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Dutch provincial elections held in 2019
Map showing the largest party by province
Provincial elections were held in the Netherlands on 20 March 2019. 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 .
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. 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.
Seats summary
Legislatures and governments of the Provinces of the Netherlands , 2019–2023
States-Provincial
Provincial Executive
Province
VVD
CDA
D66
PVV
SP
PvdA
GL
CU
SGP
PvdD
50+
DENK
FVD
Provincial parties
Total
Groningen
4
3
3
2
4
5
6
4
1
1
5
43
GL, PvdA, CU, VVD, CDA, D66
Friesland
4
8
2
3
2
6
3
3
1
1
6
43
CDA, PvdA, VVD, FNP
Drenthe
6
5
2
3
3
6
4
3
1
1
6
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
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
1
9
55
GL, VVD, PvdA, D66
South Holland
10
4
5
4
2
4
5
3
2
2
2
1
11
55
VVD, CU-SGP, GL, PvdA, CDA
Zeeland
4
7
1
2
2
4
2
2
5
1
2
5
39
CDA, SGP, VVD, PvdA
North Brabant
10
8
5
4
5
3
5
1
2
2
9
55
VVD, FvD, CDA, LB
Limburg
5
9
3
7
4
3
4
2
1
7
47
CDA, FvD, PVV, VVD, GL, LL
Total
80
72
41
40
35
53
61
31
14
20
17
4
86
15
570
1
Executives (out of 12)
10
10
4
0
0
10
7
7
3
0
0
0
1
2
Detailed results
National
2019 Dutch provincial elections changes with respect to 2015
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 Brabant19,466 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
By province
Drenthe
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
Flevoland
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
Friesland
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
Gelderland
Party Votes % +/– Seats +/– People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 130,537 13.96 –1.83 8 –1 Forum for Democracy 125,551 13.43 New 8 New Christian Democratic Appeal 108,248 11.58 –3.42 7 –2 GroenLinks 101,231 10.83 +5.12 6 +3 Labour Party 77,931 8.33 –0.71 5 –1 Democrats 66 67,279 7.20 –5.42 4 –3 Christian Union 63,364 6.78 +0.66 4 0 Party for Freedom 56,633 6.06 –3.66 3 –2 Socialist Party 54,510 5.83 –5.17 3 –3 Reformed Political Party 49,097 5.25 –0.73 3 0 Party for the Animals 41,658 4.46 +1.12 2 0 50PLUS 35,607 3.81 +0.94 2 +1 DENK 11,298 1.21 New 0 New Local Parties Gelderland – Code Oranje 11,053 1.18 New 0 New Jesus Lives 1,072 0.11 New 0 New Total 935,069 100.00 – 55 – Valid votes 935,069 99.46 Invalid/blank votes 5,040 0.54 Total votes 940,109 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,605,669 58.55 Source: Kiesraad
Groningen
Party
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
GreenLeft
31,886
12.49
6
+3
Labour Party
30,605
11.99
5
–1
Forum for Democracy
26,104
10.22
New
5
+5
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
8.49
4
±0
Christian Democratic Appeal
20,642
8.08
3
–2
Groningers' Interests
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
Denk
1,081
0.42
New
0
±0
Total Valid votes
255,329
43
±0
Blank votes
744
0.29
Invalid votes
583
0.23
Votes cast / turnout
256,656
56.07
Registered voters
457,753
Sources
Limburg
Party
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
Christian Democratic Appeal
84,947
18.65
9
–2
Forum for Democracy
66,343
14.57
New
7
+7
Party for Freedom
61,705
13.55
7
–2
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
46,254
10.16
5
±0
Socialist Party
39,527
8.68
4
–4
GreenLeft
38,291
8.41
4
+2
Labour Party
29,724
6.53
3
–1
Democrats 66
26,420
5.80
3
–1
Local Limburg
18,474
4.06
2
+1
Party for the Animals
17,512
3.84
2
+1
50PLUS
17,104
3.76
1
±0
Christian Union
4,855
1.07
New
0
±0
Denk
4,322
0.95
New
0
±0
Total Valid votes
455,478
47
±0
Blank votes
1,732
0.38
Invalid votes
1,289
0.28
Votes cast / turnout
458,499
52.57
Registered voters
872,100
Sources
North Brabant
Party
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
163,906
16.18
10
±0
Forum for Democracy
146,443
14.45
New
9
+9
Christian Democratic Appeal
134,834
13.31
8
–1
Socialist Party
93,138
9.19
5
–4
Democrats 66
89,014
8.78
5
–2
GreenLeft
87,687
8.65
5
+2
Party for Freedom
77,453
7.64
4
–3
Labour Party
64,837
6.40
3
–1
50PLUS
41,612
4.11
2
±0
Party for the Animals
37,775
3.73
2
±0
Local Brabant
25,485
2.52
1
±0
Christian Union – Reformed Political Party
19,466
1.92
1
±0
Denk
12,415
1.23
New
0
±0
Seniors Brabant
9,687
0.96
New
0
±0
Elderly Appeal - Heart for Brabant
6,719
0.66
New
0
±0
Code Orange
2,784
0.27
New
0
±0
Total of Valid votes
1,013,255
55
±0
Blank votes
3,593
0.35
Invalid votes
2,738
0.27
