List of candidates in the 2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

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Voting ballot

The 2009 European Parliament election for the election of the delegation from the Netherlands was held on 4 June 2009. This is the 7th time the elections have been held for the European elections in the Netherlands.

Sources for everything below:

Numbering of the candidates list

The official order and names of candidate lists:

Candidate lists for the European Parliament election in the Netherlands

2009
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	GreenLeft	Groenlinks
5		list	SP (Socialist Party)	SP (Socialistische Partij)
6		list	Christian Union-SGP	ChristenUnie–SGP
7		list	Democrats 66 (D66)	Democraten 66 (D66)
8		list	Newropeans
9		list	Europe Cheap! & Sustainable	Europa Voordelig! & Duurzaam
10		list	Solidara
11		list	Party for the Animals	Partij voor de Dieren
12		list	European Whistleblower Party (EKP)	Europese Klokkenluiders Partij (EKP)
13		list	The Greens	De Groenen
14		list	PVV (Party for Freedom)	PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
15		list	Liberal Democratic Party	Liberaal Democratische Partij
16		list	Party for European politics (PEP)	Partij voor Europese Politiek (PEP)
17		list	Libertas

Candidate lists

CDA - European People's Party

Below is the candidate list for the Christian Democratic Appeal for the 2009 European Parliament election

Further information: 2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

Further information: List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2009–14

See also: List of Christian Democratic Appeal Members of the European Parliament

Elected members are in bold

Number	Candidate	Sex	Preference vote	Photo
1	Wim van de Camp	Male	579,775
2	Corien Wortmann-Kool	Female	48,270
3	Maria Martens	Female	38,781
4	Esther de Lange	Female	43,406
5	Lambert van Nistelrooij	Male	41,846
6	Cornelis Visser	Male	13,914
7	Winand Quaedvlieg	Male	2,190
8	Michiel Holtackers	Male	4,126
9	Agnes Mulder	Female	15,859
10	Peter Cammaert	Male	5,285
11	Mito Croes	Male	17,975
12	Michiel Dijkman	Male	5,762
13	Rena Netjes	Female	4,305
14	Mariëlla Smids	Female	3,127
15	Pier Antuma	Male	2,439
16	Wim Kuiper	Male	892
17	Ans van Zeeland	Female	3,403
18	Hester Jansen	Female	919
19	Arine Sijl	Female	1,118
20	Greet Seinen	Female	1,719
21	Joma Kaal	Female	714
22	Marianne van Hall-Disch	Female	3,255
23	Mirjam Depondt-Olivers	Female	2,553
24	André Kolodziejak	Male	1,212
25	Ria Oomen-Ruijten	Female	70,388
Total:			913,233

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

Below is the candidate list for the Labour Party for the 2009 European Parliament election

Further information: 2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

Further information: List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2009–14

See also: List of Dutch Labour Party Members of the European Parliament

Elected members are in bold

Number	Candidate	Sex	Preference vote	Photo
1	Thijs Berman	Male	372,060
2	Emine Bozkurt	Female	66,385
3	Jan Cremers	Male	13,606
4	Judith Merkies	Female	18,553
5	René Cuperus	Male	7,209
6	Marijke Clerx	Female	13,828
7	Louis Meuleman	Male	5,038
8	Elsbeth van Hijlckama Vlieg	Female	5,295
9	Lo Breemer	Male	7,183
10	Jannewietske de Vries	Female	11,034
11	Hans Bosch	Male	11,255
12	Marijke Drees	Female	13,972
13	Martin Siecker	Male	3,273
Total:			548,691

VVD - European Liberal-Democrats

Below is the candidate list for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy for the 2009 European Parliament election

Further information: 2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

Further information: List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2009–14

See also: List of People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Members of the European Parliament

Elected members are in bold

Number	Candidate	Sex	Preference vote	Photo
1	Hans van Baalen	Male	367,796
2	Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert	Female	52,184
3	Toine Manders	Male	34,973
4	Jan Mulder	Male	12,884
5	Betty de Boer	Female	10,234
6	Pim van Ballekom	Male	1,517
7	Marianne Kallen-Morren	Female	3,698
8	Ingrid de Caluwé	Female	4,595
9	Ferdi de Lange	Male	1,380
10	Bart Keuper	Male	1,991
11	Gijs Schilthuis	Male	666
12	Joost van den Akker	Male	4,167
13	David van den Burg	Male	1,394
14	Nicole Maes	Female	1,648
15	André Bosman	Male	1,685
16	Bernd Roks	Male	1,596
17	Frank van Oorschot	Male	683
18	Tjalling Wiarda	Male	721
19	Hans Pluckel	Male	640
20	Margaret de Vos van Steenwijk-Groeneveld	Female	2,348
21	Frank Verveld	Male	2,023
22	Willem Gasman	Male	747
23	Sam Cherribi	Male	558
24	Dries Lodewijks	Male	1,574
25	Joost van Keulen	Male	704
26	Rudmer Heerema	Male	1,055
27	Laetitia Smits van Oyen	Female	1,825
28	Edward Koops	Male	491
29	Robert de Oude	Male	705
30	Hans Aeijelts Averink	Male	2,161
Total:			518,643

