2015 Dutch provincial elections

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Provincial elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday 18 March 2015.[1] 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.[2] 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:[3]

Opinion polls

In the table below the % of voters based on various polls.

Date Polling Firm VVD PvdA CDA PVV SP D66 GL CU 50PLUS SGP PvdD Others Lead
7 Feb 2015 I&O Research[4] 17 12 13 13 14 13 5 4 4 3 3 0 3
1 Feb 2015 Peil[5] 14 9 15 14 12 16 7 4 1 2 3 2 1
2 Mar 2011 Last elections 20 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
Province VVD CDA D66 PVV SP PvdA GL CU SGP PvdD 50+ Provincial parties Total
Groningen 4 5 4 3 8 6 3 4 2 0 <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
4
 43 SP, D66, CDA, GL, CU
Friesland 5 9 3 4 5 7 1 3 1 1 <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
5
 43 CDA, VVD, FNP, SP
Drenthe 7 6 4 5 5 7 2 3 0 1 <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
1
 41 VVD, PvdA, CDA, CU
Overijssel 6 11 5 5 5 5 2 4 2 1 1 0 47 CDA, VVD, D66, CU
Flevoland 7 5 4 6 5 3 2 3 2 2 2 0 41 VVD, CDA, D66, SP
Gelderland 9 9 7 5 6 6 3 4 3 2 1 0 55 VVD, CDA, D66, PvdA
Utrecht 9 6 9 4 4 5 4 3 2 2 1 0 49 VVD, CDA, D66, GL
North Holland 11 5 6 10 6 7 4 1 3 1 <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
1
 55 VVD, D66, PvdA, CDA
South Holland 10 7 7 8 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 0 55 VVD, CDA, SP, D66
Zeeland 6 6 3 4 4 4 1 2 6 1 <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
2
 39 VVD, PvdA, CDA, SGP
North Brabant 10 9 7 7 9 4 3 1 2 2 <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
1
 55 VVD, SP, D66, PvdA
Limburg 5 11 4 9 8 4 2 1 1 <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
2
 47 VVD, CDA, SP, D66, PvdA
Total 89 89 67 66 70 63 30 29 18 18 14 15 570
2

Results

National

File:Statenverkiezingen Nederland 2015 versie 2.svg
Biggest party by province
File:Provinciale Statenverkiezingen 2015 Nederland.png
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.

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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 3 <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
4
Friesland 5 7 1 1 3 1 5 9 3 4 <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
5
Drenthe 5 7 2 4 1 7 6 3 0 5 <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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 6 <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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 4 <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
2
North Brabant 9 4 2 3 7 2 10 9 1 7 <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
1
Limburg 8 4 1 2 4 1 5 11 9 <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
2

Island council elections

Political party 2011 2015 change
Bonaire island council[6]
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%[7]
Saba island council[8]
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 council[9]
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

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External links

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  4. ↑ Provinciale Statenverkiezingen Archived 2015-02-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Peil.nl Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Verkiezingen Bonaire leveren geen winnaars op, telegraaf.nl, 19 maart 2015
  7. ↑ Hoge opkomst op Bonaire, antilliaansdagblad.com, 18 maart 2015
  8. ↑ Grote opkomst verkiezingen Saba, caribischnetwerk.ntr.nl, 19 maart 2015
  9. ↑ Statia to get coalition govt. as no outright winner emerges, thedailyherald.com, 19 maart 2015
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