | Robert Gebel |
| 42 | Arnoud Passenier |
| 43 | Pieter van Woensel |
| 44 | Joël Scherrenberg |
| 45 | Han Moraal |
| 46 | Pim van Ballekom |
| Total | Total |

## 2: Labour Party

Candidate list for Labour Party :
| Position | Candidate |
| 1 | Marleen Barth |
| 2 | Ruud Vreeman |
| 3 | Jannette Beuving |
| 4 | Nico Schrijver |
| 5 | Jopie Nooren |
| 6 | André Postema |
| 7 | Lambert Verheijen |
| 8 | Esther Mirjam Sent |
| 9 | Mohamed Sini |
| 10 | Janny Vlietstra |
| 11 | Wouter van Zandbrink |
| 12 | Flora Goudappel |
| 13 | Mary Fiers |
| 14 | Anne Koning |
| 15 | Pieter Tops |
| 16 | Attiya Gamri |
| 17 | Co Verdaas |
| 18 | Usman Santi |
| 19 | Jan Westhoff |
| 20 | Jaouad Khamkhami |
| 21 | Wilma Brouwer |
| 22 | Jan Schuurman Hess |
| 23 | Nicole Teeuwen |
| 24 | Saskia Noorman-den Uyl |
| Total | Total |

## 3: Christian Democratic Appeal

Candidate list for Christian Democratic Appeal :
| Position | Candidate |
| 1 | Elco Brinkman |
| 2 | Maria Martens |
| 3 | Wopke Hoekstra |
| 4 | Ton Rombouts |
| 5 | Grietje de Vries-Leggedoor |
| 6 | Niek Jan van Kesteren |
| 7 | Anne Flierman |
| 8 | Ben Knapen |
| 9 | Ria Oomen-Ruijten |
| 10 | Joop Atsma |
| 11 | Marnix van Rij |
| 12 | Sophie van Bijsterveld |
| 13 | Pia Lokin-Sassen |
| 14 | Siem Korver |
| 15 | Dick van Hemmen |
| 16 | Frank Kerckhaert |
| 17 | Gertjan van der Brugge |
| 18 | Jan de Vries |
| 19 | Anita Sörensen |
| 20 | Brigitte Bauer |
| 21 | Geart Benedictus |
| 22 | Marius Buiting |
| 23 | Hans van Kranenburg |
| 24 | Paul van Geest |
| 25 | Marianne Luyer |
| 26 | Raymond Gradus |
| 27 | Bas Jan van Bochove |
| 28 | Frank van den Heuvel |
| 29 | Jan Leliveld |
| 30 | Yolande Ulenaers |
| 31 | Pieter van Maaren |
| 32 | Lida Schelwald-van der Kleij |
| 33 | Harry Bodifée |
| 34 | Wim van Fessem |
| 35 | Antoinette Vietsch |
| 36 | Marlies Veldhuijzen van Zanten |
| Total | Total |

## 4: Party for Freedom

Candidate list for the Party for Freedom :
| Number | Candidate | Votes | Weighted votes | Result |
| 1 | Marjolein Faber | 11 | 2,083 | Elected |
| 2 | Gom van Strien | 5 | 1,190 | Elected |
| 3 | René Dercksen | 2 | 516 | Elected |
| 4 | Gabriëlle Popken | 1 | 238 | Elected |
| 5 | Gidi Markuszower | 1 | 502 | Elected |
| 6 | Danai van Weerdenburg | 1 | 502 | Elected |
| 7 | Kees Kok | 11 | 3,710 | Elected |
| 8 | Peter van Dijk | 0 | 0 | Replacement |
| 9 | Alexander van Hattem | 7 | 3,171 | Elected |
| 10 | Martin van Beek | 0 | 0 | Replacement |
| 11 | Dannij van der Sluijs | 3 | 1,506 | Replacement |
| 12 | Ton van Kesteren | 8 | 1,003 | Replacement |
| 13 | Max Aardema | 4 | 600 | Replacement |
| 14 | Alexander Kops | 12 | 5,214 | Elected |
| 15 | Auke Zijlstra | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Tim Vermeer | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | Floris van Zonneveld | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Elias van Hees | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | Total | 66 | 20,235 | |

## 5: Socialist Party

Candidate list for Socialist Party :
| Position | Candidate |
| 1 | Tiny Kox |
| 2 | Arda Gerkens |
| 3 | Hans Martin Don |
| 4 | Anneke Wezel |
| 5 | Bastiaan van Apeldoorn |
| 6 | Tuur Elzinga |
| 7 | Meta Meijer |
| 8 | Bob Ruers |
| 9 | Frank Köhler |
| 10 | Geert Reuten |
| 11 | Henk Overbeek |
| 12 | Sineke ten Horn |
| 13 | Erik Meijer |
| 14 | Riet de Wit-Romans |
| 15 | Jules Iding |
| 16 | Ineke Palm |
| 17 | Tineke Slagter-Roukema |
| 18 | Moska Ghazizoi |
| 19 | Riet Nigten |
| 20 | Kevin Levie |
| 21 | Ane Duijff |
| 22 | Inez Staarink |
| 23 | Bernard Gerard |
| 24 | Edith Plantier |
| 25 | Trix de Roos-Consemulder |
| 26 | Pieter Kraaima |
| 27 | Jean Rouwet |
| 28 | Remi Poppe |
| Total | Total |

