Provincial elections were held in the Netherlands on 20 March 2019. [1] Eligible voters elected the members of the Provincial States in the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. The elections were held on the same day as the 2019 Dutch water boards elections and, in the Caribbean Netherlands, island council elections. [2] [3]
These elections also indirectly determine the composition of the Senate, since the members of the twelve provincial states, alongside electoral colleges elected in the Caribbean Netherlands on the same day, will elect the Senate's 75 members in the Senate election on 27 May, two months after the provincial elections. [4] Because of this, the provincial elections were a test for the third Rutte cabinet, which previously had a majority of one seat in the Senate, but has since lost that majority. [5]
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Province | VVD | CDA | D66 | PVV | SP | PvdA | GL | CU | SGP | PvdD | 50+ | DENK | FVD | Provincial parties | Total | |
Groningen | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 43 | GL, PvdA, CU, VVD, CDA, D66 [7] | |||
Friesland | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4
| 43 | CDA, PvdA, VVD, FNP | ||
Drenthe | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1
| 41 | PvdA, VVD, CDA, GL, CU | ||
Overijssel | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 47 | CDA, VVD, PvdA, CU, SGP | ||
Flevoland | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 [lower-alpha 1] | 41 | VVD, GL, CDA, PvdA, CU, D66 | |
Gelderland | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 55 | VVD, CDA, GL, PvdA, CU | ||
Utrecht | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 49 | GL, CDA, D66, PvdA, CU | |
North Holland | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 9 [lower-alpha 1] | 55 | GL, VVD, PvdA, D66 | ||
South Holland | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 [lower-alpha 1] | 55 | VVD, CU-SGP, GL, PvdA, CDA | |
Zeeland | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2
| 39 | CDA, SGP, VVD, PvdA | |
North Brabant | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1
| 55 | VVD, FvD, CDA, LB [8] | ||
Limburg | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2
| 47 | CDA, FvD, PVV, VVD, GL, LL [lower-alpha 3] [9] | |||
Total | 80 | 72 | 41 | 40 | 35 | 53 | 61 | 31 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 86 | 15 | 570 | |
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Executives (out of 12) | 10 [lower-alpha 3] | 10 [lower-alpha 3] | 4 | 0 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 10 | 7 [lower-alpha 3] | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 2 [lower-alpha 3] |
Party or alliance | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |||
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Forum for Democracy | 1,057,030 | 14.53 | New | 86 | New | |||
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1,017,937 | 13.99 | -1.93 | 80 | –9 | |||
Christian Democratic Appeal | 805,862 | 11.07 | -3.64 | 72 | –17 | |||
GroenLinks | 783,006 | 10.76 | +5.41 | 61 | +31 | |||
Labour Party | 619,906 | 8.52 | -1.56 | 53 | –10 | |||
Democrats 66 | 567,363 | 7.80 | -4.66 | 41 | –26 | |||
Party for Freedom | 504,948 | 6.94 | -4.79 | 40 | –26 | |||
Socialist Party | 430,096 | 5.91 | -5.74 | 35 | –35 | |||
CU–SGP | Christian Union | 353,443 | 4.86 | +0.85 | 31 | +2 | ||
