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]
Current composition
Since the 2011 provincial elections, the seats of the States of Gelderland are as following:[3]
Year | 2011 | 2015 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Votes | Seats | Votes | Seats | |||
# | % | # | % | ||||
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 170,939 | 19.15 | 11 | 122,452 | 15.79 | 9 | |
Labour Party | 148,023 | 16.58 | 9 | 70,093 | 9.04 | 6 | |
Christian Democratic Appeal | 144,467 | 16.18 | 9 | 116,322 | 15.00 | 9 | |
Party for Freedom | 92,563 | 10.37 | 6 | 75.356 | 9.72 | 5 | |
Socialist Party | 87,088 | 9.75 | 5 | 85.260 | 11.00 | 6 | |
Democrats 66 | 71,951 | 8.06 | 4 | 97,845 | 12.62 | 7 | |
GreenLeft | 55,487 | 6.21 | 4 | 44,277 | 5.71 | 3 | |
ChristianUnion | 43,436 | 4.86 | 3 | 47,444 | 6.12 | 4 | |
Reformed Political Party | 40,604 | 4.55 | 2 | 46,395 | 5.98 | 3 | |
50PLUS | 17,743 | 1.99 | 1 | 22,271 | 2.87 | 1 | |
Party for the Animals | 16,290 | 1.82 | 1 | 25,924 | 3.34 | 2 | |
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 |
References
- In isolation, van is pronounced [vɑn].
- "Administration". Provincie Gelderland. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- (in Dutch) Verkiezingsuitslagen Provinciale Staten 1918 - heden, Electoral Council. Retrieved on 29 June 2014.
External links
- Official website (in Dutch)
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