2011 Dutch provincial elections

none 300px|thumb|Election board in Groningen thumb|Largest party by province Provincial elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday 2 March 2011. Eligible voters elected the members of the provincial councils in the twelve provinces. These elections also indirectly determined the members of the Senate, since the 566 members of the twelve provincial councils elected the Senate's 75 members in the Senate election on 23 May 2011. The Senate election, and therefore the provincial elections, were important since the first Rutte cabinet had a minority in the Senate when it took office. The coalition and support parties hoped to gain a majority in the Senate through these elections, but failed to do so, obtaining 37 out of 75 seats. However, it was expected that the Reformed Political Party, which obtained one seat, would support the cabinet.Trouw, Kabinet kan door met gedoogsteun van SGP On the same date, Island Council elections were held in the three public bodies of the Caribbean Netherlands. It was planned that the members of the Island Councils would also have a vote in the Senate election in the future, but in 2011 this was not yet the case because this required a change in the Constitution.February 2021 Results The right-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, left-liberal Democrats 66, and right-wing Party for Freedom made significant gains throughout the provinces. The Labour Party stayed relatively stable, while the Socialist Party suffered losses from their 2007 results. The Christian Democratic Appeal suffered big losses, losing some 65 of their previous 151 provincial seats. However, the party did not fare as poorly as the polls had suggested. This was the first provincial elections that Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom participated in. The party managed to win seats in all of the Netherlands' provinces with its best results in the southern provinces of North Brabant and Limburg. In Limburg it even managed to become the biggest party by a slim margin. National results 2007 2011 +/– People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 102 112 +10 Labour Party 114 107 −7 Christian Democratic Appeal 151 86 −65 Party for Freedom 0 69 +69 Socialist Party 83 56 −27 Democrats 66 9 42 +33 GroenLinks 33 34 +1 Christian Union 35 23 −12 Reformed Political Party 13 12 −1 50PLUS 0 9 New Party for the Animals 8 7 −1 Christian Union – Reformed Political Party 3 1 −2 Frisian National Party 5 4 −1 Party for Zeeland 2 2 0 ONH–VSP 1 1 0 Party for the North 1 1 0 Party New Limburg 1 0 −1 Beautiful Utrecht 1 0 −1 Other parties 2 0 −2 +2 Due to population growth in Gelderland, the number of seats in the Provincial Council of Gelderland increased from 53 to 55, accounting for the increase in the total number of seats from 564 to 566. By province Province Number of seats per party VVD PvdA CDA PVV SP D66 GL CU SGP 50+ PvdD remaining total Groningen 6 12 5 3 6 3 3 3 - 0 1 1Party for the North: 1 43 Friesland 6 11 8 4 3 2 2 3 - 0 - 4Frisian National Party: 4 43 Drenthe 9 12 6 4 4 2 2 2 0 0 - 0 41 Overijssel 8 9 11 4 4 3 2 3 2 1 0 0 47 Flevoland 9 6 4 6 3 3 2 3 1 1 1 0 39 Gelderland 11 9 9 6 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 0 55 Utrecht 11 7 6 5 4 5 4 2 1 1 1 0 47 North Holland 13 11 5 6 5 6 5 1 1 1 1Elderly Party North Holland: 1 55 South Holland 12 10 6 8 5 5 3 2 2 1 1 0 55 Zeeland 7 7 6 5 3 2 1 2 4 0 0 2Party for Zeeland: 2 39 North Brabant 12 7 10 8 8 5 3 0 1 1 0 55 Limburg 8 6 10 10 6 2 3 0 - 2 0 0 47 Total 112 107 86 69 56 42 34 23 12 9 7 8 566 1 A "-" in the table means that the relevant party did not submit a list of candidates in the 2011 elections in the province concerned. Drenthe Labour Party 59053 12 −1 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 42255 9 +1 Christian Democratic Appeal 32518 6 −4 Party for Freedom 21920 4 New Socialist Party 21627 4 −1 Democrats 66 13850 2 +2 Christian Union 11857 2 −1 GroenLinks 11734 2 0 Other parties 7920 0 559 380661 KiesraadKiesraad - Verkiezingsuitslagen https://verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/PS20110302/663489 Flevoland People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 34038 9 0 Labour Party 23671 6 −1 Party for Freedom 22222 6 New Christian Democratic Appeal 15740 4 −4 Socialist Party 12904 3 −3 Democrats 66 9755 3 +3 Christian Union 8747 3 −2 GroenLinks 8463 2 0 Reformed Political Party 4875 1 0 50PLUS 3770 1 New Party for the Animals 3408 1 0 Other parties 926 0 417 278039 KiesraadKiesraad - Verkiezingsuitslagen https://verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/PS20110302/663601 Friesland Labour Party 70337 11 −1 Christian Democratic Appeal 52530 8 −4 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 41088 6 +1 #e40134 Frisian National Party 27288 4 −1 Party for Freedom 25116 4 New Socialist Party 24872 3 −1 Christian Union 18901 3 0 GroenLinks 15556 2 0 Democrats 66 12659 2 +2 Other parties 8960 0 773 497367 KiesraadKiesraad - Verkiezingsuitslagen https://verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/PS20110302/663429 Gelderland People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 