The historic composition of the Senate gives an overview of the composition of the upper house of the Dutch parliament (, "First Chamber"). It shows the composition after the indirect elections by the provincial councils.
Party 1922 1923 1926 1929 1932 1935 1937 1946 1951 1952 1955 1956* 1959 1963 1966 1969 1971 1974 1977 1980 1981 1983 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Party RKSP 21 16 16 16 16 16 16 RKSP KVP 17 16 17 17 25 26 26 25 24 22 16 KVP ARP 14 8 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 ARP CHU 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 6 6 6 8 8 7 7 8 7 7 CHU CDA 24 27 28 26 26 26 27 19 20 23 21 11 12 9 CDA GPV 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 GPV RPF 1 1 1 1 1 RPF CU 4 2 4 2 3 4 CU SGP 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 SGP LPF 1 LPF LSP 1 5 6 6 6 5 3 LSP VDB 4 3 3 4 4 3 2 VDB PvdV 3 PvdV VVD 4 4 4 7 8 7 8 8 8 12 15 13 12 17 16 12 12 23 19 15 14 16 13 12 VVD D66 3 6 3 2 4 6 6 5 12 7 4 3 2 5 10 7 D66 SDAP 3 11 11 11 11 11 12 SDAP PvdA 14 14 14 14 22 23 25 22 20 18 21 25 26 28 17 17 26 16 14 15 19 14 14 8 6 PvdA PPR 1 2 4 5 3 1 1 2 1 PPR PSP 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 PSP CPN 4 3 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 2 2 1 CPN GL 4 4 8 5 4 5 4 8 GL SP 1 2 4 12 8 9 4 SP NSB 2 4 NSB BP 2 3 1 1 BP AOV 2 AOV OSF 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 OSF PvdD 1 1 2 3 PvdD PVV 10 9 5 PVV 50+ 1 2 2 50+ FVD 12 FVD Total 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 Total Party 1922 1923 1926 1929 1932 1935 1937 1946 1951 1952 1955 1956* 1959 1963 1966 1969 1971 1974 1977 1980 1981 1983 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Party
* Since 1956 the Senate has had 75 seats.
See also List of cabinets of the Netherlands List of prime ministers of the Netherlands Historic composition of the House of Representatives
References Historic composition of the Senate 1946-2007 at Parlement.com Senate elections 1983-2019 at Parlement.com