Total votes cast / turnout
1,019,586
Registered voters
1,945,875
Sources
North Holland
Party
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
Forum for Democracy
178,717
15.33
New
9
+9
GroenLinks
178,001
15.26
9
+5
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
169,288
14.52
9
–2
Democrats 66
115,928
9.94
6
–4
Labour Party
114,026
9.78
6
–1
Christian Democratic Appeal
79,361
6.81
4
–1
Party for the Animals
70,809
6.07
3
±0
Party for Freedom
65,346
5.60
3
–3
Socialist Party
58,396
5.01
3
–3
Christian Union
36,491
3.13
1
+1
50PLUS / Party of the Elderly
32,190
2.76
1
+1
Denk
28,035
2.40
New
1
+1
Elderly Party North Holland
18,307
1.57
0
–1
Code Oranje
16,665
1.43
New
0
±0
NIDA
4,615
0.40
New
0
±0
Total Valid votes
1,166,175
55
±0
Blank votes
3,199
0.27
Invalid votes
3,953
0.34
Votes cast / turnout
1,173,327
56.34
Registered voters
2,082,562
Sources
Overijssel
Party
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
Christian Democratic Appeal
89,523
17.10
9
–2
Forum for Democracy
69,443
13.27
New
6
+6
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
67,731
12.94
6
±0
GreenLeft
49,643
9.48
5
+3
Labour Party
44,494
8.50
4
–1
Christian Union
43,248
8.26
4
±0
Party for Freedom
37,582
7.18
3
–2
Socialist Party
30,792
5.88
3
–2
Democrats 66
30,221
5.77
3
–2
Reformed Political Party
20,473
3.91
2
±0
50PLUS
17,970
3.43
1
±0
Party for the Animals
15,850
3.03
1
±0
Denk
6,495
1.24
New
0
±0
Total Valid votes
523,465
47
±0
Blank votes
1,408
0.27
Invalid votes
1,335
0.25
Votes cast / turnout
526,208
59.27
Registered voters
887,844
Sources
South Holland
Party
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
Forum for Democracy
253,743
17.43
New
11
+11
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
227,987
15.66
10
±0
GreenLeft
131,878
9.06
5
+2
Democrats 66
124,154
8.53
5
–2
Labour Party
113,859
7.82
4
–1
Christian Democratic Appeal
112,681
7.74
4
–3
Party for Freedom
101,858
7.00
4
–4
Christian Union
81,160
5.57
3
±0
50PLUS
64,727
4.45
2
±0
Party for the Animals
63,690
4.37
2
±0
Socialist Party
59,956
4.12
2
–3
Reformed Political Party
56,742
3.90
2
–1
Denk
39,800
2.73
New
1
+1
Local Parties South Holland
11,648
0.80
New
0
±0
NIDA
6,732
0.46
New
0
±0
Code Oranje
4,598
0.32
New
0
±0
Jesus Lives
756
0.05
0
±0
Total Valid votes
1,455,969
55
±0
Blank votes
4,102
0.28
Invalid votes
5,225
0.36
Votes cast / turnout
1,465,296
54.49
Registered voters
2,689,094
Sources
Utrecht
Party
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
GreenLeft
98,900
16.07
8
+4
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
94,189
15.31
8
–1
Forum for Democracy
71,374
11.60
New
6
+6
Christian Democratic Appeal
60,774
9.88
5
–1
Democrats 66
58,133
9.45
5
–4
Labour Party
44,894
7.30
4
–1
Christian Union
44,855
7.29
4
+1
Party for Freedom
30,267
4.92
2
–2
Party for the Animals
28,985
4.71
2
±0
Socialist Party
23,894
3.88
2
–2
Reformed Political Party
21,760
3.54
1
–1
50PLUS
17,705
2.88
1
±0
Denk
13,095
2.13
New
1
+1
U26 Municipalities
6,530
1.06
New
0
±0
Total Valid votes
615,355
49
±0
Blank votes
1,815
0.29
Invalid votes
1,494
0.24
Votes cast / turnout
618,664
61.57
Registered voters
1,004,853
Sources
Zeeland
Party
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
Christian Democratic Appeal
27,810
16.27
7
+1
Reformed Political Party
20,624
12.06
5
–1
Forum for Democracy
20,168
11.80
New
5
+5
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
17,580
10.28
4
–2
Labour Party
14,365
8.40
4
±0
Party for Freedom
10,668
6.24
2
–2
Party for Zeeland
10,619
6.21
2
+1
GreenLeft
9,992
5.84
2
+1
Christian Union
8,927
5.22
2
±0
50PLUS
8,764
5.13
2
+1
Socialist Party
8,240
4.82
2
–2
Democrats 66
6,409
3.75
1
–2
Party for the Animals
5,992
3.50
New
1
+1
Denk
814
0.48
New
0
±0
Total Valid votes
170,972
39
±0
Blank votes
424
0.25
Invalid votes
416
0.24
Votes cast / turnout
171,812
59.15
Registered voters
290,453
Sources
Coalition talks
Coalition talks in the Netherlands are customarily organized by informateurs appointed by the party that came first in the elections, and then, in the event of a failure, by other parties. Informateurs usually submit a public report on possible coalitions in the weeks following the election.
See also
Notes
^ a b c The party came in front, but is not part of the executive, thus the cell isn't highlighted.
^ Combined list 50+/Party of the Elderly
^ a b c d e f g The Provincial-Executive of Limburg is a technocratic government made up of non-members.
References