Christian Union – Reformed Political Party

Christian Union – Reformed Political Party (Dutch: ChristenUnie – Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij) is a parliamentary common list for the European Parliament formed by two Dutch orthodox Protestant parties: the Christian Union and the Reformed Political Party. Both parties are eurosceptic and morally conservative, and each has candidates on the common list. The CU and SGP also regularly co-operate in municipal elections, often gaining above-average results in municipalities which form part of the Dutch Bible Belt.

Christian Union – Reformed Political Party
ChristenUnie-SGP
AbbreviationCU-SGP
Leader in the European ParliamentPeter van Dalen
Founded1984
IdeologyChristian democracy
Soft Euroscepticism
Factions:
Christian left
Christian right
European affiliationEuropean Christian Political Movement
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party (CU)
European Conservatives and Reformists (SGP)

History

The Reformed Political Alliance (GPV) and the Reformed Political Party (SGP) first tried to enter the European Parliament on their own in the 1979 European Parliament election. In 1984 they formed a common list together with the Reformed Political Party (RPF). The RPF-GPV-SGP parliamentary common list got its first seat in the 1984 European Parliament election.

In 2001, RPF and the GPV merged into the Christian Union. After this merger the common list was renamed to Christian Union-SGP. The 2004 European election was the first time it took part under this name.

In 2022, both parties decided to not compete as a list in future European Parliament elections.[1]

European grouping

European Parliament

Common list

Results for Christian Union-SGP common list. Participated as SGP/RPF/GPV, before 2004

Election year List # of
overall votes		  % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/– Notes
1984 List 275,786 5.21 (#5)
1 / 25
 1 Increase [3]
1989 List 309,060 5.90 (#6)
1 / 25
 0 Steady [4]
1994 List 322,793 7.81 (#5)
2 / 31
 1 Increase [5]
1999 List 309,612 8.74 (#5)
3 / 31
 1 Increase [6]
2004 List 279,880 5.87 (#7)
2 / 27
 1 Decrease [7]
2009 List 310,540 6.82 (#8)
2 / 25
 0 Steady [8]
2014 List 364,843 7.67 (#7)
2 / 26
 0 Steady [9]
2019 List 375,660 6.83 (#7)
2 / 26
 0 Steady [10]

SGP

Reformed Political Party (SGP)

Election year List # of
overall votes		  % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 Notes
1979 List 126,412 2.23 (#5)
0 / 25
 [11]

GPV

Reformed Political Alliance (GPV)

Election year List # of
overall votes		  % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 Notes
1979 List 62,610 1.10 (#9)
0 / 25
 [11]

Current members of the European Parliament
Further information: 2019 European Parliament election in the Netherlands
Further information: List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2019–24
See also: Party lists in the 2019 European Parliament election in the Netherlands § Christian Union-SGP

2 Seats:

  1. Peter van Dalen (CU) (top candidate)
  2. Bert-Jan Ruissen (SGP)

References
  1. Bakker, Alexander (2022-07-14). "SGP en ChristenUnie gaan scheiden in Europees Parlement: 'Pijnlijke breuk". De Telegraaf.
  2. ChristenUnie en SGP uit elkaar Archived 2009-07-30 at the Wayback Machine op eurofractie.nl
  3. "Kiesraad: Europees Parlement 14 juni 1984" (in Dutch). Kiesraad. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  4. "Kiesraad: Europees Parlement 15 juni 1989" (in Dutch). Kiesraad. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  5. "Kiesraad: Europees Parlement 9 juni 1994" (in Dutch). Kiesraad. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  6. "Kiesraad: Europees Parlement 10 juni 1999" (in Dutch). Kiesraad. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  7. "Kiesraad: Europees Parlement 10 juni 2004" (in Dutch). Kiesraad. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  8. "Kiesraad: Europees Parlement 4 juni 2009" (in Dutch). Kiesraad. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  9. "Kiesraad: Europees Parlement 22 mei 2014" (in Dutch). Kiesraad. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  10. "Kiesraad: Europees Parlement 23 mei 2019" (in Dutch). Kiesraad. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  11. "Kiesraad: Europees Parlement 7 juni 1979" (in Dutch). Kiesraad. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
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