Reformed Political Party | 179,899 | 2.47 | -0.34 | 14 | –4 | |||
CU–SGP joint list in North Brabant | 19,466 | 0.27 | -0.43 | 1 | –1 | |||
Total | 552,808 | 7.60 | +0.01 | 46 | –3 | |||
Party for the Animals | 317,104 | 4.36 | +0.90 | 20 | +2 | |||
50PLUS | 265,215 | 3.64 | +0.26 | 17 | +3 | |||
Independent Senate Group | Local Brabant | 25,485 | 0.35 | +0.10 | 1 | 0 | ||
Frisian National Party | 23,662 | 0.33 | -0.08 | 4 | 0 | |||
Groningers' Interests | 18,556 | 0.25 | -0.01 | 3 | 0 | |||
Local Limburg | 18,474 | 0.25 | +0.11 | 2 | +1 | |||
Elderly Party North Holland | 18,307 | 0.25 | -0.08 | 0 | –1 | |||
Local Parties South Holland | 11,648 | 0.16 | New | 0 | New | |||
Local Parties Gelderland – Code Orange | 11,053 | 0.15 | New | 0 | New | |||
Party for Zeeland | 10,619 | 0.15 | +0.05 | 2 | +1 | |||
Strong Local | 9,344 | 0.13 | +0.01 | 1 | 0 | |||
U26 Municipalities | 6,530 | 0.09 | New | 0 | New | |||
Frisian Provincial Interests | 5,345 | 0.07 | New | 0 | New | |||
Total | 159,023 | 2.19 | – | 13 | +1 | |||
Denk | 121,753 | 1.67 | New | 4 | New | |||
Code Orange | 24,047 | 0.33 | New | 0 | New | |||
NIDA | 11,347 | 0.16 | New | 0 | New | |||
Party for the North | 10,527 | 0.14 | +0.05 | 2 | +1 | |||
Seniors Brabant | 9,687 | 0.13 | New | 0 | New | |||
Elderly Appeal - Heart for Brabant | 6,719 | 0.09 | New | 0 | New | |||
Independent Party Drenthe | 3,777 | 0.05 | New | 0 | New | |||
Natural Frisian | 2,917 | 0.04 | New | 0 | New | |||
Jesus Lives | 2,323 | 0.03 | -0.03 | 0 | 0 | |||
Senior Interests | 1,414 | 0.02 | -0.04 | 0 | 0 | |||
Politically Active Elders | 1,283 | 0.02 | ±0.00 | 0 | 0 | |||
Respect! | 976 | 0.01 | New | 0 | New | |||
Total | 7,277,068 | 100.00 | – | 570 | – | |||
Valid votes | 7,277,068 | 99.42 | ||||||
Invalid votes | 21,205 | 0.29 | ||||||
Blank votes | 21,377 | 0.29 | ||||||
Total votes | 7,319,650 | 100.00 | ||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 13,032,532 | 56.16 | +8.40 | |||||
Source: Kiesraad |
Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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Labour Party | 32,105 | 14.06 | –1.09 | 6 | –1 | |
Forum for Democracy | 30,713 | 13.45 | New | 6 | New | |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 29,785 | 13.05 | –2.17 | 6 | –1 | |
Christian Democratic Appeal | 24,082 | 10.55 | –3.88 | 5 | –1 | |
GroenLinks | 18,954 | 8.30 | +3.13 | 4 | +2 | |
Party for Freedom | 16,097 | 7.05 | –3.83 | 3 | –2 | |
Christian Union | 15,526 | 6.80 | +0.37 | 3 | 0 | |
Socialist Party | 14,760 | 6.47 | –6.10 | 3 | –2 | |
Democrats 66 | 12,995 | 5.69 | –4.16 | 2 | –2 | |
Locally Strong | 9,344 | 4.09 | +0.45 | 1 | 0 | |
50PLUS | 8,444 | 3.70 | –0.33 | 1 | 0 | |
Party for the Animals | 7,823 | 3.43 | New | 1 | New | |
Independent Party Drenthe | 3,777 | 1.65 | New | 0 | New | |
Reformed Political Party | 1,877 | 0.82 | –0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
Senior Interests | 1,414 | 0.62 | New | 0 | New | |
DENK | 579 | 0.25 | New | 0 | New | |
Total | 228,275 | 100.00 | – | 41 | – | |
Valid votes | 228,275 | 99.55 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,026 | 0.45 | ||||
Total votes | 229,301 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 389,925 | 58.81 | ||||
Source: Kiesraad [10] [11] [12] |
Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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Forum for Democracy | 28,376 | 17.79 | New | 8 | New | |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 21,012 | 13.17 | –3.49 | 6 | –1 | |
Party for Freedom | 14,781 | 9.27 | –5.14 | 4 | –2 | |
GroenLinks | 13,608 | 8.53 | +4.13 | – | – | |
Christian Democratic Appeal | 13,256 | 8.31 | –4.49 | 3 | –2 | |
Labour Party | 13,090 | 8.21 | +0.47 | 3 | 0 | |
Christian Union | 11,219 | 7.03 | +0.24 | 3 | 0 | |
Socialist Party | 9,291 | 5.83 | –5.08 | 2 | –3 | |
50PLUS | 7,859 | 4.93 | –0.23 | 2 | 0 | |
Democrats 66 | 7,799 | 4.89 | –5.66 | 2 | –2 | |
Party for the Animals | 6,986 | 4.38 | +0.25 | 2 | 0 | |
Reformed Political Party | 6,128 | 3.84 | –0.12 | 1 | –1 | |
DENK | 3,326 | 2.09 | New | 1 | New | |
Politically Active Elders | 1,283 | 0.80 | +0.05 | 0 | 0 | |
Respect! | 976 | 0.61 | New | 0 | New | |
Jesus Lives | 495 | 0.31 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 159,485 | 100.00 | – | 37 | – | |
Valid votes | 159,485 | 99.35 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,038 | 0.65 | ||||
Total votes | 160,523 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 299,536 | 53.59 | ||||
Source: Kiesraad [13] [11] [12] |
Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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Christian Democratic Appeal | 49,704 | 16.67 | –4.12 | 8 | –1 | |
Forum for Democracy | 40,055 | 13.43 | New | 6 | New | |
Labour Party | 39,976 | 13.40 | –2.09 | 6 | –1 | |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 28,073 | 9.41 | –1.58 | 4 | –1 | |
Frisian National Party | 23,662 | 7.93 | –1.53 | 4 | 0 | |
GroenLinks | 22,935 | 7.69 | +4.14 | 3 | +2 | |
Christian Union | 19,673 | 6.60 | –0.83 | 3 | 0 | |
Party for Freedom | 17,287 | 5.80 | –2.93 | 3 | –1 | |
Socialist Party | 15,426 | 5.17 | –5.76 | 2 | –3 | |
Democrats 66 | 12,284 | 4.12 | –2.85 | 2 | –1 | |
Party for the Animals | 9,618 | 3.22 | +0.65 | 1 | 0 | |
50PLUS | 7,595 | 2.55 | +0.14 | 1 | 0 | |
Frisian Provincial Interests | 5,345 | 1.79 | New | 0 | New | |
Reformed Political Party | 3,198 | 1.07 | New | 0 | New | |
Natural Frisian | 2,917 | 0.98 | New | 0 | New | |
DENK | 493 | 0.17 | New | 0 | New | |
Total | 298,241 | 100.00 | – | 43 | – | |
Valid votes | 298,241 | 99.52 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,428 | 0.48 | ||||
Total votes | 299,669 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 506,868 | 59.12 | ||||
Source: Kiesraad [14] [11] [12] |
Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 130,537 | 13.96 | –1.83 | 8 | –1 | |
Forum for Democracy | 125,551 | 13.43 | New | 8 | New | |
Christian Democratic Appeal | 108,248 | 11.58 | –3.42 | 7 | –2 | |
GroenLinks | 101,231 | 10.83 | +5.12 | 6 | +3 | |
Labour Party | 77,931 | 8.33 | –0.71 | 5 | –1 | |
Democrats 66 | 67,279 | 7.20 | –5.42 | 4 | –3 | |
Christian Union | 63,364 | 6.78 | +0.66 | 4 | 0 | |
Party for Freedom | 56,633 | 6.06 | –3.66 | 3 | –2 | |
Socialist Party | 54,510 | 5.83 | –5.17 | 3 | –3 | |
Reformed Political Party | 49,097 | 5.25 | –0.73 | 3 | 0 | |
Party for the Animals | 41,658 | 4.46 | +1.12 | 2 | 0 | |
50PLUS | 35,607 | 3.81 | +0.94 | 2 | +1 | |
DENK | 11,298 | 1.21 | New | 0 | New | |
Local Parties Gelderland – Code Oranje | 11,053 | 1.18 | New | 0 | New | |
Jesus Lives | 1,072 | 0.11 | New | 0 | New | |
Total | 935,069 | 100.00 | – | 55 | – | |
Valid votes | 935,069 | 99.46 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 5,040 | 0.54 | ||||
