Provincial Council of Gelderland
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Provincial Council of Gelderland | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
President | |
Secretary | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 55 |
 | |
Political groups | Government (30)
Opposition (25) |
| Elections | |
Last election | 15 March 2023 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Meeting place of the Provincial Council of Gelderland in Arnhem | |
| Website | |
| www | |
The States of Gelderland (Template:Lang-nl, pronounced [ˈstaːtə(n) vɑŋ ˈɣɛldərˌlɑnt])[1] are the States-Provincial for the Dutch province of Gelderland. It forms the legislative body of the province. Its 55 seats are distributed every four years in provincial elections. From 2005 till early 2019, it was chaired by Clemens Cornielje (VVD).[2]
Current composition
Since the 2019 provincial elections, the distribution of seats of the Provincial Council of Gelderland has been as follows:[3]
| Year | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Seats | Votes | Seats | Votes | Seats | ||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | |||||
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 170,939 | 19.15 | 11 | 122,452 | 15.79 | 9 | 130,537 | 13.96 | 8 | |
| Forum for Democracy | 125,551 | 13.43 | 8 | |||||||
| Christian Democratic Appeal | 144,467 | 16.18 | 9 | 116,322 | 15.00 | 9 | 108,248 | 11.58 | 7 | |
| GreenLeft | 55,487 | 6.21 | 4 | 44,277 | 5.71 | 3 | 101,231 | 10.83 | 6 | |
| Labour Party | 148,023 | 16.58 | 9 | 70,093 | 9.04 | 6 | 77,931 | 8.33 | 5 | |
| Democrats 66 | 71,951 | 8.06 | 4 | 97,845 | 12.62 | 7 | 67,279 | 7.20 | 4 | |
| ChristianUnion | 43,436 | 4.86 | 3 | 47,444 | 6.12 | 4 | 63,364 | 6.78 | 4 | |
| Party for Freedom | 92,563 | 10.37 | 6 | 75.356 | 9.72 | 5 | 56,633 | 6.06 | 3 | |
| Socialist Party | 87,088 | 9.75 | 5 | 85.260 | 11.00 | 6 | 54,510 | 5.83 | 3 | |
| Reformed Political Party | 40,604 | 4.55 | 2 | 46,395 | 5.98 | 3 | 49,097 | 5.25 | 3 | |
| Party for the Animals | 16,290 | 1.82 | 1 | 25,924 | 3.34 | 2 | 41,658 | 4.46 | 2 | |
| 50PLUS | 17,743 | 1.99 | 1 | 22,271 | 2.87 | 1 | 35,607 | 3.81 | 2 | |
| DENK | 11,298 | 1.21 | 0 | |||||||
| Local parties - Code Orange | 11,053 | 1.18 | 0 | |||||||
| Jesus Lives | 1,072 | 0.11 | 0 | |||||||
| Party for Human and Spirit | 2.681 | 0.30 | 0 | 2,481 | 0.32 | 0 | ||||
| DPS/Groep van Bergen/De Groenen | 970 | 0.11 | 0 | |||||||
| Gelderland Centre Democrats | 611 | 0.07 | 0 | 456 | 0.06 | 0 | ||||
See also
References
- ^ In isolation, van is pronounced [vɑn].
- ^ "Administration". Provincie Gelderland. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ^ Provinciale Staten 2011-2019 Verkiezingen, Kiesraad
External links
- Official website (in Dutch)