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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 |
| Zealand | 47 | 378,163 | 80 |
| Flevoland | 47 | 351,558 | 75 |
| 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 |
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