1994 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

An election of Members of the European Parliament representing Netherlands constituency for the 1994–1999 term of the European Parliament was held on 9 June 1994. It was part of the wider 1994 European election. Eleven parties competed in a D'Hondt type election for 31 seats. (up from 25).

1994 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

← 1989 9 June 1994 1999 →
31 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	35.69%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hanja Maij-Weggen Hedy d'Ancona Gijs de Vries Party CDA PvdA VVD Alliance EPP PES ELDR Seats won 10 / 31 8 / 31 6 / 31 Seat change 0 0 3 Popular vote 1,271,855 945,869 740,443 Percentage 30.77% 22.88% 17.91% Swing 3.8% 7.8% 3.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jan-Willem Bertens Leen van der Waal Nel van Dijk Party D66 SGP/RPF/GPV GL Alliance ELDR EN /I-EN Greens-EFA Seats won 4 / 31 2 / 31 1 / 31 Seat change 3 1 1 Popular vote 481,843 322,793 154,547 Percentage 11.66% 7.81% 3.74% Swing 5.7% 1.9% 3.3%

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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:

1. SGP, RPF and GPV

Electoral alliances

No lists formed an electoral alliance.

Voting right

All subjects from other member states in the Netherlands were allowed to vote this election. It's no longer necessary that the member state of which the subject is from does the same. Only for this election no ahead registration had to take place to take part.

These people got right to vote in this fifth election for the European Parliament in 1994 in the Netherlands:^[1]

• Everyone who was allowed to vote in the Dutch parliament elections;
• Dutch who are resident anywhere in the world and did not already have voting rights for the Dutch Parliament elections; (except for Dutch living in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, because they vote for the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles. Dutch from the Netherlands Antilles en Aruba are allowed to vote for European Elections if they lived for at least 10 years in the Netherlands.)
• Subjects of one of the other Member States which have residence in the Netherlands.

Numbering of the candidates list

Further information: Party lists in the European Parliament election, 1994 (Netherlands)

The official order and names of candidate lists:

Candidate lists for the European Parliament election in the Netherlands

← 1989 1994 1999 →
Lists
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
5		list	SGP, GPV and RPF	SGP, GPV en RPF
6		list	A Better Future...	Een Betere Toekomst...
7		list	SP (Socialist Party)	SP (Socialistische Partij)
8		list	The Greens	De Groenen
9		list	List De Groen	Lijst De Groen
10		list	CD
11		list	GREENLEFT	GROENLINKS

Results

Further information: Netherlands (European Parliament constituency)

The liberal VVD and D66 parties and the orthodox Protestant alliance of Political Reformed Party, Reformatory Political Federation and Reformed Political Alliance profited from the expansion of the number of seats. While the Christian Democratic Appeal and the Labour Party lost a considerable number of votes, but remained stabile in seats. 35.69% of Dutch citizens turned out on election day.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Christian Democratic Appeal	1,271,855	30.77	10	0
	Labour Party	945,869	22.88	8	0
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	740,443	17.91	6	+3
	Democrats 66	481,843	11.66	4	+3
	SGP–GPV–RPF	322,793	7.81	2	+1
	GroenLinks	154,547	3.74	1	–1
	The Greens	97,206	2.35	0	New
	Socialist Party	55,311	1.34	0	0
	Centre Democrats	43,299	1.05	0	0
	A Better Future...	11,547	0.28	0	New
	List de Groen	8,844	0.21	0	New
Total		4,133,557	100.00	31	+6
Valid votes		4,133,557	99.68
Invalid/blank votes		13,173	0.32
Total votes		4,146,730	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		11,618,677	35.69
Source: Kiesraad

European groups

Summary of the 9 June 1994 European Parliament elections in the Netherlands

← 1989 1994 1999 →
European group			Seats 1989	Seats 1994	Change
	European People's Party	EPP	10	10	0
	European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party	ELDR	4	10	6
	Party of European Socialists	PES	8	8	0
	Green Group in the European Parliament	G/EFA	2	1	1
	Europe of Nations	EN	0	2	2
	Non-Inscrits	NI	1	0	1
			25	31	6

Elected members

Further information: List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 1994–99

Source:^[2]

Christian Democratic Appeal

1. Hanja Maij-Weggen (top candidate)
2. Peter Pex
3. Wim van Velzen
4. Bartho Pronk
5. Arie Oostlander
6. Jan Sonneveld
7. Karla Peijs
8. Ria Oomen-Ruijten
9. Jim Janssen van Raaij
10. Pam Cornelissen

