1999 European Parliament election in the Netherlands
The 1999 European Parliament election 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 10 June 1999. 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: Electoral alliances. No lists formed an electoral alliance. Results. Turnout. The  voter turnout was 30.02%, a lot lower, than the turnout in 1994. (35.69%) A total of 11,862,864 people were entitled to vote. Of these 3,560,764 did so. Seat assignment. Electoral quota. The electoral quota is the number of votes needed for one seat. It is the total valid number of votes divided by the number of seats. For this election it was 3,544,408 valid votes, divided by 31 seats. The electoral quota was established as: 114,335 Assigning full seats. Full seats are assigned by number of votes divided by the electoral quota. Electoral alliances are marked as a letter, instead  of a number. Any seats left over are not yet assigned to a specific party. Remainder seats. The remaining, or left over, seats are awarded sequentially to the lists with the highest average number of votes per seat. Only lists that reached the electoral quota are eligible. Final results. With only 30 percent of the population showing up, the voter turnout 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. ! | Lists ! |Votes ! |% ! |Change ! |Seats ! |Change !|List ! | English translation ! | List name (Dutch) ! |EU Party ! |EP Group 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. ! |Seats 1994 ! |Seats  1999 ! |Change Elected members. Below are all the elected members of European parliament for the Netherlands. Members elected by preference votes are in bold. To be elected by preference votes, 10% of the electoral quota is needed. Source: Christian Democratic Appeal Labour Party People's Party for Freedom and Democracy GreenLeft SGP, GPV and RPF Democrats 66 Socialist Party MEPs period 1999–2004. Below is a list of members of the European Parliament for the period 1999–2004 as a result of this election.