# 1999 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

An election of Members of the European Parliament representing Netherlands constituency for the 1999–2004 term of the European Parliament was held on 10 June 1999. It was part of the wider 1999 European election. Eleven parties competed in a D'Hondt type election for 31 seats.

## Background
### 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, RPF and GPV

### Electoral alliances

No lists formed an electoral alliance.

### Numbering of the candidates list

The official order and names of candidate lists:
Candidate lists for the European Parliament election in the Netherlands :
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| Lists |||||
| List | List | 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 | D66 | D66 |
| 5 | | list | SGP, GPV and RPF | SGP, GPV en RPF |
| 6 | | list | GREENLEFT | GROENLINKS |
| 7 | | list | CD/Conservative Democrats | CD/Conservatieve Democraten |
| 8 | | list | List Sala | Lijst Sala |
| 9 | | list | European Electorate Platform Netherlands | Europees Verkiezers Platform Nederland |
| 10 | | list | SP (Socialist Party) | SP (Socialistische Partij) |
| 11 | | list | THE EUROPEAN PARTY | DE EUROPESE PARTIJ |

## Results

Voter turnout was a record low for a national election of just 30.02%. 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.
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | Christian Democratic Appeal | 954,898 | 26.94 | 9 | –1 |
| | Labour Party | 712,929 | 20.11 | 6 | –2 |
| | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 698,050 | 19.69 | 6 | 0 |
| | GroenLinks | 419,869 | 11.85 | 4 | +3 |
| | SGP–GPV–RPF | 309,612 | 8.74 | 3 | +1 |
| | Democrats 66 | 205,623 | 5.80 | 2 | –2 |
| | Socialist Party | 178,642 | 5.04 | 1 | +1 |
| | European Party | 23,231 | 0.66 | 0 | New |
| | Centre Democrats | 17,740 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 |
| | European Electorate Platform Netherlands | 13,234 | 0.37 | 0 | New |
| | List Sala | 10,580 | 0.30 | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | 3,544,408 | 100.00 | 31 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 3,544,408 | 99.54 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 16,356 | 0.46 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 3,560,764 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 11,862,864 | 30.02 | | |
| Source: Kiesraad ||||||

### 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.
Summary of the 10 June 1999 European Parliament elections in the Netherlands :
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| European group | European group | European group | Seats 1994 | Seats 1999 | Change |
| | European People's Party–European Democrats | EPP-ED | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| | European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party | ELDR | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| | Party of European Socialists | PES | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| | The Greens–European Free Alliance | Greens-EFA | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| | Europe of Democracies and Diversities | EDD | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| | European United Left–Nordic Green Left | EUL-NGL | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Non-Inscrits | NI | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | 31 | 31 | 0 |