GreenLeft

Below is the candidate list for GreenLeft for the 2009 European Parliament election

Further information: 2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

Further information: List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2009–14

See also: List of GreenLeft Members of the European Parliament

Elected members are in bold

Number	Candidate	Sex	Preference vote	Photo
1	Judith Sargentini	Female	321,744
2	Bas Eickhout	Male	13,782
3	Marije Cornelissen	Female	14,486
4	Niels van den Berge	Male	4,588
5	Nadya van Putten	Female	9,446
6	Rogier Elshout	Male	1,972
7	Isabelle Diks	Female	5,893
8	Kosta Skliris	Male	1,489
9	Harold Boerekamp	Male	1,084
10	Inti Suarez	Male	1,822
11	Laura Punt	Female	4,976
12	Ewout Deurwaarder	Male	927
13	Toine Wuts	Male	3,127
14	Karin van den Berg	Female	2,075
15	Pieter van Abshoven	Male	673
16	Sebastiaan van 't Erve	Male	1,050
17	Tineke Strik	Female	3,078
18	Joost Lagendijk	Male	2,634
19	Kathalijne Buitenweg	Female	9,174
Total:			404,020

SP (Socialist Party)

Below is the candidate list for Socialist Party for the 2009 European Parliament election

Further information: 2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

Further information: List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2009–14

See also: List of Socialist Party (Netherlands) Members of the European Parliament

Elected members are in bold

Number	Candidate	Sex	Preference vote	Photo
1	Dennis de Jong	Male	194,359
2	Kartika Liotard	Female	32,426
3	Nicole van Gemert	Female	23,662
4	Niels Jongerius	Male	11,481
5	Rein van Gisteren	Male	2,288
6	Jessica van Ruitenburg	Female	6,310
7	Frank Futselaar	Male	2,389
8	Tuur Elzinga	Male	2,519
9	Eric Smaling	Male	1,011
10	Bart Vermeulen	Male	1,449
11	Vincent Mulder	Male	2,506
12	Stephan Schaminée	Male	2,421
13	Ron Meyer	Male	5,513
14	Marga Berendse	Female	1,649
15	Jamila Yahyaoui	Female	4,320
16	Johan Kwisthout	Male	2,777
17	Remine Alberts-Oosterbaan	Female	2,854
18	Colette Sacco	Female	1,149
19	Rikus Brader	Male	908
20	Marloes Piepers	Female	3,422
21	Antoine Theeuwen	Male	558
22	Sandra Beckerman	Female	2,008
23	Erdogan Kaya	Male	2,326
24	Tjitske Siderius	Female	1,017
25	Ingrid Gyömörei-Agelink	Female	1,002
26	Spencer Zeegers	Male	1,938
27	Arnout Hoekstra	Male	714
28	Meta Meijer	Female	1,748
29	Jos van der Horst	Male	1,808
30	Nico Heijmans	Male	4,737
Total:			323,269

Christian Union-SGP

Below is the candidate list for Christian Union-SGP for the 2009 European Parliament election

Further information: 2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

Further information: List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2009–14

See also: List of Christian Union – Reformed Political Party Members of the European Parliament

Elected members are in bold

Number	Candidate	Sex	Preference vote	Photo
1	Peter van Dalen	Male	209,947
2	Bas Belder	Male	53,450
3	Ruud van Eijle	Male	8,906
4	Leon Meijer	Male	4,668
5	Jan Lock	Male	2,687
6	Carla Dik-Faber	Female	9,921
7	Stieneke van der Graaf	Female	6,752
8	Marcel de Haas	Male	1,171
9	Klaas Koelewijn	Male	2,333
10	Fred Lachman	Male	1,613
11	Ton de Jong	Male	937
12	Gerdine Visser-Westland	Female	988
13	Jochem Pleijsier	Male	568
14	Diederik van Dijk	Male	753
15	Joanne van der Schee-van de Kamp	Female	1,500
16	Jan Harm Boiten	Male	718
17	Kees van Burg	Male	464
18	Bert Tijssen	Male	704
19	Hans Hekstra	Male	618
20	Evert-Jan Brouwer	Male	1,842
Total:			310,540

Democrats 66 (D66)