170939 11 +2 Labour Party 148023 9 −1 Christian Democratic Appeal 144467 9 −6 Party for Freedom 92563 6 New Socialist Party 87088 5 −2 Democrats 66 71951 4 +3 GroenLinks 55487 4 +1 Christian Union 43436 3 −1 Reformed Political Party 40604 2 −1 50PLUS 17743 1 New Party for the Animals 16290 1 0 Other parties 4262 0 +2 2209 1528151 KiesraadKiesraad - Verkiezingsuitslagen https://verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/PS20110302/663693 Groningen Labour Party 65542 12 0 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 34701 6 +1 Socialist Party 33812 6 −1 Christian Democratic Appeal 31517 5 −4 Democrats 66 20515 3 +2 Party for Freedom 20373 3 New Christian Union 19999 3 −1 GroenLinks 19040 3 0 #e75f0e Party for the North 8312 1 0 Party for the Animals 5601 1 0 Other parties 4056 0 635 453661 KiesraadKiesraad - Verkiezingsuitslagen https://verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/PS20110302/663337 Limburg Party for Freedom 92488 10 New Christian Democratic Appeal 87231 10 −8 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 71884 8 +1 Labour Party 60685 6 −2 Socialist Party 53709 6 −3 GroenLinks 24088 3 +1 Democrats 66 23487 2 +1 50PLUS 17462 2 New Other parties 18431 0 −2 1426 872088 KiesraadKiesraad - Verkiezingsuitslagen https://verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/PS20110302/664149 North Brabant People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 198870 12 +1 Christian Democratic Appeal 166310 10 −8 Party for Freedom 133760 8 New Socialist Party 132723 8 −4 Labour Party 127958 7 −1 Democrats 66 76770 5 +4 GroenLinks 56113 3 +1 50PLUS 31554 1 New Party for the Animals 17320 1 0 Other parties 16963 0 −2 2866 1869067 KiesraadKiesraad - Verkiezingsuitslagen https://verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/PS20110302/664056 North Holland People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 253195 13 0 Labour Party 226734 11 0 Party for Freedom 134275 6 New Democrats 66 128600 6 +4 Socialist Party 109027 5 −4 Christian Democratic Appeal 100789 5 −5 GroenLinks 90793 5 0 Party for the Animals 28082 1 −1 #2790e1 Elderly Party North Holland 21354 1 0 50PLUS 19693 1 New Christian Union – Reformed Political Party 19603 1 −1 Other parties 2058 0 3693 1987964 KiesraadKiesraad - Verkiezingsuitslagen https://verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/PS20110302/663845 Overijssel Christian Democratic Appeal 105157 11 −6 Labour Party 89134 9 0 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 77661 8 +2 Party for Freedom 43760 4 New Socialist Party 42735 4 −2 Democrats 66 36517 3 +3 Christian Union 35411 3 −2 GroenLinks 25114 2 0 Reformed Political Party 16527 2 0 50PLUS 12826 1 New Other parties 7301 0 1161 854623 KiesraadKiesraad - Verkiezingsuitslagen https://verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/PS20110302/663581 South Holland People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 290260 12 0 Labour Party 230381 10 0 Party for Freedom 203143 8 New Christian Democratic Appeal 158901 6 −7 Socialist Party 131180 5 −3 Democrats 66 123633 5 +4 GroenLinks 76483 3 0 Christian Union 54866 2 −2 Reformed Political Party 53568 2 0 50PLUS 34914 1 New Party for the Animals 31910 1 0 Other parties 10914 0 −1 5135 2604363 KiesraadKiesraad - Verkiezingsuitslagen https://verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/PS20110302/663903 Utrecht People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 124952 11 +1 Labour Party 82721 7 −1 Christian Democratic Appeal 68017 6 −4 Democrats 66 60491 5 +3 Party for Freedom 59988 5 New GroenLinks 51721 4 0 Socialist Party 46336 4 −2 Christian Union 26856 2 −2 Reformed Political Party 16871 1 0 50PLUS 11562 1 New Party for the Animals 11386 1 0 Other parties 3315 0 −1 1636 917232 KiesraadKiesraad - Verkiezingsuitslagen https://verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/PS20110302/663753 Zeeland People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 28555 6 +1 Labour Party 26872 7 +1 Christian Democratic Appeal 24105 6 −4 Party for Freedom 20018 5 New Reformed Political Party 18828 4 −1 Socialist Party 14412 3 −2 #005caa Party for Zeeland 9456 2 0 Christian Union 7965 2 −1 Democrats 66 6967 2 +2 GroenLinks 6095 1 −1 Other parties 6401 0 343 288911 KiesraadKiesraad - Verkiezingsuitslagen https://verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/PS20110302/663996 Island council elections Political party 2007 2011 change Bonaire island council Union Patriotiko Boneriano (UPB) 5 4 -1 Partido Demokrátiko Boneriano (PDB) 4 3 -1 Partido Pro Hustisia & Union (PHU) - 1 +1 Movementu Boneiru Liber (MBL) - 1 +1 total 9 9 turnout 83% 75% Saba island council Windward Islands People's Movement (WIPM) 4 4 - Saba Labour Party (SLP) 1 1 - total 5 5 turnout 88% Sint Eustatius island council Democratische Partij (DP) 4 2 -2 Progressive Labour Party (PLP) 1 1 - United People’s Coalition (UPC) - 1 +1 St. Eustatius Empowerment Party (STEP) - 1 +1 total 5 5 turnout 68% References External links Provinciale Statenverkiezingen 2011 States-Provincial Election 2011 from NRC Handelsblad (Dutch) Provincial 2011 Category:March 2011 in Europe