Provincial Council of Groningen

The Provincial Council of Groningen (Dutch: Provinciale Staten van Groningen, pronounced [proːvɪɲˈɕaːlə ˈstaːtə(ɱ) vɑŋ ˈɣroːnɪŋə(n)]), also known as the States of Groningen, is the provincial council of Groningen, Netherlands. It forms the legislative body of the province. Its 43 seats are distributed every four years in provincial elections.

Provincial Council of Groningen
Type
Type	Provincial council
Leadership
President	René Paas (CDA)
Secretary	Nettie Engels-van Nijen
Structure
Seats	43
Political groups	Government (25)   GL (6)   PvdA (5)   CU (4)   VVD (4)   CDA (3)   D66 (3) Opposition (18)   SP (4)   GB (3)   FvD (2)   PVV (2)   PvhN (2)   PvdD (1)   50+ (1)   BVNL (1)   OG (1)   GO (1)
Elections
Last election	20 March 2019
Meeting place
Meeting place of the Provincial Council of Groningen in Groningen (city)

Current composition

Since the 2019 provincial elections, the distribution of seats of the Provincial Council of Groningen has been as follows:

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	GroenLinks	31,886	12.49	6	+3
	Labour Party	30,605	11.99	5	–1
	Forum for Democracy	26,104	10.22	5	New
	Christian Union	24,125	9.45	4	0
	Socialist Party	22,166	8.68	4	–4
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	21,595	8.46	4	0
	Christian Democratic Appeal	20,642	8.08	3	–2
	Groninger Interest	18,556	7.27	3	0
	Democrats 66	16,727	6.55	3	–1
	Party for Freedom	15,271	5.98	2	–1
	Party for the North	10,527	4.12	2	+1
	Party for the Animals	10,406	4.08	1	–1
	50PLUS	5,638	2.21	1	+1
Other parties		1,081	0.42	0	0
Total		255,329	100.00	43	–
Valid votes		255,329	99.48
Invalid/blank votes		1,327	0.52
Total votes		256,656	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		457,753	56.07
Source: Kiesraad[1]

See also

• Provincial politics in the Netherlands