The 2014 European Parliament election for the election of the delegation from the Netherlands was held on 22 May 2014. This is the 8th time the elections have been held for the European elections in the Netherlands.

Background Participation of political groups On 14 April 2014, the Electoral Council had a public hearing on the validity of the lists of candidates for the election of the Dutch seats for the European Parliament. The candidate list of the Women's Party was declared invalid because the required deposit to participate (€11,250) was not paid. Furthermore, the following candidates of the Party for the Animals were removed because their documentation was incomplete and, as such, could not participate in the election: Tom Regan (United States); Will Kymlicka (Canada); J. M. Coetzee (Australia).

Numbering of the candidates list In the public hearing on 14 April 2014, the Electoral Council numbered the lists of candidates. The parties who had obtained one or more seats in 2009 at the last election to the European Parliament were given a number based on the number of votes that the parties had achieved in the previous election. These totaled 8 candidate lists. The party with the most votes got number 1 and the rest were listed accordingly. The list numbers for the remaining 11 candidates were decided by a lottery.

!style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan="3"|List !style="background-color:#E9E9E9;| English translation !style="background-color:#E9E9E9;| List name (Dutch) |- | 1 | | style="text-align:left;" | list | style="text-align:left;" | CDA - European People's Party | style="text-align:left;" | CDA — Europese Volkspartij

| 2 | | style="text-align:left;" | list | style="text-align:left;" | PVV (Party for Freedom) | style="text-align:left;" | PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)

| 3 | | style="text-align:left;" | list | style="text-align:left;" | P.v.d.A./European Social Democrats | style="text-align:left;" | P.v.d.A./Europese Sociaaldemocraten

| 4 | | style="text-align:left;" | list | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | VVD

| 5 | | style="text-align:left;" | list | style="text-align:left;" | Democrats 66 (D66) - ALDE | style="text-align:left;" | Democraten 66 (D66) - ALDE

| 6 | | style="text-align:left;" | list | style="text-align:left;" | GreenLeft | style="text-align:left;" | GroenLinks

| 7 | | style="text-align:left;" | list | style="text-align:left;" | SP (Socialist Party) | style="text-align:left;" | SP (Socialistische Partij)

| 8 | | style="text-align:left;" | list | style="text-align:left;" | Christian Union-SGP | style="text-align:left;" | ChristenUnie–SGP

| 9 | | style="text-align:left;" | list | style="text-align:left;" | Article 50 | style="text-align:left;" | Artikel 50

| 10 | | style="text-align:left;" | list | style="text-align:left;" | IQ, the Rights-Obligations-Party | style="text-align:left;" | IQ, de Rechten-Plichten-Partij

| 11 | | style="text-align:left;" | list | style="text-align:left;" | Pirate Party | style="text-align:left;" | Piratenpartij

| 12 | | style="text-align:left;" | list | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | 50PLUS

| 13 | | style="text-align:left;" | list | style="text-align:left;" | The Greens | style="text-align:left;" | De Groenen

| 14 | | style="text-align:left;" | list | style="text-align:left;" | Anti EU(ro) Party | style="text-align:left;" | Anti EU(ro) Partij

| 15 | | style="text-align:left;" | list | style="text-align:left;" | Liberal Democratic Party | style="text-align:left;" | Liberaal Democratische Partij

| 16 | | style="text-align:left;" | list | style="text-align:left;" | Jesus Lives | style="text-align:left;" | Jezus Leeft

| 17 | | style="text-align:left;" | list | style="text-align:left;" | ichooseforhonest.eu | style="text-align:left;" | ikkiesvooreerlijk.eu

| 18 | | style="text-align:left;" | list | style="text-align:left;" | Party for the Animals | style="text-align:left;" | Partij voor de Dieren

| 19 | | style="text-align:left;" | list | style="text-align:left;" | Focus and Simplicity | style="text-align:left;" | Aandacht en Eenvoud

CDA - European People's Party

+ Candidate list for the Christian Democratic Appeal Number Candidate Votes Result 1 Elected 2 Elected 3 Elected 4 5 6 7 Elected 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Elected 26 27 28 29 30 31 Total 721,766

PVV (Party for Freedom)

+ Candidate list for the Party for Freedom Number Candidate Votes Result 1 Elected 2 Elected 3 Elected 4 Replacement 5 Replacement 6 Replacement 7 8 9 10 Elected, butdeclined Total 633,114

P.v.d.A./European Social Democrats

+ Candidate list for the Labour Party Number Candidate Votes Result 1 Elected 2 Elected 3 Elected 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Total 446,763

VVD

+ Candidate list for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Number Candidate Votes Result 1 Elected 2 Elected 3 4 5 Replacement 6 Elected 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total 571,176

Democrats 66 (D66) - ALDE

+ Candidate list for Democrats 66 Number Candidate Votes Result 1 Elected 2 Elected 3 Elected 4 Elected 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Total 735,825

GreenLeft

+ Candidate list for GroenLinks Number Candidate Votes Result 1 Elected 2 Elected 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Total 331,594

SP (Socialist Party)

+ Candidate list for the Socialist Party Number Candidate Votes Result 1 Elected 2 3 Elected 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Total 458,079

Christian Union-SGP

+ Candidate list for the Christian Union-SGP Number Candidate Votes Result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total 364,843

Article 50 + Candidate list for the Article 50 Number Candidate Votes Result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Total 24,069

IQ, the Rights-Obligations-Party + Candidate list for the IQ, the Rights-Obligations-Party Number Candidate Votes Result 1 Total 1,705

Pirate Party

+ Candidate list for the Pirate Party Number Candidate Votes Result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total 40,216

50PLUS

+ Candidate list for the 50PLUS Number Candidate Votes Result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total 175,343

The Greens

+ Candidate list for The Greens Number Candidate Votes Result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total 10,883

Anti EU(ro) Party + Candidate list for the Anti EU(ro) Party Number Candidate Votes Result 1 2 3 4 5 Total 12,290

Liberal Democratic Party

+ Candidate list for the Liberal Democratic Party Number Candidate Votes Result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total 6,349

Jesus Lives

+ Candidate list for the Jesus Lives Number Candidate Votes Result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total 9,507

ikkiesvooreerlijk.eu

+ Candidate list for the ikkiesvooreerlijk.eu Number Candidate Votes Result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total 6,796

Party for the Animals

+ Candidate list for the Party for the Animals Number Candidate Votes Result 1 Elected 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Total 200,254

Aandacht en Eenvoud

+ Candidate list for the Aandacht en Eenvoud Number Candidate Votes Result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total 3,174

Sources Core data of the 2014 European Election by the Electoral Committee Minutes from the Election Committee

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