{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Redirect|Independent Senate Group|the Canadian parliamentary group|Independent Senators Group}} {{Infobox political party | country = the Netherlands | colorcode = {{Political party data|color}} | name = Independent Politics Netherlands | native_name = Onafhankelijke Politiek Nederland | logo = Independent Politics NL logo.png | logo_size = 250px | chairperson = {{nowrap|Jabik van der Bij (''ad interim'')}} | leader1_title = Leader in the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] | leader1_name = [[Auke van der Goot]] | foundation = {{Start date|1999|03|22|df=yes}} | merger = | split = | dissolved = | merged = <!-- Values obtained from Wikidata; to edit, see https://www.wikidata.org/--> | seats1_title = [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] | seats1 = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-upper-house}} | seats2_title = [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] | seats2 = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-lower-house}} | seats3_title = [[European Parliament]] | seats3 = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|EP}} | ideology = [[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]] | position = | youth_wing = | think_tank = Wetenschappelijk Bureau OPNL | slogan = {{Lang|nl|De kracht van de regio}} ("The strength of the region") | colours = {{color box|{{Political party data|color}}|border=darkgray}} | headquarters = Ruysdaellaan 34, [[Geleen]] | website = {{Political party data|website}} }}
'''Independent Politics Netherlands''' ({{langx|nl|Onafhankelijke Politiek Nederland}}, '''OPNL'''), formerly known as the '''Independent Senate Group''' ({{Lang|nl|Onafhankelijke Senaatsfractie}}, '''OSF'''), is a federation of local and regional [[List of political parties in the Netherlands|political parties in the Netherlands]] that competes in elections to the [[Dutch Senate]]. OPNL is composed of provincial and municipal-level parties, and has no individual members.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.osf.nl/osf/statuten.html|title=Statuten Onafhankelijke SenaatsFractie {{!}} osf.nl|website=www.osf.nl|access-date=27 September 2019|archive-date=29 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329104704/https://www.osf.nl/osf/statuten.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
OPNL only contests the elections for the Senate, where it represents [[Regionalism (politics)|regional politics]]. [[Auke van der Goot]], a member of the [[Frisian National Party]], represents OPNL in the Senate.
== History == In 1995, several provincial parties and [[The Greens (Netherlands)|The Greens]] proposed their own independent list for the Senate elections, called the Platform of Independent Groups/The Greens (''Platform van Onafhankelijke Groepen/De Groenen''). [[Marten Bierman]] (a member of [[The Greens (Netherlands)|The Greens]]) was elected through [[Open list|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 [[Kees de Lange]]. 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 [[People's Party of Limburg]] of [[Jos van Rey]], a former [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]] [[Wethouder|alderman]] and [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|representative]] plagued by corruption scandals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parlement.com/id/vju1istw09wj/nieuws/osf_senator_de_lange_nu_onafhankelijke|title=OSF-senator De Lange nu onafhankelijke eenling|website=[[parlement.com]]|language=nl|access-date=27 September 2019}}</ref>
In 2015, Henk ten Hoeve became senator of the OSF for a second time. Between 2019 and 2021 [[Gerben Gerbrandy]], 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 [[Wethouder|alderman]] from [[Sittard-Geleen]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ton Raven nieuwe senator voor de onafhankelijken – osf.nl|url=https://www.osf.nl/nieuws/nieuws-219-Ton-Raven-nieuwe-senator-voor-de-onafhankelijken.html|access-date=20 January 2021|website=www.osf.nl|language=nl}}</ref>
In 2021, the organisation's name was changed to Independent Politics Netherlands.
