European Parliament election, 1999 (Netherlands)

Netherlands European Parliament election, 1999

← 1994 10 June 1999 2004 →
31 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	30,02%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hanja Maij-Weggen Max van den Berg Jan-Kees Wiebenga Party CDA PvdA VVD Alliance EPP-ED PES ELDR Seats won 9 / 31 6 / 31 6 / 31 Seat change 1 2 0 Popular vote 951.898 712.929 698.050 Percentage 26,94% 20,11% 19,69% Swing 3,9% 2,8% 2,2%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Joost Lagendijk Hans Blokland Lousewies van der Laan Party GL SGP/RPF/GPV D66 Alliance Greens-EFA EDD ELDR Seats won 4 / 31 3 / 31 2 / 31 Seat change 3 1 2 Popular vote 419.869 309.612 205.623 Percentage 11,85% 8,74% 5,8% Swing 8,1% 0,9% 5,9%   Seventh party   Leader Erik Meijer Party SP Alliance EUL/NGL Seats won 1 / 31 Seat change 1 Popular vote 178.642 Percentage 5,04% Swing 3,7

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 June 10, 1999. Eleven parties competed in a D'Hondt type election for 31 seats.

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:

No lists formed an electoral alliance.

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.

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.

Source:

Christian Democratic Appeal

Dutch Labour Party

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

GreenLeft

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