Dutch provincial elections, 2015

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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 Dutch water boards elections, 2015.

Netherlands Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe

The Netherlands is a country located mainly in Northwestern Europe. The European portion of the Netherlands consists of twelve separate provinces that border Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, with maritime borders in the North Sea with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. Together with three island territories in the Caribbean Sea—Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba— it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The official language is Dutch, but a secondary official language in the province of Friesland is West Frisian.

States-Provincial

The States-Provincial is the provincial parliament and legislative assembly in each of the provinces of the Netherlands. It is elected for each province simultaneously once every four years and has the responsibility for matters of sub-national or regional importance. Each States-Provincial is directly elected by the voters within the relevant province, and the number of seats in each States-Provincial is proportional to its population.

Provinces of the Netherlands first-level administrative division in the Netherlands

There are currently twelve provinces of the Netherlands, representing the administrative layer between the national government and the local municipalities, with responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance.

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Participating parties

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

Christian Democratic Appeal Dutch political party

The Christian Democratic Appeal is a Christian-democratic political party in the Netherlands. The CDA was originally formed in 1977 from a confederation of the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolutionary Party and the Christian Historical Union, and has participated in all but three governments since then. Sybrand van Haersma Buma has been the Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal since 18 May 2012.

Democrats 66 Dutch political party

Democrats 66 is a social-liberal political party in the Netherlands. Its name originates from the year in which it was founded.

The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the Netherlands.

Opinion polls

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

Date Polling Firm VVD PvdA CDA PVV SP D66 GL CU 50PLUS SGP PvdD Others Lead
7 Feb 2015 I&O Research [4] 17 12 13 13 14 13 5 4 4 3 3 0 3
1 Feb 2015 Peil [5] 14 9 15 14 12 16 7 4 1 2 3 2 1
2 Mar 2011 Last elections 2017 14 12 10 8 6 3 2 2 2 2 3

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.

Political party Popular vote Seats
Votes % Won +/−
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) 965,353 15.92 89 Decrease2.svg 23
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) 891,845 14.71 89 Increase2.svg 3
Democrats 66 (D66) 755,719 12.46 67 Increase2.svg 25
Party for Freedom (PVV) 711,176 11.73 66 Decrease2.svg 3
Socialist Party (SP) 706,440 11.65 70 Increase2.svg 14
Labour Party (PvdA) 611,262 10.08 63 Decrease2.svg 44
GroenLinks (GL) 324,572 5.35 30 Decrease2.svg 4
Christian Union (CU) 243,209 4.01 29 Increase2.svg 6
Party for the Animals (PvdD) 210,113 3.46 18 Increase2.svg 11
50PLUS (50+) 204,858 3.38 14 Increase2.svg 5
Reformed Political Party (SGP) 170,624 2.81 18 Increase2.svg 6
CU–SGP [6] 42,703 0.70 2 Increase2.svg 1
Provincial parties [7] 15 Increase2.svg 7
Total 6,064,754 100.00 570 Increase2.svg 4
Turnout: 47.76% (–8.21)

By province

Province SP PvdA PvdD GL D66 50+ VVD CDA CU SGP PVV Provincial parties
Groningen 8 6 2 3 4 0 4 5 4 3
Friesland 5 7 1 1 3 1 5 9 3 4
Drenthe 5 7 2 4 1 7 6 3 0 5
Overijssel 5 5 1 2 5 1 6 11 4 2 5 0
Flevoland 5 3 2 2 4 2 7 5 3 2 6 0
Gelderland 6 6 2 3 7 1 9 9 4 3 5 0
Utrecht 4 5 2 4 9 1 9 6 3 2 4 0
North Holland 6 7 3 4 10 1 11 5 1 6
South Holland 5 5 2 3 7 2 10 7 3 3 8 0
Zeeland 4 4 1 3 1 6 6 2 6 4
North Brabant 9 4 2 3 7 2 10 9 1 7
Limburg 8 4 1 2 4 1 5 11 9

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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. ↑ http://www.ioresearch.nl/Portals/0/Provinciale%20Statenverkiezingen_1.pdf Provinciale Statenverkiezingen] (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Peil.nl Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Combined list in North Holland and North Brabant.
  7. ↑ Many linked to the Independent Senate Group (OSF).
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