States of Groningen

Provincial Council of Groningen
Provinciale Staten van Groningen
Type
Type
Leadership
Chairman
René Paas (CDA)
Since 18 April 2016
Structure
Seats 43
Political groups
Elections
Last election
 18 March 2015[2]
Next election
 20 March 2019[3]
Meeting place
Provinciehuis, Groningen

The Provincial Council of Groningen[4] (Dutch: Provinciale Staten van Groningen,[5] 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 2016, it is chaired by René Paas (CDA).[6]

Current composition

Since the 2015 provincial election, the seats of the Provincial Council of Groningen are as following:

2015 provincial election[7]

 
Party Votes % Seats
Socialist Party 39,093 16.19 8
Labour Party 29,711 12.30 6
Christian Democratic Appeal 27,160 11.25 5
Democrats 66 23,422 9.70 4
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 22,089 9.15 4
Christian Union 21,124 8.75 4
Party for Freedom 19,340 8.01 3
Groninger Belang 15,869 6.57 3
GroenLinks 15,701 6.50 3
Party for the Animals 9,078 3.76 2
Party for the North 5,173 2.14 1
50PLUS 4,772 1.98 0
Seniorenpartij Groningen 2,462 1.02 0
Groningen Centraal! 2,182 0.90 0
Grunnegers veur Stad en Ommelaand 1,498 0.62 0
United Communist Party 1,238 0.51 0
Party for Human and Spirit 828 0.34 0
Red het Noorden 405 0.17 0
Vrij Mandaat 334 0.14 0
Total 241,479 100 43

See also

References

  1. ↑ Fracties (in Dutch), Province of Groningen. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Provinciale staten (in Dutch), Electoral Council. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Verkiezingskalender (in Dutch), Electoral Council. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Provincial Council and Provincial Executive, Province of Groningen. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  5. ↑ Zo werken Provinciale Staten (in Dutch), Province of Groningen. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  6. ↑ Mr.Drs. F.J. (René) Paas (in Dutch), Parlement & Politiek, 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  7. ↑ Verkiezingsuitslagen Provinciale Staten 1918 - heden (in Dutch), Electoral Council. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
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