Elections of the Dutch Senate were held on 26 May 2003, following the provincial elections on 11 March 2003. The 564 members of the twelve States-Provincial elected the 75 Senate members. The new Senate was installed on 10 June 2003. The term of office ended on 11 June 2007.
| Province |
States members |
Population |
Vote weight
|
| South Holland |
83 |
3,439,913 |
414
|
| North Holland |
83 |
2,572,809 |
310
|
| North Brabant |
79 |
2,400,164 |
304
|
| Gelderland |
75 |
1,960,384 |
261
|
| Utrecht |
63 |
1,152,357 |
183
|
| Limburg |
63 |
1,142.009 |
181
|
| Overijssel |
63 |
1,100,728 |
175
|
| Friesland |
55 |
640,060 |
116
|
| Groningen |
55 |
573,225 |
104
|
| Drenthe |
51 |
481,472 |
94
|
| Zeeland |
47 |
378,163 |
80
|
| Flevoland |
47 |
351,558 |
75
|
Election results
| Party
|
1999
|
2003
|
Difference
|
| Votes
|
%
|
Seats
|
Votes
|
%
|
Seats
|
ppt.
|
Seats
|
| Christian Democratic Appeal
|
40,541
|
25.7
|
20
|
46,848
|
29.0
|
23
|
3.3
|
3
|
| Labour Party
|
30,976
|
19.7
|
15
|
40,613
|
25.1
|
19
|
5.4
|
4
|
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
|
39,809
|
25.3
|
19
|
31,026
|
19.2
|
15
|
-6.1
|
-4
|
| GroenLinks
|
16,256
|
10.3
|
8
|
10,866
|
6.7
|
5
|
-3.6
|
-3
|
| Socialist Party
|
4,801
|
3.0
|
2
|
8,551
|
5.3
|
4
|
2.3
|
2
|
| Democrats 66
|
8,542
|
5.4
|
4
|
7,087
|
4.4
|
3
|
-1.0
|
-1
|
| Christian Union[1]
|
7,307
|
4.6
|
4
|
4,960
|
3.1
|
2
|
-1.5
|
-2
|
| Reformed Political Party
|
4,281
|
2.7
|
2
|
4,695
|
2.9
|
2
|
0.2
|
0
|
| Pim Fortuyn List
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
4,124
|
2.6
|
1
|
2.6
|
1
|
| Independent Senate Group
|
3,880
|
2.5
|
1
|
2,874
|
1.8
|
1
|
-0.7
|
0
|
| Others
|
1,160
|
0.7
|
0
|
0
|
0.0
|
0
|
-0.7
|
0
|
| Total
|
157,553
|
100.0
|
75
|
161,644
|
100.0
|
75
|
0.0
|
0
|
Notes
- ^ In 1999 joint list of RPF and GPV.