Provincial Council of North Holland

Provincial Council of North Holland
Type
Type	Provincial council
Leadership
President	Arthur van Dijk (VVD)
Secretary	Katja Bolt
Seats	55
Elections
Last election	15 March 2023
Meeting place
Meeting place of the Provincial Council of North Holland in Haarlem
Website
www.noord-holland.nl/Bestuur/Provinciale_Staten

The Provincial Council of North Holland (Dutch : Provinciale Staten van Noord-Holland, pronounced [proːvɪɲˈɕaːləˈstaːtə(ɱ)vɑnoːrtˈɦɔlɑnt] ), also known as the States of North Holland, is the provincial council of North Holland, Netherlands. It forms the legislative body of the province. Its 55 seats are distributed every four years in provincial elections.

Current composition

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

2 4 7 7 2 4 1 2 2 8 8 3 3 2
Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Farmer–Citizen Movement	161,876	13.64	New	8	New
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	151,454	12.76	–1.76	8	–1
	GroenLinks	135,205	11.40	–3.86	7	–2
	Labour Party	131,566	11.09	+1.31	7	+1
	Democrats 66	87,910	7.41	–2.53	4	–2
	Party for the Animals	86,857	7.32	+1.25	4	+1
	JA21	64,606	5.45	New	3	New
	Party for Freedom	55,890	4.71	–0.89	3	0
	Volt	53,448	4.50	New	2	New
	Christian Democratic Appeal	47,429	4.00	–2.81	2	–2
	Forum for Democracy	41,685	3.51	–11.82	2	–7
	Socialist Party	40,104	3.38	–1.73	2	–1
	50PLUS	36,234	3.05	+0.29	2	+1
	Christian Union	24,753	2.09	–1.04	1	0
	DENK	14,711	1.24	–1.16	0	–1
	BVNL	13,603	1.15	New	0	New
	Independent Politics-NH	11,916	1.00	New	0	New
	General Water Board Party	8,931	0.75	New	0	New
	Pirate Party	6,406	0.54	New	0	New
	Code Orange	4,915	0.41	–1.02	0	0
	Netherlands with a PLAN	3,518	0.30	New	0	New
	On behalf of North-Hollanders	2,337	0.20	New	0	New
	Jesus Lives	1,158	0.10	New	0	New
Total		1,186,512	100.00	–	55	–
Valid votes		1,186,512	99.32
Invalid votes		3,684	0.31
Blank votes		4,448	0.37
Total votes		1,194,644	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,102,298	56.83	+0.49
Source: Kiesraad

See also

• States of Holland and West Friesland
• Provincial politics in the Netherlands

External links

• Official website (in Dutch)