## 6: Democrats 66

Candidate list for Democrats 66 :
| Position | Candidate |
| 1 | Thom de Graaf |
| 2 | Alexander Rinnooy Kan |
| 3 | Henriette Prast |
| 4 | Hans Engels |
| 5 | Annelien Bredenoord |
| 6 | Joris Backer |
| 7 | Paul Schnabel |
| 8 | Petra Stienen |
| 9 | Henk Pijlman |
| 10 | Herman Schaper |
| 11 | Margo Andriessen |
| 12 | Fleur Spijker |
| 13 | Anita Vink |
| 14 | Paul Comenencia |
| 15 | Marion Gout-van Sinderen |
| 16 | Adriana Esmeijer |
| 17 | Bas Werker |
| 18 | Hans Glaubitz |
| 19 | Johanna Boogerd-Quaak |
| 20 | Elisabeth van Oostrum |
| 21 | Patrick Poelmann |
| 22 | Anneke Wijbenga |
| 23 | Jacqueline Versteeg |
| 24 | Mark Sanders |
| 25 | Bob van den Bos |
| Total | Total |

## 7: GroenLinks

Candidate list for GroenLinks :
| Position | Candidate |
| 1 | Tineke Strik |
| 2 | Ruard Ganzevoort |
| 3 | Marijke Vos |
| 4 | Frits Lintmeijer |
| 5 | Harmen Binnema |
| 6 | Margreet de Boer |
| 7 | Axel Boomgaars |
| 8 | Barbara Wegelin |
| 9 | Marcel Vissers |
| 10 | Saskia Bolten |
| 11 | Herma Hofmeijer |
| 12 | Jan Dirx |
| 13 | Willem Verf |
| 14 | Nevin Özütok |
| 15 | Pauline Goedvolk |
| 16 | Gert Jan Kleinpaste |
| 17 | Rik Grashoff |
| 18 | Wijnand Duijvendak |
| Total | Total |

## 8: ChristianUnion

Candidate list for ChristianUnion :
| Position | Candidate |
| 1 | Roel Kuiper |
| 2 | Peter Ester |
| 3 | Mirjam Bikker |
| 4 | Herman Sietsma |
| 5 | Beatrice de Graaf |
| 6 | Martijn van Meppelen Scheppink |
| 7 | Hendrik-Jan Talsma |
| 8 | Gerdien Rots |
| 9 | Kees van Kranenburg |
| 10 | Jacqueline Koops-Scheele |
| Total | Total |

## 9: Reformed Political Party

Candidate list for Reformed Political Party :
| Position | Candidate |
| 1 | Peter Schalk |
| 2 | Diederik van Dijk |
| 3 | Servaas Stoop |
| 4 | Hans Tanis |
| 5 | George van Heukelom |
| 6 | Breunis van de Weerd |
| 7 | Gert-Jan Kats |
| 8 | Rien Bogerd |
| 9 | Dirk van Dijk |
| 10 | Arnold Weggeman |
| 11 | Rien Hoek |
| 12 | Theo Meijboom |
| 13 | David van As |
| 14 | Wim de Vries |
| 15 | Jos Bart |
| 16 | Arjo van Bezooijen |
| 17 | Peter Zevenbergen |
| 18 | Aart de Kruijf |
| 19 | Ad Dorst |
| 20 | Wouter Boonzaaijer |
| Total | Total |

## 10: 50PLUS

Candidate list for 50PLUS :
| Position | Candidate |
| 1 | Jan Nagel |
| 2 | Martin van Rooijen |
| 3 | Martine Baay |
| 4 | John Struijlaard |
| 5 | Maurice Koopman |
| 6 | Monique van de Griendt |
| 7 | Jan Waterlander |
| 8 | Richard De Mulder |
| 9 | Joop van Orsouw |
| 10 | Hylke ten Cate |
| 11 | Bart van Wijck |
| 12 | Pietsje Spijkstra |
| 13 | Hein Meijer |
| 14 | Erik Boshuijzen |
| 15 | Frits Colnot |
| 16 | Cees Steendam Visser |
| Total | Total |

## 11: Party for the Animals

Candidate list for Party for the Animals :
| Position | Candidate |
| 1 | Niko Koffeman |
| 2 | Christine Teunissen |
| 3 | Frank Wassenberg |
| 4 | Floriske van Leeuwen |
| 5 | Diederik van Liere |
| 6 | Karen Soeters |
| 7 | Hans Bouma |
| 8 | Ewald Engelen |
| 9 | Paul Cliteur |
| 10 | Peter Nicolaï |
| Total | Total |

## 12: Independent Senate Group

Candidate list for Independent Senate Group :
| Position | Candidate |
| 1 | Hendrik ten Hoeve |
| 2 | Jan van der Starre |
| 3 | Mariska Sloot |
| 4 | Marien Weststrate |
| 5 | Mirjam Hamberg |
| 6 | Theunis Rienk Piersma |
| 7 | Henk Hoiting |
| 8 | Cees van Mourik |
| 9 | Jan Lambers |
| 10 | Harry Visser |
| Total | Total |