Total votes | 940,109 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,605,669 | 58.55 | ||||
Source: Kiesraad [15] [11] [12] |
Party | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
GreenLeft | 31,886 | 12.49 | 6 | +3 | ||
Labour Party | 30,605 | 11.99 | 5 | –1 | ||
Forum for Democracy | 26,104 | 10.22 | New | 5 | +5 | |
Christian Union | 24,125 | 9.45 | 4 | ±0 | ||
Socialist Party | 22,166 | 8.68 | 4 | –4 | ||
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 21,595 | 8.49 | 4 | ±0 | ||
Christian Democratic Appeal | 20,642 | 8.08 | 3 | –2 | ||
Groningers' Interests | 18,556 | 7.27 | 3 | ±0 | ||
Democrats 66 | 16,727 | 6.55 | 3 | –1 | ||
Party for Freedom | 15,271 | 5.98 | 2 | –1 | ||
Party for the North | 10,527 | 4.12 | 2 | +1 | ||
Party for the Animals | 10,406 | 4.08 | 1 | –1 | ||
50PLUS | 5,638 | 2.21 | 1 | +1 | ||
Denk | 1,081 | 0.42 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Total Valid votes | 255,329 | 43 | ±0 | |||
Blank votes | 744 | 0.29 | ||||
Invalid votes | 583 | 0.23 | ||||
Votes cast / turnout | 256,656 | 56.07 | ||||
Registered voters | 457,753 | |||||
Sources [16] [11] [12] |
Party | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
Christian Democratic Appeal | 84,947 | 18.65 | 9 | –2 | ||
Forum for Democracy | 66,343 | 14.57 | New | 7 | +7 | |
Party for Freedom | 61,705 | 13.55 | 7 | –2 | ||
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 46,254 | 10.16 | 5 | ±0 | ||
Socialist Party | 39,527 | 8.68 | 4 | –4 | ||
GreenLeft | 38,291 | 8.41 | 4 | +2 | ||
Labour Party | 29,724 | 6.53 | 3 | –1 | ||
Democrats 66 | 26,420 | 5.80 | 3 | –1 | ||
Local Limburg | 18,474 | 4.06 | 2 | +1 | ||
Party for the Animals | 17,512 | 3.84 | 2 | +1 | ||
50PLUS | 17,104 | 3.76 | 1 | ±0 | ||
Christian Union | 4,855 | 1.07 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Denk | 4,322 | 0.95 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Total Valid votes | 455,478 | 47 | ±0 | |||
Blank votes | 1,732 | 0.38 | ||||
Invalid votes | 1,289 | 0.28 | ||||
Votes cast / turnout | 458,499 | 52.57 | ||||
Registered voters | 872,100 | |||||
Sources [17] [11] [12] |
Party | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 163,906 | 16.18 | 10 | ±0 | ||
Forum for Democracy | 146,443 | 14.45 | New | 9 | +9 | |
Christian Democratic Appeal | 134,834 | 13.31 | 8 | –1 | ||
Socialist Party | 93,138 | 9.19 | 5 | –4 | ||
Democrats 66 | 89,014 | 8.78 | 5 | –2 | ||
GreenLeft | 87,687 | 8.65 | 5 | +2 | ||
Party for Freedom | 77,453 | 7.64 | 4 | –3 | ||
Labour Party | 64,837 | 6.40 | 3 | –1 | ||
50PLUS | 41,612 | 4.11 | 2 | ±0 | ||
Party for the Animals | 37,775 | 3.73 | 2 | ±0 | ||
Local Brabant | 25,485 | 2.52 | 1 | ±0 | ||
Christian Union – Reformed Political Party | 19,466 | 1.92 | 1 | ±0 | ||
Denk | 12,415 | 1.23 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Seniors Brabant | 9,687 | 0.96 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Elderly Appeal - Heart for Brabant | 6,719 | 0.66 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Code Orange | 2,784 | 0.27 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Total of Valid votes | 1,013,255 | 55 | ±0 | |||
Blank votes | 3,593 | 0.35 | ||||
Invalid votes | 2,738 | 0.27 | ||||
Total votes cast / turnout | 1,019,586 | |||||
Registered voters | 1,945,875 | |||||
Sources [18] [11] [12] |
Party | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
