Independent Senate Group

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Independent Senate Group
Onafhankelijke Senaatsfractie
Chairperson
Leader in the SenateTon Raven
Founded1995 (1995)
Think tank
IdeologyRegionalism
Seats in the Senate
1 / 75
Website
www.osf.nl

The Independent Senate Group (Dutch: Onafhankelijke Senaatsfractie, OSF) is a political party in the Dutch Senate with one senator, representing several provincial parties. The OSF differs from other Dutch political parties in that it does not allow for individual membership, but only grants membership to provincial parties, or municipal local parties that are members of a provincial party.[1] The OSF only contests the elections for the Eerste Kamer and represents regionalist interests.

History[]

In 1995, several provincial parties and The Greens proposed their own independent list for the Senate elections, called the Platform of Independent Groups/Greens (Platform van Onafhankelijke Groepen/De Groenen). (a member of The Greens) was elected through preferential vote. In 1999 Bierman was reelected.

In 2003, Henk ten Hoeve became senator for the OSF. He was a member of the Friesland states-provincial representing the Frisian National Party. He remained senator until 2011. Ten Hoeve was succeeded by . De Lange was elected on the OSF list, but was a member of the 50PLUS party, with which the OSF had a vote sharing agreement, as the OSF did not achieve enough votes to get a seat independently. In 2015 De Lange broke with the OSF due to a disagreement concerning the possible cooperation between the OSF and the of Jos van Rey, a former VVD alderman and representative plagued by corruption scandals.[2]

In 2015, Henk ten Hoeve became senator of the OSF for a second time. Between 2019 and 2021 , former mayor of Achtkarspelen, has been the senator representing the OSF. Gerbrandy left the Senate in January 2021 and was replaced by Ton Raven, a former alderman from Sittard-Geleen.[3]

Members[]

The OSF consists of the following provincial parties:[4]

Party Province Votes % Seats in the
States Provincial 		Notes
Frisian National Party  Friesland 23.662 7.9%
4 / 43
 Friesland 5.345 1.8%
0 / 43
 North Holland 18.307 1.6%
0 / 55
 Groningen 18.556 7.3%
3 / 43
 North Brabant 25.485 2.5%
1 / 55
 Drenthe 9.344 4.1%
1 / 39
Party for Zeeland  Zeeland 10.619 6.2%
2 / 39
 Limburg 18.474 4.1%
2 / 47
 Gelderland 11.053 1.2%
0 / 55
 Observer member
 South Holland 11.648 0.8%
0 / 55
 Observer member
 Utrecht 6.530 1.1%
0 / 49
 Observer member

Eerste Kamer Election results[]

Election Votes Vote weight % Seats won
1995
1 / 75
1999
1 / 75
2003 2,874 1.78
1 / 75
2007 2,857 1.75
1 / 75
2011 10 2,113 1.77
1 / 75
2015 14 2,652 2.46
1 / 75
2019 13 2,265 1.31
1 / 75
Sources:[5][6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Statuten Onafhankelijke SenaatsFractie | osf.nl". www.osf.nl. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  2. ^ "OSF-senator De Lange nu onafhankelijke eenling". parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Ton Raven nieuwe senator voor de onafhankelijken – osf.nl". www.osf.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Wat is de Onafhankelijke SenaatsFractie?". osf.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Verkiezingsuitslagen". Verkiezingen (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Eerste Kamerverkiezingen 1983–2015". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 February 2019.

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