Provincial Council of Gelderland

The States of Gelderland (Dutch: Staten van Gelderland, pronounced [ˈstaːtə(ɱ) vɑŋ ˈɣɛldərˌlɑnt]) 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).[1]

Provincial Council of
Gelderland
Type
Type
Leadership
President
Secretary
Structure
Seats55
Political groups
Government (30)
  •   BBB (14)
  •   VVD (6)
  •   CDA (4)
  •   CU (3)
  •   SGP (3)

Opposition (25)

Elections
Last election
15 March 2023
Meeting place
Meeting place of the Provincial Council of Gelderland in Arnhem
Website
www.gelderland.nl/themas/politiek/

Current composition

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

2
2
5
5
2
3
3
1
4
6
14
3
2
2
1
PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Farmer–Citizen Movement244,55323.59New14New
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy103,4549.98–3.986–2
Labour Party92,4178.92+0.5950
GroenLinks84,3238.13–2.705–1
Christian Democratic Appeal72,7037.01–4.574–3
Christian Union57,3555.53–1.253–1
Democrats 6654,9435.30–1.903–1
Reformed Political Party52,4205.06–0.1930
Party for the Animals46,5024.49+0.0320
Party for Freedom42,5784.11–1.952–1
Volt38,3713.70New2New
JA2136,4023.51New2New
Socialist Party36,0903.48–2.352–1
Forum for Democracy26,4472.55–10.881–7
50PLUS20,0781.94–1.871–1
Local Parties Gelderland16,5121.59+0.4100
BVNL6,8120.66New0New
OUR Gelderland4,6800.45New0New
Total1,036,640100.0055
Valid votes1,036,64099.49
Invalid votes2,1200.20
Blank votes3,1920.31
Total votes1,041,952100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,618,96564.36+5.81
Source: Kiesraad

Past election results

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Administration". Provincie Gelderland. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
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