2015 Dutch provincial elections

none Provincial elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday 18 March 2015.https://www.kiesraad.nl/artikel/ps-provinciale-staten-overzichtspagina Provinciale staten Kiesraad 28 July 2014 nl dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140717050813/https://www.kiesraad.nl/artikel/ps-provinciale-staten-overzichtspagina 17 July 2014 Eligible voters elected the members of the States-Provincial in the twelve provinces. These elections also indirectly determined the members of the Senate, since the 566 members of the twelve States-Provincial will elect the Senate's 75 members in the Senate election on 26 May 2015.https://www.kiesraad.nl/artikel/ek-eerste-kamer Eerste Kamer Kiesraad 28 July 2014 nl These provincial election were held on the same day as the 2015 Dutch water boards elections. Participating parties Eight political parties participated in the elections in all of the country's twelve provinces:https://www.kiesraad.nl/nieuws/kandidatenlijsten-voor-provinciale-statenverkiezingen-ingeleverd Kandidatenlijsten voor provinciale statenverkiezingen ingeleverd Kiesraad nl 2 February 2015 2 February 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150203235419/https://www.kiesraad.nl/nieuws/kandidatenlijsten-voor-provinciale-statenverkiezingen-ingeleverd 3 February 2015 Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) Democrats 66 (D66) GreenLeft (GL) Labour Party (PvdA) Party for Freedom (PVV) 50PLUS Socialist Party (SP) People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) Opinion polls In the table below the % of voters based on various polls. Date Polling FirmVVDPvdACDAPVVSPD66GLCU50PLUSSGPPvdDOthersLead7 Feb 2015 I&O ResearchProvinciale Statenverkiezingen https://web.archive.org/web/20150211144950/http://www.ioresearch.nl/Portals/0/Provinciale%20Statenverkiezingen_1.pdf 2015-02-11 (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 February 2015. 17 12 13 13 14 13 5 4 4 3 3 0 31 Feb 2015 PeilPeil.nl Retrieved 1 February 2015. 14 9 15 14 12 16 7 4 1 2 3 2 12 Mar 2011 Last elections20 17 14 12 10 8 6 3 2 2 2 2 3 Seats summary + Legislatures and governments of the Provinces of the Netherlands, 2015–2019 States-Provincial Provincial Executive ProvinceVVDCDAD66 PVV SP PvdA GL CU SGP PvdD 50+ Provincial parties Total Groningen 454 38 634 2 0padding:0 normal 4 GB 3 PvhN 1 43 SP, D66, CDA, GL, CU Friesland59 3 45 7 1 3 1 1padding:0 normal 5 FNP 5 43 CDA, VVD, FNP, SP Drenthe76 4 5 57 23 0 1padding:0 normal 1 SL 1 41 VVD, PvdA, CDA, CU Overijssel6115 5 5 5 24 2 1 1 0 47 CDA, VVD, D66, CU Flevoland754 65 3 2 3 2 2 2 0 41 VVD, CDA, D66, SP Gelderland997 5 66 3 4 3 2 1 0 55 VVD, CDA, D66, PvdA Utrecht969 4 4 54 3 2 2 1 0 49 VVD, CDA, D66, GL North Holland115610 67 4 1 3 1padding:0 normal 1 ONH 1 55 VVD, D66, PvdA, CDA South Holland1077 85 5 3 3 3 2 2 0 55 VVD, CDA, SP, D66 Zeeland66 3 4 44 1 26 1padding:0 normal 2 ZL 1 PvZ 1 39 VVD, PvdA, CDA, SGP North Brabant10 97 794 3 1 2 2padding:0 normal 1 LB 1 55 VVD, SP, D66, PvdA Limburg5114 984 2 1 1padding:0 normal 2 VL 1 LL 1 47 VVD, CDA, SP, D66, PvdA Total 89 89 67 66 70 63 30 29 18 18 14 15 570 2 Results National thumb|180px|Biggest party by province thumb|180px|Biggest party by municipality The table below shows the total number of seats in all provinces. On March 23, the official results of the 2015 election were published. The two parties which lost most seats were PvdA and VVD, the parties in the national government at the time of the election. People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 