Provincial Council of Gelderland

The States of Gelderland (Dutch: Staten van Gelderland, 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]

Provincial Council of
Gelderland
Type
Type
Leadership
President
John Berends (CDA)
Secretary
Franske van Hooijdonk
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

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

  1. In isolation, van is pronounced [vɑn].
  2. "Administration". Provincie Gelderland. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  3. Provinciale Staten 2011-2019 Verkiezingen, Kiesraad
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