Forum for Democracy | 178,717 | 15.33 | New | 9 | +9 | |
GroenLinks | 178,001 | 15.26 | 9 | +5 | ||
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 169,288 | 14.52 | 9 | –2 | ||
Democrats 66 | 115,928 | 9.94 | 6 | –4 | ||
Labour Party | 114,026 | 9.78 | 6 | –1 | ||
Christian Democratic Appeal | 79,361 | 6.81 | 4 | –1 | ||
Party for the Animals | 70,809 | 6.07 | 3 | ±0 | ||
Party for Freedom | 65,346 | 5.60 | 3 | –3 | ||
Socialist Party | 58,396 | 5.01 | 3 | –3 | ||
Christian Union | 36,491 | 3.13 | 1 | +1 | ||
50PLUS / Party of the Elderly | 32,190 | 2.76 | 1 | +1 | ||
Denk | 28,035 | 2.40 | New | 1 | +1 | |
Elderly Party North Holland | 18,307 | 1.57 | 0 | –1 | ||
Code Oranje | 16,665 | 1.43 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
NIDA | 4,615 | 0.40 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Total Valid votes | 1,166,175 | 55 | ±0 | |||
Blank votes | 3,199 | 0.27 | ||||
Invalid votes | 3,953 | 0.34 | ||||
Votes cast / turnout | 1,173,327 | 56.34 | ||||
Registered voters | 2,082,562 | |||||
Sources [19] [11] [12] |
Party | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
Christian Democratic Appeal | 89,523 | 17.10 | 9 | –2 | ||
Forum for Democracy | 69,443 | 13.27 | New | 6 | +6 | |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 67,731 | 12.94 | 6 | ±0 | ||
GreenLeft | 49,643 | 9.48 | 5 | +3 | ||
Labour Party | 44,494 | 8.50 | 4 | –1 | ||
Christian Union | 43,248 | 8.26 | 4 | ±0 | ||
Party for Freedom | 37,582 | 7.18 | 3 | –2 | ||
Socialist Party | 30,792 | 5.88 | 3 | –2 | ||
Democrats 66 | 30,221 | 5.77 | 3 | –2 | ||
Reformed Political Party | 20,473 | 3.91 | 2 | ±0 | ||
50PLUS | 17,970 | 3.43 | 1 | ±0 | ||
Party for the Animals | 15,850 | 3.03 | 1 | ±0 | ||
Denk | 6,495 | 1.24 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Total Valid votes | 523,465 | 47 | ±0 | |||
Blank votes | 1,408 | 0.27 | ||||
Invalid votes | 1,335 | 0.25 | ||||
Votes cast / turnout | 526,208 | 59.27 | ||||
Registered voters | 887,844 | |||||
Sources [20] [11] [12] |
Party | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
Forum for Democracy | 253,743 | 17.43 | New | 11 | +11 | |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 227,987 | 15.66 | 10 | ±0 | ||
GreenLeft | 131,878 | 9.06 | 5 | +2 | ||
Democrats 66 | 124,154 | 8.53 | 5 | –2 | ||
Labour Party | 113,859 | 7.82 | 4 | –1 | ||
Christian Democratic Appeal | 112,681 | 7.74 | 4 | –3 | ||
Party for Freedom | 101,858 | 7.00 | 4 | –4 | ||
Christian Union | 81,160 | 5.57 | 3 | ±0 | ||
50PLUS | 64,727 | 4.45 | 2 | ±0 | ||
Party for the Animals | 63,690 | 4.37 | 2 | ±0 | ||
Socialist Party | 59,956 | 4.12 | 2 | –3 | ||
Reformed Political Party | 56,742 | 3.90 | 2 | –1 | ||
Denk | 39,800 | 2.73 | New | 1 | +1 | |
Local Parties South Holland | 11,648 | 0.80 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
NIDA | 6,732 | 0.46 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Code Oranje | 4,598 | 0.32 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Jesus Lives | 756 | 0.05 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Total Valid votes | 1,455,969 | 55 | ±0 | |||
Blank votes | 4,102 | 0.28 | ||||
Invalid votes | 5,225 | 0.36 | ||||
Votes cast / turnout | 1,465,296 | 54.49 | ||||
Registered voters | 2,689,094 | |||||
Sources [21] [11] [12] |
Party | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
GreenLeft | 98,900 | 16.07 | 8 | +4 | ||