== Member parties == {| class="wikitable sortable" |+OPNL consists of the following regional parties:<ref>{{cite web |title=Platform |url=https://www.opnl.nl/platform/ |website=Onafhankelijke Politiek Nederland |access-date=16 April 2023 |language=nl}}</ref> ! rowspan="2" |Province ! rowspan="2" |Party ! colspan="3" |[[2023 Dutch provincial elections|2023 provincial election]] result |- ! Votes ! % ! Seats won |- | {{flag|Drenthe}} | [[Strong Local Drenthe]] | style="text-align: right;" | 7,485 | style="text-align: right;" | 2.84 | style="text-align: right;" | {{Composition bar compact|1|43|{{party color|Independent Politics Netherlands}}}} |- |{{flag|Flevoland}} | Strong Local Flevoland | style="text-align: right;" |4,518 | style="text-align: right;" |2.77 | style="text-align: right;" |{{Composition bar compact|1|41|{{party color|Independent Politics Netherlands}}}} |- | rowspan="2" | {{flag|Friesland}} | [[Frisian National Party]] | style="text-align: right;" | 27,298 | style="text-align: right;" | 8.05 | style="text-align: right;" | {{Composition bar compact|4|43|{{party color|Independent Politics Netherlands}}}} |- | Provincial Interest Fryslân | style="text-align: right;" | 6,891 | style="text-align: right;" | 2.03 | style="text-align: right;" | {{Composition bar compact|1|43|{{party color|Independent Politics Netherlands}}}} |- | {{flag|Gelderland}} | Local Parties Gelderland | style="text-align: right;" | 16,512 | style="text-align: right;" | 1.59 | style="text-align: right;" | {{Composition bar compact|0|55|{{party color|Independent Politics Netherlands}}}} |- | {{flag|Groningen}} | [[Groninger Interest]] | style="text-align: right;" | 17,385 | style="text-align: right;" | 6.04 | style="text-align: right;" | {{Composition bar compact|3|43|{{party color|Independent Politics Netherlands}}}} |- | {{flag|Limburg (Netherlands)|name=Limburg}} | Local Limburg | style="text-align: right;" | 20,128 | style="text-align: right;" | 4.30 | style="text-align: right;" | {{Composition bar compact|2|47|{{party color|Independent Politics Netherlands}}}} |- | {{flag|North Brabant}} | [[Local Brabant]] | style="text-align: right;" | 45,723 | style="text-align: right;" | 4.17 | style="text-align: right;" | {{Composition bar compact|2|55|{{party color|Independent Politics Netherlands}}}} |- |{{flag|North Holland}} | Independent Politics North Holland | style="text-align: right;" | 11,916 | style="text-align: right;" | 1.00 | style="text-align: right;" | {{Composition bar compact|0|55|{{party color|Independent Politics Netherlands}}}} |- | {{flag|South Holland}} | Independent Politics South Holland | colspan="3" {{N/A|''Did not participate''}} |- | {{flag|Utrecht}} | U26 Municipalities | style="text-align: right;" | 7,646 | style="text-align: right;" | 1.17 | style="text-align: right;" | {{Composition bar compact|0|49|{{party color|Independent Senate Group}}}} |- | {{flag|Zeeland}} | [[Party for Zeeland]] | style="text-align: right;" | 8,458 | style="text-align: right;" | 4.63 | style="text-align: right;" | {{Composition bar compact|2|39|{{party color|Independent Politics Netherlands}}}} |}
== Electoral results == === Senate elections === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" ! rowspan="2" |Election ! rowspan="2" |[[Lead candidate]] ! colspan="3" |Result<ref>{{Cite web |title=Verkiezingsuitslagen |url=https://verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen?s=Eerste+Kamer |access-date=25 February 2019 |website=Verkiezingen |language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Eerste Kamerverkiezingen 1983–2015 |url=https://www.parlement.com/id/vimrii5o8ord/eerste_kamerverkiezingen_1983_2015 |access-date=25 February 2019 |website=[[Parlement.com]] |language=nl}}</ref> |- ! Weighted votes !!% !! Seats won |- ! 1995 | style="text-align:left;" |Folkert Kuperus<ref>{{cite web |title=Eerste Kamerverkiezingen 1995 |url=https://www.parlement.com/id/vjvrcbhtsggl/eerste_kamerverkiezingen_1995 |website=[[Parlement.com]] |access-date=16 April 2023 |language=nl}}</ref> | || || {{Composition bar compact|1|75|hex={{party color|Independent Politics Netherlands}}}} |- ! 1999 | style="text-align:left;" |Marten Bierman | 3,880 || 2.46 || {{Composition bar compact|1|75|hex={{party color|Independent Politics Netherlands}}}} |- ! [[2003 Dutch Senate election|2003]] | style="text-align:left;" |[[Henk ten Hoeve]] | 2,874 || 1.78 || {{Composition bar compact|1|75|hex={{party color|Independent Politics Netherlands}}}} |- ! [[2007 Dutch Senate election|2007]] | style="text-align:left;" |[[Henk ten Hoeve]] | 2,857 || 1.75 || {{Composition bar compact|1|75|hex={{party color|Independent Politics Netherlands}}}} |- ! [[2011 Dutch Senate election|2011]] | style="text-align:left;" |Kees de Lange | 2,113 || 1.77 || {{Composition bar compact|1|75|hex={{party color|Independent Politics Netherlands}}}} |- ! [[2015 Dutch Senate election|2015]] | style="text-align:left;" |[[Henk ten Hoeve]] | 2,652 || 2.46 || {{Composition bar compact|1|75|hex={{party color|Independent Politics Netherlands}}}} |- ! [[2019 Dutch Senate election|2019]] | style="text-align:left;" |Gerben Gerbrandy | 2,265 || 1.31 || {{Composition bar compact|1|75|hex={{party color|Independent Politics Netherlands}}}} |- ![[2023 Dutch Senate election|2023]] | style="text-align:left;" |Auke van der Goot | 3,183 || 1.78 || {{Composition bar compact|1|75|hex={{party color|Independent Politics Netherlands}}}} |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.opnl.nl/ Official website]
{{Political parties in the Netherlands}}
[[Category:Regionalist parties in the Netherlands]] [[Category:Political parties established in 1999]] [[Category:Independent politicians in the Netherlands| ]] [[Category:1999 establishments in the Netherlands]]