2019 Dutch provincial elections

Provincial elections were held in the Netherlands on 20 March 2019.^[1] Eligible voters elected the members of the Provincial States in the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. The elections were held on the same day as the 2019 Dutch water boards elections and, in the Caribbean Netherlands, island council elections.^[2]^[3]

These elections also indirectly determine the composition of the Senate, since the members of the twelve provincial states, alongside electoral colleges elected in the Caribbean Netherlands on the same day, will elect the Senate's 75 members in the Senate election on 27 May, two months after the provincial elections.^[4] Because of this, the provincial elections were a test for the third Rutte cabinet, which previously had a majority of one seat in the Senate, but has since lost that majority.^[5]

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States-Provincial																Provincial Executive
Province	VVD	CDA	D66	PVV	SP	PvdA	GL	CU	SGP	PvdD	50+	DENK	FVD	Provincial parties	Total
Province															Total
Groningen	4	3	3	2	4	5	6	4		1	1		5	5 GB 3 PvhN 2	43	GL, PvdA, CU, VVD, CDA, D66^[7]
Friesland	4	8	2	3	2	6	3	3		1	1		6	4 FNP 4	43	CDA, PvdA, VVD, FNP
Drenthe	6	5	2	3	3	6	4	3		1	1		6	1 SL 1	41	PvdA, VVD, CDA, GL, CU
Overijssel	6	9	3	3	3	4	5	4	2	1	1		6		47	CDA, VVD, PvdA, CU, SGP
Flevoland	6	3	2	4	2	3	4	3	1	2	2	1	8^[a]		41	VVD, GL, CDA, PvdA, CU, D66
Gelderland	8	7	4	3	3	5	6	4	3	2	2		8		55	VVD, CDA, GL, PvdA, CU
Utrecht	8	5	5	2	2	4	8	4	1	2	1	1	6		49	GL, CDA, D66, PvdA, CU
North Holland	9	4	6	3	3	6	9	1		3	1^[b]	1	9^[a]		55	GL, VVD, PvdA, D66
South Holland	10	4	5	4	2	4	5	3	2	2	2	1	11^[a]		55	VVD, CU-SGP, GL, PvdA, CDA
Zeeland	4	7	1	2	2	4	2	2	5	1	2		5	2 PvZ 2	39	CDA, SGP, VVD, PvdA
North Brabant	10	8	5	4	5	3	5	1		2	2		9	1 LB 1	55	VVD, FvD, CDA, LB^[8]
Limburg	5	9	3	7	4	3	4			2	1		7	2 L-L 2	47	CDA, FvD, PVV, VVD, GL, LL^[c]^[9]
Total	80	72	41	40	35	53	61	31	14	20	17	4	86	15	570
Total	80	72	41	40	35	53	61	1		20	17	4	86	15	570
Executives (out of 12)	10^[c]	10^[c]	4	0^[c]	0	10	7^[c]	7	3	0	0	0	1^[c]	2^[c]


Party or alliance				Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Forum for Democracy			1,057,030	14.53	New	86	New
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy			1,017,937	13.99	-1.93	80	–9
	Christian Democratic Appeal			805,862	11.07	-3.64	72	–17
	GroenLinks			783,006	10.76	+5.41	61	+31
	Labour Party			619,906	8.52	-1.56	53	–10
	Democrats 66			567,363	7.80	-4.66	41	–26
	Party for Freedom			504,948	6.94	-4.79	40	–26
	Socialist Party			430,096	5.91	-5.74	35	–35
	CU–SGP		Christian Union	353,443	4.86	+0.85	31	+2
			Reformed Political Party	179,899	2.47	-0.34	14	–4
			CU–SGP joint list in North Brabant	19,466	0.27	-0.43	1	–1
		Total		552,808	7.60	+0.01	46	–3
	Party for the Animals			317,104	4.36	+0.90	20	+2
	50PLUS			265,215	3.64	+0.26	17	+3
	Independent Senate Group		Local Brabant	25,485	0.35	+0.10	1	0
			Frisian National Party	23,662	0.33	-0.08	4	0
			Groningers' Interests	18,556	0.25	-0.01	3	0
			Local Limburg	18,474	0.25	+0.11	2	+1
			Elderly Party North Holland	18,307	0.25	-0.08	0	–1
			Local Parties South Holland	11,648	0.16	New	0	New
			Local Parties Gelderland – Code Orange	11,053	0.15	New	0	New
			Party for Zeeland	10,619	0.15	+0.05	2	+1
			Strong Local	9,344	0.13	+0.01	1	0
			U26 Municipalities	6,530	0.09	New	0	New
			Frisian Provincial Interests	5,345	0.07	New	0	New
		Total		159,023	2.19	–	13	+1
	Denk			121,753	1.67	New	4	New
	Code Orange			24,047	0.33	New	0	New
	NIDA			11,347	0.16	New	0	New
	Party for the North			10,527	0.14	+0.05	2	+1
	Seniors Brabant			9,687	0.13	New	0	New
	Elderly Appeal - Heart for Brabant			6,719	0.09	New	0	New
	Independent Party Drenthe			3,777	0.05	New	0	New
	Natural Frisian			2,917	0.04	New	0	New
	Jesus Lives			2,323	0.03	-0.03	0	0
	Senior Interests			1,414	0.02	-0.04	0	0
	Politically Active Elders			1,283	0.02	±0.00	0	0
	Respect!			976	0.01	New	0	New
Total				7,277,068	100.00	–	570	–