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 94,189 | 15.31 | 8 | –1 | ||
Forum for Democracy | 71,374 | 11.60 | New | 6 | +6 | |
Christian Democratic Appeal | 60,774 | 9.88 | 5 | –1 | ||
Democrats 66 | 58,133 | 9.45 | 5 | –4 | ||
Labour Party | 44,894 | 7.30 | 4 | –1 | ||
Christian Union | 44,855 | 7.29 | 4 | +1 | ||
Party for Freedom | 30,267 | 4.92 | 2 | –2 | ||
Party for the Animals | 28,985 | 4.71 | 2 | ±0 | ||
Socialist Party | 23,894 | 3.88 | 2 | –2 | ||
Reformed Political Party | 21,760 | 3.54 | 1 | –1 | ||
50PLUS | 17,705 | 2.88 | 1 | ±0 | ||
Denk | 13,095 | 2.13 | New | 1 | +1 | |
U26 Municipalities | 6,530 | 1.06 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Total Valid votes | 615,355 | 49 | ±0 | |||
Blank votes | 1,815 | 0.29 | ||||
Invalid votes | 1,494 | 0.24 | ||||
Votes cast / turnout | 618,664 | 61.57 | ||||
Registered voters | 1,004,853 | |||||
Sources [22] [11] [12] |
Party | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
Christian Democratic Appeal | 27,810 | 16.27 | 7 | +1 | ||
Reformed Political Party | 20,624 | 12.06 | 5 | –1 | ||
Forum for Democracy | 20,168 | 11.80 | New | 5 | +5 | |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 17,580 | 10.28 | 4 | –2 | ||
Labour Party | 14,365 | 8.40 | 4 | ±0 | ||
Party for Freedom | 10,668 | 6.24 | 2 | –2 | ||
Party for Zeeland | 10,619 | 6.21 | 2 | +1 | ||
GreenLeft | 9,992 | 5.84 | 2 | +1 | ||
Christian Union | 8,927 | 5.22 | 2 | ±0 | ||
50PLUS | 8,764 | 5.13 | 2 | +1 | ||
Socialist Party | 8,240 | 4.82 | 2 | –2 | ||
Democrats 66 | 6,409 | 3.75 | 1 | –2 | ||
Party for the Animals | 5,992 | 3.50 | New | 1 | +1 | |
Denk | 814 | 0.48 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Total Valid votes | 170,972 | 39 | ±0 | |||
Blank votes | 424 | 0.25 | ||||
Invalid votes | 416 | 0.24 | ||||
Votes cast / turnout | 171,812 | 59.15 | ||||
Registered voters | 290,453 | |||||
Sources [23] [11] [12] |
Coalition talks in the Netherlands are customarily organized by informateurs appointed by the party that came first in the elections, and then, in the event of a failure, by other parties. Informateurs usually submit a public report on possible coalitions in the weeks following the election.
Province | Informateur | Occupation / Reputation |
---|---|---|
Groningen | Mario Post [24] | Former GL leader in the Estates |
Friesland | Harry van der Molen [25] | MP for CDA, Former City councillor of Leeuwarden |
Drenthe | Roelie Goettsch | Former PvdA leader in the Estates |
Overijssel | Geert Jansen, [26] then | Province's former Queen's Commissioner, CDA member |
Bart Krol [27] | Former CDA member of the Utrecht Estates | |
Flevoland | Annemarie van Gaal [26] | Entrepreneur |
Gelderland | Mark Boumans [28] | Mayor of Doetinchem (VVD), former Executive in Groningen |
Utrecht | Bram van Ojik [29] | Former leader of GL |
North Holland | Hans Smits, [30] [31] then | Former Director of the Schiphol airport |
Laura Bromet and Cornelis Mooij [26] | MPs for GL and VVD | |
South Holland | Hans Wiegel [32] | Former leader of VVD, Friesland's former Queen's Commissioner |
Zeeland | René Verhulst [33] | Mayor of Ede (CDA) |
North Brabant | Helmi Huijbregts [26] | Senator for VVD |
Limburg | Ger Koopmans | Leader of the CDA fraction in the Estates, former MP |
The Party for the Animals is a political party in the Netherlands. Among its main goals are animal rights and animal welfare.
