States of Groningen

Provincial Council of Groningen
Provinciale Staten van Groningen
Type
Type
Leadership
Chairman
Max van den Berg (PvdA)
since 1 September 2007
Structure
Seats 43
Political groups
Elections
Last election
 2 March 2011[2]
Next election
 18 March 2015[2]
Meeting place
Provinciehuis, Groningen

The Provincial Council of Groningen[3] (Dutch: Provinciale Staten van Groningen,[4] pronounced [proːvɪnˈʃaːlə ˈstaːtən vɑn ˈɣroːnɪŋən]) are the States-Provincial for the Dutch province of Groningen. It forms the legislative body of the province. Its 43 seats are distributed every four years in provincial elections. Since 2007, it is chaired by Max van den Berg (PvdA).[5]

Current composition

Since the 2011 provincial elections, the seats of the Provincial Council of Groningen are as following:

2011 provincial election[6]

 
Party Votes Seats
# % +/- # +/-
Labour Party 65,542 24.88 -1.33 12 0
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 34,701 13.17 +1.48 6 +1
Socialist Party 33,812 12.83 -3.08 6 -1
Christian Democratic Appeal 31,517 11.96 -7.42 5 -4
Democrats 66 20,515 7.79 +5.19 3 +2
Party for Freedom 20,373 7.73 +7.73 3 +3
ChristianUnion 19,999 7.59 -2.67 3 -1
GreenLeft 19,040 7.23 -0.38 3 0
Party for the North 8,312 3.2 -0.49 1 0
Party for the Animals 5,601 2.13 -0.03 1 0
50PLUS 4,056 1.54 +1.54 0 0
Total 263,468 100% 43

See also

References

  1. ↑ (Dutch) Fracties, Province of Groningen. Retrieved on 15 June 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 (Dutch) Provinciale staten, Electoral Council. Retrieved on 16 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Provincial Council and Provincial Executive, Province of Groningen. Retrieved on 15 June 2014.
  4. ↑ (Dutch) Zo werken Provinciale Staten, Province of Groningen. Retrieved on 15 June 2014.
  5. ↑ (Dutch) Commissaris van de Koning, Provincie Groningen. Retrieved on 29 June 2014.
  6. ↑ (Dutch) Verkiezingsuitslagen Provinciale Staten 1918 - heden, Electoral Council. Retrieved on 27 January 2014.

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