50PLUS

50PLUS
Leader Jan Nagel
Chairman John Struijlaard
Vice Chairman Maurice Koopman
Secretary Hylke ten Cate
Treasurer Ruud Bakkers
Leader in the Senate Jan Nagel
Leader in the House of Representatives Henk Krol
Founded 2009
Preceded by Onafhankelijke Ouderen- en Kinderen Unie
Thinktank Wetenschappelijk Bureau 50PLUS
Ideology Pensioners' interests
Populism[1][2]
Political position Centre
European affiliation None
International affiliation None
European Parliament group None
Colours Purple
Senate
2 / 75
House of Representatives
1 / 150
States-Provincial
14 / 570
European Parliament
0 / 26
Website
50pluspartij.nl
Politics of Netherlands
Political parties
Elections

50PLUS is a Pensioners' interests political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 2009 by Maurice Koopman, Alexander Münninghoff, and Jan Nagel, a politician formerly connected to the Labour Party and Livable Netherlands. Nagel has been the acting Leader since 2013.

The party first participated in elections during the Dutch provincial elections of 2011. During these elections the party obtained 9 seats in the States-Provincial. In the Dutch Senate election of 2011 the members of the States-Provincial elected the members of the new Senate. During these elections, the party won one seat in the Senate. During the Dutch general election of 2012 the party obtained 2 seats.

Henk Krol, leader from 2012 until 2013, Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives from 2012 until 2013, and again since 2014.

Electoral results

Parliament

Election year House of Representatives Government Notes
# of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/–
2012 177,631 1.9 (#11)
2 / 150
 Increase 2 in opposition One seat left after 3 June 2014
Election year Senate Government Notes
# of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/–
2011 2,193 1.3
1 / 75
 Increase 1 in opposition

European Parliament

Election year # of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/–
2014 174.466 3,7
0 / 25
 Steady 0

States-Provincial

Election year # of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/– Notes
2011 (#10)
9 / 566
2015 (#10)
14 / 570
 Increase 5

Organization

Leadership

  • Chairmen
    • Jan Nagel (10 January 2011 – 10 November 2012)
    • Willem Holthuizen (10 November 2012 – 2 November 2013)
    • Jan Nagel (2 November 2013 – 29 March 2014)
    • John Struijlaard (29 March 2014 – )

Representation

House of Representatives

Current members of the House of Representatives since the Dutch general election of 2012:

Senate

Current members of the Senate since the Dutch Senate election of 2015:

References

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