2015 Dutch provincial elections

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Provincial elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday 18 March 2015. [1] Eligible voters elected the members of the States-Provincial in the twelve provinces. These elections also indirectly determined the members of the Senate, since the 566 members of the twelve States-Provincial will elect the Senate's 75 members in the Senate election on 26 May 2015. [2] These provincial election were held on the same day as the 2015 Dutch water boards elections.

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Participating parties

Eight political parties participated in the elections in all of the country's twelve provinces: [3]

Opinion polls

In the table below the % of voters based on various polls.

DatePolling Firm VVD PvdA CDA PVV SP D66 GL CU 50PLUS SGP PvdD Others Lead
7 Feb 2015I&O Research [4] 1712131314135443303
1 Feb 2015Peil [5] 149151412167412321
2 Mar 2011 Last elections 201714121086322223

Seats summary

Legislatures and governments of the Provinces of the Netherlands, 2015–2019
States-Provincial Provincial Executive
Province VVD CDA D66 PVV SP PvdA GL CU SGP PvdD 50+ Provincial partiesTotal
Groningen 4543863420
4
43SP, D66, CDA, GL, CU
Friesland 5934571311
5
43CDA, VVD, FNP, SP
Drenthe 7645572301
1
41VVD, PvdA, CDA, CU
Overijssel 611555524211047CDA, VVD, D66, CU
Flevoland 75465323222041VVD, CDA, D66, SP
Gelderland 99756634321055VVD, CDA, D66, PvdA
Utrecht 96944543221049VVD, CDA, D66, GL
North Holland 115610674131
1
55VVD, D66, PvdA, CDA
South Holland 107785533322055VVD, CDA, SP, D66
Zeeland 6634441261
2
39VVD, PvdA, CDA, SGP
North Brabant 10977943122
1
55VVD, SP, D66, PvdA
Limburg 5114984211
2
47VVD, CDA, SP, D66, PvdA
Total898967667063302918181415570
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Results

National

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Biggest party by province
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Biggest party by municipality

The table below shows the total number of seats in all provinces. On March 23, the official results of the 2015 election were published. The two parties which lost most seats were PvdA and VVD, the parties in the national government at the time of the election.

PartyVotes%Seats
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 965,35315.9289
Christian Democratic Appeal 891,84514.7189
Democrats 66 755,71912.4667
Party for Freedom 711,17611.7366
Socialist Party 706,44011.6570
Labour Party 611,26210.0863
GroenLinks 324,5725.3530
Christian Union 243,2094.0129
Party for the Animals 210,1133.4618
50PLUS 204,8583.3814
Reformed Political Party 170,6242.8118
Christian Union – Reformed Political Party 42,7030.702
Frisian National Party 25,0270.414
Ouderenpartij Noord-Holland19,7630.331
Groninger Belang 15,8690.263
Lokaal Brabant 15,2260.251
Hart voor Holland13,4520.220
Pirate Party 9,8850.160
Volkspartij Limburg9,2960.151
Lokaal-Limburg8,7410.141
Lokaal Overijssel7,8170.130
Sterk Lokaal 7,0570.121
Nederland Lokaal7,0260.120
Lokaal Belang Gelderland–1 Achterhoek6,9670.110
Lokale Partijen Gelderland6,4740.110
Verenigde Lokale Partijen Zuid-Holland6,0970.100
Zeeland Lokaal5,8150.101
Party for Zeeland 5,7870.101
Vrouwen Partij5,5950.090
Party for the North 5,1730.091
Libertarian Party 4,6610.080
Multicultureel Plus Partij4,2220.070
Provincie@Inwonersbelangen3,8810.060
Senioren Belang Noord3,5100.060
Jesus Lives 3,4440.060
Partij voor Mens en Spirit3,3090.050
Seniorenpartij Groningen2,4620.040
Provinciaal Belang Zeeland2,3880.040
PSP'92 Gelderland2,3480.040
Groningen Centraal!2,1820.040
Vrijzinnige Partij2,0980.030
Grunnegers veur Stad en Ommelaand1,4980.020
Vrede en Recht1,3370.020
United Communist Party 1,2380.020
Partij voor Leefbaarheid en Democratie1,2180.020
Libertarische Partij1,0080.020
Friese Koers1,0010.020
OPA9820.020
Platform Vrije Politiek8360.010
StemNL6480.010
Gelderse Centrumdemocraten4560.010
Red het Noorden4050.010
Verenigd Links-Feriene Lofts3470.010
Vrij Mandaat3340.010
Total6,064,754100.00570
Valid votes6,064,75499.38
Invalid/blank votes37,6810.62
Total votes6,102,435100.00
Registered voters/turnout12,777,14547.76
Source: Kiesraad

By province

Province SP PvdA PvdD GL D66 50+ VVD CDA CU SGP PVV Provincial parties
Groningen 8623404543
4
Friesland 5711315934
5
Drenthe 5724176305
1
Overijssel 5512516114250
Flevoland 532242753260
Gelderland 662371994350
Utrecht 452491963240
North Holland 673410111516
1
South Holland 5523721073380
Zeeland 4413166264
2
North Brabant 94237210917
1
Limburg 8412415119
2

Island council elections

Political party 20112015change
Bonaire island council [6]
Union Patriotiko Boneriano (UPB)43−1
Partido Demokratiko Boneriano (PDB)33–
Partido Pro Hustisia & Union (PHU)10−1
Movementu Boneiru Liber (MBL)10−1
Movementu di Pueblo Boneriano (MPB)–3+3
total99
turnout75%78%+3% [7]
Saba island council [8]
Windward Islands People's Movement (WIPM)43−1
Saba Labour Party (SLP)12+1
total55
turnout88%91,3%+3,1%
Sint Eustatius island council [9]
Democratische Partij (DP)22–
Progressive Labour Party (PLP)12+1
United People’s Coalition (UPC)11–
St. Eustatius Empowerment Party (STEP)10−1
Blanco Lijst (Lijst-Schmidt)–0–
Statia Liberal Action Movement (SLAM)–0–
total55
turnout68%65,5%−2,5%

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References

  1. ↑ "Provinciale staten". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Eerste Kamer". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Kandidatenlijsten voor provinciale statenverkiezingen ingeleverd". Kiesraad (in Dutch). 2 February 2015. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Provinciale Statenverkiezingen Archived 2015-02-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Peil.nl Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Verkiezingen Bonaire leveren geen winnaars op, telegraaf.nl, 19 maart 2015
  7. ↑ Hoge opkomst op Bonaire, antilliaansdagblad.com, 18 maart 2015
  8. ↑ Grote opkomst verkiezingen Saba, caribischnetwerk.ntr.nl, 19 maart 2015
  9. ↑ Statia to get coalition govt. as no outright winner emerges, thedailyherald.com, 19 maart 2015
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