Provincial Council of Drenthe

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Provincial Council of Drenthe
Drenthe wapen.svg
Type
Type
Leadership
President
Secretary
Structure
Seats43
Netherlands Drenthe Provincial Council 2023.svg
Political groups
Government (28)
  •   BBB (17)
  •   PvdA (4)
  •   VVD (4)
  •   CDA (3)

Opposition (15)

Elections
Last election
 15 March 2023
Meeting place
Provinciehuis-Assen---provincie-Drenthe.jpg
Meeting place of the Provincial Council of Drenthe in Assen
Website
www.drentsparlement.nl

The Provincial Council of Drenthe (Dutch : Provinciale Staten van Drenthe), also known as the States of Drenthe, is the provincial council of Drenthe, Netherlands. It forms the legislative body of the province. The Provincial Council currently holds 41 seats, which are distributed every four years in provincial elections. Due to the population of Drenthe having grown larger than 500.000 in September of 2022, the number of seats in the Provincial Council of Drenthe was set to be expanded from 41 to 43 after the 2023 provincial elections. [1]

Contents

Current composition

Since the 2023 provincial elections, the distribution of seats of the Provincial Council of Drenthe has been as follows:

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Farmer–Citizen Movement 88,17633.41New17New
Labour Party 24,8619.42–4.644–2
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 20,4347.74–5.314–2
Christian Democratic Appeal 15,5635.90–4.653–2
GroenLinks 14,7565.59–2.712–2
Party for Freedom 13,6815.18–1.872–1
Christian Union 12,8034.85–1.952–1
Socialist Party 12,5344.75–1.722–1
Party for the Animals 11,1674.23+0.802+1
Democrats 66 9,9813.78–1.911–1
Forum for Democracy 7,8882.99–10.461–5
Volt 7,7342.93New1New
Strong Local Drenthe 7,4852.84–1.2510
JA21 6,3682.41New1New
50PLUS 3,4461.31–2.390–1
BVNL 3,2571.23New0New
Reformed Political Party 2,6110.99+0.1900
Alliance8390.32New0New
Jesus Lives 2980.11New0New
Total263,882100.00–43+2
Valid votes263,88299.56
Invalid votes5540.21
Blank votes6010.23
Total votes265,037100.00
Registered voters/turnout399,40566.36+7.55
Source: Kiesraad [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mogelijk extra zetels voor het Drents Parlement" (in Dutch). Provinciale Staten Drenthe. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  2. ↑ https://www.kiesraad.nl/verkiezingen/adviezen-en-publicaties/proces-verbalen/2023/3/27/proces-verbaal-uitslag-verkiezing-provinciale-staten-drenthe-2023
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