Maria Catharina Ida (Marieke) van der Werf is a former Dutch politician. As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal she was an MP from 11 January 2011 to 19 September 2012. She focused on matters of sustainable development and cultural policy.
The States of Flevoland are the States-Provincial for the Dutch province of Flevoland. It forms the legislative body of the province. Its 39 seats are distributed every four years in provincial elections. Since 2008, it is chaired by Leen Verbeek (PvdA).
Provincial elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday 18 March 2015. 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. These provincial election were held on the same day as the 2015 Dutch water boards elections.
The 2019 election to the Senate of the Netherlands was held on 27 May 2019, two months after the provincial elections.
Chris A. Jansen is a Dutch politician, who served as a member of the House of Representatives between November 2019 and March 2021 on behalf of the right-wing populist Party for Freedom (PVV).
NIDA (Arabic: نداء, romanized: nidā', lit. 'call, appeal' is a political movement in the Netherlands, describing itself as "being inspired by Islam". It was founded in 2013 by Nourdin El Ouali, a former municipal councillor in Rotterdam for GroenLinks. The party is currently only represented at the municipal level, with two seats in Rotterdam and one seat in The Hague. The party shares the same electorate as Denk, mostly Islamic immigrants, although NIDA is more religiously oriented. On 2021 the party announced that they will stop with politics and continue further as a social movement.
Martijn N. Bolkestein is a Dutch politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives between July 2020 and March 2021. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
J.H. "Henk" de Vree is a Dutch politician, who served as a temporary member of the House of Representatives between December 2020 and March 2021. There, he represented the right-wing populist Party for Freedom (PVV).
Silvio Peter Augustinus Erkens is a Dutch politician, who has held a seat in the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election. He is a member of the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He previously worked as a consultant.
Simone Kerseboom is a Dutch politician of the conservative populist party Forum for Democracy (FvD). She has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election, and she served on the States of Limburg in the years 2019–23. Kerseboom lived in South Africa for about twenty years and holds a doctorate from Rhodes University.
Gideon Frederik Cornelis van Meijeren is a Dutch civil servant and politician, who has been representing Forum for Democracy (FVD) in the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election. He also held a seat in the States of South Holland and was elected to the municipal council of The Hague in 2022. He previously worked as a legislative adviser for the government. His opposition to the government's policy to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic and his statements regarding democracy – including speculation about an overthrow of the government – have drawn stark criticism from political leaders.
Michiel P. Hoogeveen is a Dutch politician of the right-wing conservative JA21 party. He started his career in the financial sector and as a freelance North Korea researcher. He became a member of Forum for Democracy (FVD) in 2016 and was elected to the States of South Holland three years later. He left the party in 2020 and subsequently joined JA21, which he has been representing in the European Parliament as part of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) since April 2021.
Provincial elections were held in the Netherlands on 15 March 2023, on the same day as the water board elections, as well as island council elections in the Caribbean Netherlands.
Netherlands with a PLAN is a political party in the Netherlands. The party leader is Kok Kuen Chan.
Alliance is a political party in the Netherlands. It participated in the 2023 provincial elections in the provinces of Overijssel, North Brabant and Drenthe, but was unable to win a seat, receiving 0.15% of the votes.
Heart for Freedom, formerly known as List30 is a political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded on 17 June 2021 and emerged from the blank list 30 during the 2021 House of Representatives elections when it split from Free and Social Netherlands. The party mainly profiled itself through its criticism of Dutch COVID-19 policy.
Groninger Interest is regionalist political party which is active in the province of Groningen, the Netherlands.
Local Brabant is a regionalist political party in the Netherlands, a partnership of various local political parties in the province of North Brabant. The party is represented in the Provincial Council in that province and is a member of Independent Politics Netherlands.
Strong Local Drenthe is a regionalist political party in the Netherlands, a partnership of various local political parties in the province of Drenthe. The party is represented in the Provincial Council in that province and is a member of Independent Politics Netherlands.