Valid votes				7,277,068	99.42
Invalid votes				21,205	0.29
Blank votes				21,377	0.29
Total votes				7,319,650	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				13,032,532	56.16	+8.40
Source: Kiesraad^[10]


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Labour Party	32,105	14.06	–1.09	6	–1
	Forum for Democracy	30,713	13.45	New	6	New
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	29,785	13.05	–2.17	6	–1
	Christian Democratic Appeal	24,082	10.55	–3.88	5	–1
	GroenLinks	18,954	8.30	+3.13	4	+2
	Party for Freedom	16,097	7.05	–3.83	3	–2
	Christian Union	15,526	6.80	+0.37	3	0
	Socialist Party	14,760	6.47	–6.10	3	–2
	Democrats 66	12,995	5.69	–4.16	2	–2
	Locally Strong	9,344	4.09	+0.45	1	0
	50PLUS	8,444	3.70	–0.33	1	0
	Party for the Animals	7,823	3.43	New	1	New
	Independent Party Drenthe	3,777	1.65	New	0	New
	Reformed Political Party	1,877	0.82	–0.02	0	0
	Senior Interests	1,414	0.62	New	0	New
	DENK	579	0.25	New	0	New
Total		228,275	100.00	–	41	–

Valid votes		228,275	99.55
Invalid/blank votes		1,026	0.45
Total votes		229,301	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		389,925	58.81
Source: Kiesraad^[11]^[12]^[13]


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Forum for Democracy	28,376	17.79	New	8	New
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	21,012	13.17	–3.49	6	–1
	Party for Freedom	14,781	9.27	–5.14	4	–2
	GroenLinks	13,608	8.53	+4.13	–	–
	Christian Democratic Appeal	13,256	8.31	–4.49	3	–2
	Labour Party	13,090	8.21	+0.47	3	0
	Christian Union	11,219	7.03	+0.24	3	0
	Socialist Party	9,291	5.83	–5.08	2	–3
	50PLUS	7,859	4.93	–0.23	2	0
	Democrats 66	7,799	4.89	–5.66	2	–2
	Party for the Animals	6,986	4.38	+0.25	2	0
	Reformed Political Party	6,128	3.84	–0.12	1	–1
	DENK	3,326	2.09	New	1	New
	Politically Active Elders	1,283	0.80	+0.05	0	0
	Respect!	976	0.61	New	0	New
	Jesus Lives	495	0.31	0.00	0	0
Total		159,485	100.00	–	37	–

Valid votes		159,485	99.35
Invalid/blank votes		1,038	0.65
Total votes		160,523	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		299,536	53.59
Source: Kiesraad^[14]^[12]^[13]

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Christian Democratic Appeal	49,704	16.67	–4.12	8	–1
	Forum for Democracy	40,055	13.43	New	6	New
	Labour Party	39,976	13.40	–2.09	6	–1
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	28,073	9.41	–1.58	4	–1
	Frisian National Party	23,662	7.93	–1.53	4	0
	GroenLinks	22,935	7.69	+4.14	3	+2
	Christian Union	19,673	6.60	–0.83	3	0
	Party for Freedom	17,287	5.80	–2.93	3	–1
	Socialist Party	15,426	5.17	–5.76	2	–3
	Democrats 66	12,284	4.12	–2.85	2	–1
	Party for the Animals	9,618	3.22	+0.65	1	0
	50PLUS	7,595	2.55	+0.14	1	0
	Frisian Provincial Interests	5,345	1.79	New	0	New
	Reformed Political Party	3,198	1.07	New	0	New
	Natural Frisian	2,917	0.98	New	0	New
	DENK	493	0.17	New	0	New
Total		298,241	100.00	–	43	–

Valid votes		298,241	99.52
Invalid/blank votes		1,428	0.48
Total votes		299,669	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		506,868	59.12
Source: Kiesraad^[15]^[12]^[13]

2019 Dutch provincial elections

Seats summary

Detailed results

National

By province

Drenthe

Flevoland

Friesland

Gelderland

Groningen

Limburg

North Brabant

North Holland

Overijssel

South Holland

Utrecht

Zeeland

Coalition talks

See also

Notes

References

Wikiwand - on

Province	Informateur	Occupation / Reputation
Groningen	Mario Post^[25]	Former GL leader in the Estates
Friesland	Harry van der Molen^[26]	MP for CDA, Former City councillor of Leeuwarden
Drenthe	Roelie Goettsch	Former PvdA leader in the Estates
Overijssel	Geert Jansen,^[27] then	Province's former Queen's Commissioner, CDA member
Overijssel	Bart Krol^[28]	Former CDA member of the Utrecht Estates
Flevoland	Annemarie van Gaal^[27]	Entrepreneur
Gelderland	Mark Boumans^[29]	Mayor of Doetinchem (VVD), former Executive in Groningen
Utrecht	Bram van Ojik^[30]	Former leader of GL
North Holland	Hans Smits,^[31]^[32] then	Former Director of the Schiphol airport
North Holland	Laura Bromet and Cornelis Mooij^[27]	MPs for GL and VVD
South Holland	Hans Wiegel^[33]	Former leader of VVD, Friesland's former Queen's Commissioner
Zeeland	René Verhulst^[34]	Mayor of Ede (CDA)
North Brabant	Helmi Huijbregts^[27]	Senator for VVD
Limburg	Ger Koopmans	Leader of the CDA fraction in the Estates, former MP