Senate (Netherlands)

The **Senate** (  or simply **' , literally "**First Chamber**", or sometimes **' ) is the upper house of the States General, the legislature of the Netherlands.

Its 75 members are elected on lists by the members of the twelve States-Provincial and four electoral colleges for the Senate (three for the Caribbean Netherlands islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba and one for Dutch expatriates) every four years, within three months of the provincial elections.

## Senate elections results since 1977

Original seats in Senate or First Chamber (_Eerste Kamer_).

|Party|2023|2019|2015|2011|2007|2003|1999|1995|1991|1987|1986|1983|1981|1980|1977|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|BBB|16|||||||||||||||
|VVD|10|12|13|16|14|15|19|23|12|12|16|17|12|13|15|
|GL|7|8|4|5|4|5|8|4|4|_3_|_6_|_5_|_2_|_5_|_8_|
|* CPN||||||||||1|2|2|1|1|2|
|* PPR||||||||||1|2|1|1|3|5|
|* PSP||||||||||1|2|2||1|1|
|PvdA|7|6|8|14|14|19|15|14|16|26|17|17|28|26|25|
|CDA|6|9|12|11|21|23|20|19|27|26|26|26|28|27|24|
|D66|5|7|10|5|2|3|4|7|12|5|6|6|4|2||
|PVV|4|5|9|10||||||||||||
|PvdD|3|3|2|1|1|||||||||||
|SP|3|4|9|8|12|4|2|1||||||||
|CU|3|4|3|2|4|2|4|_2_|_2_|_2_|_2_|_2_||_1_|_1_|
|* GPV||||||||1|1|1|1|1||1|1|
|* RPF||||||||1|1|1|1|1||||
|JA21|3|||||||||||||||
|SGP|2|2|2|1|2|2|2|2|2|1|2|2|1|1|1|
|FVD|2|12||||||||||||||
|Volt|2|||||||||||||||
|50+|1|2|2|1||||||||||||
|OPNL / OSF|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1||||||||
|LPF||||||1||||||||||
|AOV||||||||2||||||||
|BP|||||||||||||||1|

## Related pages

- President of the Senate (Netherlands)
- House of Representatives (Netherlands)
- Politics of the Netherlands

## Infobox (legislature)

- **background color**: #cc0033
- **name**: Senate
- **legislature**: States General of the Netherlands
- **coa pic**: Coat of arms of the Eerste Kamer.svg
- **house type**: Upper house
- **leader1 type**: President of the Senate (Netherlands), President
- **leader1**: Jan Anthonie Bruijn
- **party1**: People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, VVD
- **election1**: 2 July 2019
- **leader2 type**: First Vice President
- **leader2**: Mei Li Vos
- **party2**: GreenLeft, GL-Labour Party (Netherlands), PvdA
- **election2**: 4 July 2023
- **leader3 type**: Second Vice President
- **leader3**: Robert Croll
- **party3**: Farmer–Citizen Movement, BBB
- **election3**: 4 July 2023
- **members**: 75
- **structure1**: Netherlands Senate current.svg
- **structure1 res**: 250px
- **political groups1**: **Third Rutte cabinet, Government (24)**
*  People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, VVD (10)
*  Christian Democratic Appeal, CDA (6)
*  Democrats 66, D66 (5)
*  ChristianUnion, CU (3)
**Opposition (51)**
*  Farmer–Citizen Movement, BBB (16)
*  GreenLeft, GL (7)
*  Labour Party (Netherlands), PvdA (7)
*  Party for Freedom, PVV (4)
*  Party for the Animals, PvdD (3)
*  Socialist Party (Netherlands), SP (3)
*  JA21 (3)
*  Reformed Political Party, SGP (2)
*  Forum for Democracy, FVD (2)
*  Volt Netherlands, Volt (2)
*  50PLUS, 50+ (1)
*  OPNL / Independent Senate Group, OSF (1)
- **term length**: 4 years
- **voting system1**: Indirect election, Indirect Party-list proportional representation, party-list proportional
- **last election1**: 2023 Dutch Senate election, 30 May 2023
- **next election1**: 2027 Dutch Senate election,  May 2027
- **session room**: Plenaire zaal Eerste Kamer.jpg
- **meeting place**: Senate Chamber
Binnenhof
The Hague, Netherlands