Provincial Council of North Holland

The Provincial Council of North Holland (Dutch: Provinciale Staten van Noord-Holland, pronounced [proːvɪnˈʃaːlə ˈstaːtə(n) vɑn noːrt ˈɦɔlɑnt]), also known as the States of North Holland, is the provincial council of North Holland, Netherlands. It forms the legislative body of the province. Its 55 seats are distributed every four years in provincial elections.

Provincial Council of North Holland
Type
Type	Provincial council
Leadership
President	Arthur van Dijk (VVD)
Secretary	Katja Bolt
Structure
Seats	55
Political groups	Government (30)   GL (9)   VVD (9)   D66 (6)   PvdA (6) Opposition (25)   FvD (8)   CDA (4)   PvdD (3)   PVV (3)   SP (3)   CU (1)   50PLUS-PvdO (1)   Denk (1)   Independent (1)
Elections
Last election	20 March 2019
Meeting place
Meeting place of the Provincial Council of North Holland in Haarlem
Website
www.noord-holland.nl/Bestuur/Provinciale_Staten

Current composition

Since the 2015 provincial elections, the seats of the States of North Holland are as following:[1]

Party		Votes		Seats
		#	%
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	178,260	18.58	11
	Democrats 66	149,362	15.57	10
	Labour Party	110,001	11.47	7
	Party for Freedom	105,031	10.95	6
	Socialist Party	101,352	10.57	6
	Christian Democratic Appeal	91,525	9.54	5
	GreenLeft	68,180	7.11	4
	Party for the Animals	45,971	4.79	3
	50PLUS	30,638	3.19	1
	ChristianUnion-Reformed Political Party	25,934	2.70	1
	Elderly Party North Holland	19,763	2.06	1
	Hart voor Holland	13,452	1.40	0
	Pirate Party	9,885	1.03	0
	Vrouwen Partij	5,595	0.58	0
	Multicultureel Plus Partij (M+)	4,222	0.44	0

See also

• States of Holland and West Friesland
• Provincial politics in the Netherlands

References

1. (in Dutch) Verkiezingsuitslagen Provinciale Staten 1918 - heden, Electoral Council. Retrieved on 26 January 2017.

External links

• Official website (in Dutch)