965353 89 Christian Democratic Appeal 891845 89 Democrats 66 755719 67 Party for Freedom 711176 66 Socialist Party 706440 70 Labour Party 611262 63 GroenLinks 324572 30 Christian Union 243209 29 Party for the Animals 210113 18 50PLUS 204858 14 Reformed Political Party 170624 18 Christian Union – Reformed Political Party 42703 2 Frisian National Party 25027 4 Ouderenpartij Noord-Holland 19763 1 Groninger Belang 15869 3 Lokaal Brabant 15226 1 Hart voor Holland 13452 0 Pirate Party 9885 0 Volkspartij Limburg 9296 1 Lokaal-Limburg 8741 1 Lokaal Overijssel 7817 0 Sterk Lokaal 7057 1 Nederland Lokaal 7026 0 Lokaal Belang Gelderland–1 Achterhoek 6967 0 Lokale Partijen Gelderland 6474 0 Verenigde Lokale Partijen Zuid-Holland 6097 0 Zeeland Lokaal 5815 1 Party for Zeeland 5787 1 Vrouwen Partij 5595 0 Party for the North 5173 1 Libertarian Party 4661 0 Multicultureel Plus Partij 4222 0 Provincie@Inwonersbelangen 3881 0 Senioren Belang Noord 3510 0 Jesus Lives 3444 0 Partij voor Mens en Spirit 3309 0 Seniorenpartij Groningen 2462 0 Provinciaal Belang Zeeland 2388 0 PSP'92 Gelderland 2348 0 Groningen Centraal! 2182 0 Vrijzinnige Partij 2098 0 Grunnegers veur Stad en Ommelaand 1498 0 Vrede en Recht 1337 0 United Communist Party 1238 0 Partij voor Leefbaarheid en Democratie 1218 0 Libertarische Partij 1008 0 Friese Koers 1001 0 OPA 982 0 Platform Vrije Politiek 836 0 StemNL 648 0 Gelderse Centrumdemocraten 456 0 Red het Noorden 405 0 Verenigd Links-Feriene Lofts 347 0 Vrij Mandaat 334 0 37681 12777145 KiesraadKiesraad - verkiezingsuitslagen https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/PS20150318 https://web.archive.org/web/20171226182508/https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/PS20150318 2026-08-18 2017-12-26 By province Province SP PvdA PvdD GL D66 50+ VVD CDA CU SGP PVV Provincial parties Groningen 8 6 2 3 4 0 4 5 4 3normal padding:0 4 GB 3 PvhN 1 Friesland 5 7 1 1 3 1 5 9 3 4normal padding:0 5 FNP 5 Drenthe 5 7 2 4 1 7 6 3 0 5normal padding:0 1 SL 1 Overijssel 5 5 1 2 5 1 6 11 4 2 5 0 Flevoland 5 3 2 2 4 2 7 5 3 2 6 0 Gelderland 6 6 2 3 7 1 9 9 4 3 5 0 Utrecht 4 5 2 4 9 1 9 6 3 2 4 0 North Holland 6 7 3 4 10 1 11 5 1 6normal padding:0 1 ONH 1 South Holland 5 5 2 3 7 2 10 7 3 3 8 0 Zeeland 4 4 1 3 1 6 6 2 6 4normal padding:0 2 ZL 1 PvZ 1 North Brabant 9 4 2 3 7 2 10 9 1 7normal padding:0 1 LB 1 Limburg 8 4 1 2 4 1 5 11 9normal padding:0 2 VL 1 LL 1 Island council elections Political party 2011 2015 change Bonaire island councilVerkiezingen Bonaire leveren geen winnaars op, telegraaf.nl, 19 maart 2015 Union Patriotiko Boneriano (UPB) 4 3 −1 Partido Demokratiko Boneriano (PDB) 3 3 – Partido Pro Hustisia & Union (PHU) 1 0 −1 Movementu Boneiru Liber (MBL) 1 0 −1 Movementu di Pueblo Boneriano (MPB) – 3 +3 total 9 9 turnout 75% 78% +3%Hoge opkomst op Bonaire, antilliaansdagblad.com, 18 maart 2015 Saba island councilGrote opkomst verkiezingen Saba, caribischnetwerk.ntr.nl, 19 maart 2015 Windward Islands People's Movement (WIPM) 4 3 −1 Saba Labour Party (SLP) 1 2 +1 total 5 5 turnout 88% 91,3% +3,1% Sint Eustatius island councilStatia to get coalition govt. as no outright winner emerges, thedailyherald.com, 19 maart 2015 Democratische Partij (DP) 2 2 – Progressive Labour Party (PLP) 1 2 +1 United People’s Coalition (UPC) 1 1 – St. Eustatius Empowerment Party (STEP) 1 0 −1 Blanco Lijst (Lijst-Schmidt) – 0 – Statia Liberal Action Movement (SLAM) – 0 – total 5 5 turnout 68% 65,5% −2,5% References 30em External links Provincial 2015 Category:March 2015 in Europe