Dutch Labour Party

1. Piet Dankert
2. Leonie van Bladel
3. Jan Marinus Wiersma
4. Frits Castricum
5. Hedy d'Ancona (top candidate)
6. Wim van Velzen
7. Maartje van Putten
8. Alman Metten

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

1. Jessica Larive
2. Jan Mulder
3. Elly Plooij-van Gorsel
4. Gijs de Vries (top candidate)
5. Jan-Kees Wiebenga
6. Florus Wijsenbeek

Democrats 66

1. Johanna Boogerd-Quaak
2. Laurens Jan Brinkhorst
3. Doeke Eisma
4. Jan-Willem Bertens (top candidate)

SGP/RPF/GPV

1. Hans Blokland (GPV)
2. Leen van der Waal (SGP) (top candidate)

GreenLeft

1. Nel van Dijk (top candidate)

MEPs period 1994–1999

Below is a list of members of the European Parliament for the period 1994–1999 as a result of this election.

This section is transcluded from List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 1994–1999. (edit | history)

MEPs for the Netherlands elected to the 4th European Parliament session

← 1989–1994 1994–1999 1999–2004 →
Name	Sex	National party	EP Group	Period	Preference vote
Hedy d'Ancona	Female	Labour Party	PES	19 July 1994 – July 1999^[3]
Jan-Willem Bertens	Male	Democrats 66	ELDR	24 July 1989 – 20 July 1999^[4]
Leonie van Bladel	Female	Labour Party	PES	19 July 1994 – 20 July 1999^[5]
Hans Blokland	Male	Reformed Political Alliance	EN /I-EN	19 July 1994 – 14 July 2009^[6]
Johanna Boogerd-Quaak	Female	Democrats 66	ELDR	5 February 2003 – 20 July 2004^[7]
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst	Male	Democrats 66	ELDR	19 July 1994 – 8 June 1999^[8]
Frits Castricum	Male	Labour Party	PES	19 July 1994 – 20 July 1999^[9]
Pam Cornelissen	Male	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	24 July 1984 – 20 July 1999^[10]
Rijk van Dam	Male	Reformatory Political Federation	I-EN	September 1997 – 20 July 2004^[11]
Piet Dankert	Male	Labour Party	PES	19 July 1994 – 20 July 1999^[12]
Nel van Dijk	Female	GreenLeft	G	January 1987 – 1 September 1998^[13]
Doeke Eisma	Male	Democrats 66	ELDR	19 July 1994 – 20 July 1999^[14]
Robert Jan Goedbloed	Male	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	September 1998 – 20 July 1999^[15]
Elly Plooij-van Gorsel	Female	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	19 July 1994 – 20 July 2004^[16]
Joost Lagendijk	Male	GreenLeft	G	1 September 1998 – 14 July 2009^[17]
Jessica Larive	Female	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	24 July 1984 – 20 July 1999^[18]
Hanja Maij-Weggen	Female	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	19 July 1994 – 1 October 2003^[19]
Alman Metten	Male	Labour Party	PES	24 July 1984 – 20 July 1999^[20]
Jan Mulder	Male	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	19 July 1994 – 14 July 2009 22 June 2010 – 1 July 2014^[21]
Ria Oomen-Ruijten	Female	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	25 July 1989 – 1 July 2014^[22]
Arie Oostlander	Male	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	25 July 1989 – 20 July 2004^[23]
Karla Peijs	Female	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	25 July 1989 – 27 May 2003^[24]
Peter Pex	Male	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	19 July 1994 – 20 July 1999^[25]
Bartho Pronk	Male	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	20 November 1989 – 20 July 2004^[26]
Maartje van Putten	Female	Labour Party	PES	25 July 1989 – 20 July 1999^[27]
Jim Janssen van Raaij	Male	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 24 July 1984 October 1986 – 20 July 1999^[28]
Jan Sonneveld	Male	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	25 July 1989 – 20 July 1999^[29]
Wim van Velzen	Male	Labour Party	PES	25 July 1989 – 20 July 1999^[30]
Wim van Velzen	Male	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	19 July 1994 – 20 July 2004^[31]
Gijs de Vries	Male	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	24 July 1984 – 2 August 1998^[32]
Leen van der Waal	Male	Reformed Political Party	EN /I-EN	24 July 1984 – 2 September 1997^[33]
Jan-Kees Wiebenga	Male	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	19 July 1994 – October 2001^[34]
Jan Marinus Wiersma	Male	Labour Party	PES	19 July 1994 – 14 July 2009^[35]
Florus Wijsenbeek	Male	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ELDR	24 July 1984 – 20 July 1999^[36]
Source:^[37]

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