Below is the candidate list for the Democrats 66 for the 2009 European Parliament election

Further information: 2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

Further information: List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2009–14

See also: List of Democrats 66 Members of the European Parliament

Elected members are in bold

Number	Candidate	Sex	Preference vote	Photo
1	Sophie in 't Veld	Female	433,957
2	Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy	Male	18,107
3	Marietje Schaake	Female	18,662
4	Gerhard Mulder	Male	3,933
5	Ivo Thijssen	Male	3,129
6	Stientje van Veldhoven-van der Meer	Female	2,759
7	Erik Veldman	Male	2,329
8	Tim Eestermans	Male	707
9	Sietse Wijnsma	Male	661
10	Johan Piet	Male	1,099
11	Ernst Klatte	Male	440
12	Unico van Kooten	Male	604
13	Douwe Swierstra	Male	935
14	Jolanta Polomski	Female	1,364
15	At Ipenburg	Male	2,297
16	Osman Biçen	Male	6,713
17	Remco Jaasma	Male	260
18	Jan-Willem Bertens	Male	1,668
19	Laurens Jan Brinkhorst	Male	5,655
20	Annelien Bredenoord	Female	1,357
21	Coen Brummer	Male	716
22	Helga Duijfjes-Dissel	Female	770
23	Rineke Gieske-Mastenbroek	Female	1,911
24	Fleur Gräper-van Koolwijk	Female	524
25	Bibi van Ginkel	Female	568
26	Mendeltje van Keulen	Female	508
27	Floris Kreiken	Male	255
28	Dirk van der Hagen	Male	920
29	Hana van Ooijen	Female	820
30	Björn van Roozendaal	Male	1,794
Total:			515,422

Newropeans

Below is the candidate list for Newropeans for the 2009 European Parliament election

Further information: 2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

Further information: List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2009–14

Number	Candidate	Sex	Preference vote	Photo
1	Arno Uijlenhoet	Male	11,677
2	Bart Kruitwagen	Male	1,145
3	Veronique Swinkels	Female	4,154
4	Taco Dankers	Male	397
5	Wencke van der Meijden	Female	1,014
6	Peter de Bourgraaf	Male	338
7	Thijs van der Rol	Male	449
8	Reinder Rustema	Male	666
Total:			19,840

Europe Cheap! & Sustainable

Below is the candidate list for Europe Cheap! & Sustainable for the 2009 European Parliament election

Further information: 2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

Further information: List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2009–14

Number	Candidate	Sex	Preference vote	Photo
1	Frank Neumann	Male	2,560
2	Emiel Lamers	Male	386
3	Merel Tilstra	Female	1,014
4	Tom Bucx	Male	171
5	Ben Holewijn	Male	300
Total:			4,431

Solidara

Below is the candidate list for Solidara for the 2009 European Parliament election

Further information: 2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

Further information: List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2009–14

Number	Candidate	Sex	Preference vote	Photo
1	Düzgün Yildirim	Male	3,346
2	Niermala Jankie	Female	1,817
3	Sarwar Eric	Male	196
4	Bob Hoogendoorn	Male	196
5	Els Graczyk	Female	154
6	Kenneth Naipal	Male	146
7	Margriet Twisterling	Female	174
8	Jan Boelens	Male	46
9	Daniël Prens	Male	63
10	Mustafa Yildirim	Male	289
11	Soedesh Jankie	Male	163
12	Ramon Barends	Male	58
13	Joop Klomp	Male	35
14	Sevim Gerkakan	Male	105
15	Denis Wood	Male	50
16	Hüseyin Akyol	Male	165
17	Edgar Wortmann	Male	22
18	Cemile Kelekci	Male	101
19	Mirjam Slippens	Female	36
20	Hüseyin Kaya	Male	91
21	Richard Sleegers	Male	49
22	Ture Eijsbouts	Male	45
23	Faisal Navmaly	Male	51
24	Rob Bosma	Male	35
25	Dick Twisterling	Male	100
Total:			7,533

Party for the Animals

Below is the candidate list for Party for the Animals for the 2009 European Parliament election

Further information: 2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

Further information: List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2009–14

See also: List of Party for the Animals Members of the European Parliament

Number	Candidate	Sex	Preference vote	Photo
1	Natasja Oerlemans	Female	115,472
2	Frank Wassenberg	Male	5,191
3	Anja Hazekamp	Female	2,883
4	Birgit Verstappen	Female	2,514
5	Carla van Viegen	Female	1,697
6	Wanda Bodewitz	Female	797
7	Luuk van der Veer	Male	1,181
8	Rob van Oeveren	Male	1,181
9	Melissa Bax	Female	1,614
10	Dick de Vos	Male	1,516
11	Harry Voss	Male	1,054
12	Tom Sprangers	Male	1,565
13	Niko Koffeman	Male	621
14	Esther Ouwehand	Female	2,135
15	Marianne Thieme	Female	18,314
Total:			157,735

European Whistleblower Party (EKP)

Below is the candidate list for European Whistleblower Party (EKP) for the 2009 European Parliament election

Further information: 2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

Further information: List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2009–14

Number	Candidate	Sex	Preference vote	Photo
1	Joeri Wiersma	Male	14,909
2	Engel Vrouwe	Male	876
3	Harm Wiersma	Male	969
4	Henk Schattenberg	Male	419
5	Hanco Elenbaas	Male	633
6	Anne Polak	Male	370
7	Gerard de Wilde	Male	249
8	Ineke Schouten	Female	2,386
9	Lex Sjerp	Male	126
10	Willem Sikkes	Male	511
Total:			21,448

The Greens

Below is the candidate list for The Greens for the 2009 European Parliament election

Further information: 2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

Further information: List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2009–14

Number	Candidate	Sex	Preference vote	Photo
1	Otto ter Haar	Male	4,969
2	Rascha Wisse	Female	1,595
3	Marijn Freriks	Male	315
4	Trudy van der Hoop van Slochteren	Female	550
5	Paul Berendsen	Male	306
6	Nora Borsboom	Female	354
7	Wim Wolbrink	Male	151
8	Wim Sweers	Male	277
Total:			8,517

PVV (Party for Freedom)

Below is the candidate list for Party for Freedom for the 2009 European Parliament election

Further information: 2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

Further information: List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2009–14

See also: List of Party for Freedom Members of the European Parliament

Elected members are in bold

Number	Candidate	Sex	Preference vote	Photo
1	Barry Madlener	Male	382,610
2	Louis Bontes	Male	6,751
3	Daniël van der Stoep	Male	5,650
4	Laurence Stassen	Female	17,880
5	Lucas Hartong	Male	2,571
6	Auke Zijlstra	Male	3,617
7	Patricia van der Kammen	Female	12,409
8	Gert Besselink	Male	2,964
9	Menno Ludriks	Male	3,448
10	Geert Wilders	Male	334,846
Total:			772,746

Liberal Democratic Party

Below is the candidate list for Liberal Democratic Party for the 2009 European Parliament election

Further information: 2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

Further information: List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2009–14

Number	Candidate	Sex	Preference vote	Photo
1	Sammy van Tuyll van Serooskerken	Male	7,583
2	Det Regts	Female	863
3	Anton Cozijnsen	Male	154
4	Diederik Visser	Male	346
5	Linda Beijlsmit	Female	261
6	Jaap van Eenennaam	Male	194
7	Niek van Trigt	Male	120
8	Charlotte Lemmens	Female	289
9	Louis Huijskes	Female	74
10	Frans van de Camp	Male	469
11	Dirk Cohen Tervaert	Male	404
Total:			10,757

Party for European politics (PEP)

Below is the candidate list for Party for European politics (PEP) for the 2009 European Parliament election

Further information: 2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

Further information: List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2009–14

Number	Candidate	Sex	Preference vote	Photo
1	Nees Pellikaan	Male	1,437
2	Meike Korpershoek	Female	458
3	Jan-Leendert 't Lam	Male	78
4	Tineke Weber	Female	168
5	Hasso Weeke	Male	73
6	Erik-Jan Klijn	Male	213
Total:			2,427

Libertas

Below is the candidate list for Libertas for the 2009 European Parliament election

Further information: 2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

Further information: List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2009–14

Number	Candidate	Sex	Preference vote	Photo
1	Eline van den Broek	Female	11,765
2	Marten Schwandt	Male	267
3	Alexander Brom	Male	242
4	Ron Verschoor	Male	107
5	Marlies Mulder	Female	199
6	Maurice de Valk	Male	83
7	Rob IJff	Male	106
8	Benjamin Nura	Male	124
9	Loubna Berrada	Female	134
10	Sander Boon	Male	102
11	Johann Grünbauer	Male	118
12	Abraham de Kruijf	Male	53
13	Johan Bronsdijk	Male	59
14	Jeroen Nieuwesteeg	Male	80
15	Oğuzhan Kilic	Male	145
16	Gerrit van den Berg	Male	63
17	Davy Jansen	Male	105
18	Koen Schröder	Male	93
19	Lukas Teijema	Male	50
20	Alexandra Strieker	Female	48
21	Madelene Munnik	Female	140
22	Floor Vreeswijk	Female	173
23	Anton Brom	Male	47
24	Hans Besseling	Male	309
Total:			14,612