Provincial Council of Zeeland
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Type
Type
Leadership
President
Secretary
Flora van Houwelingen
Structure
Seats39
Political groups
Government (23)
  •   BBB (9)
  •   SGP (5)
  •   CDA (5)
  •   VVD (4)

Opposition (16)

Elections
Last election
15 March 2023
Next election
No later than March 2027
Meeting place
Meeting place of the Provincial Council of Zeeland in Middelburg

The Provincial Council of Zeeland (Dutch: Provinciale Staten van Zeeland), also known as the States of Zeeland, is the provincial council of Zeeland, Netherlands. It forms the legislative body of the province. Its 39 seats are distributed every four years in provincial elections.

History

During the rule of Charles V, the States of Zeeland was made up of prelates from the area (e.g. the abbot of the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Abdij in Middelburg), the main nobles of Zeeland (the Ridderschap) and representatives of the area's six largest cities (known as pensionaries). These cities were Middelburg, Zierikzee, Goes, Reimerswaal and Tholen (with Vlissingen and Veere added after the Dutch Revolt). Decisions were taken by majority vote and the body and area were represented at the States General of the Netherlands by the Grand Pensionary of Zeeland, with this regional states (like the others) also nominating Zeeland's members of the States-General. Its executive board was known as the Gecommitteerde Raden. From 1578, these, the Zeeuwse Admiraliteitscollege and other regional representatives oversaw the Admiralty of Zeeland.

Current composition

Since the 2023 provincial elections, the distribution of seats of the Provincial Council of Zeeland has been as follows:[1]

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Farmer–Citizen Movement36,10019.76New9New
Labour Party – GroenLinks24,53713.43–0.8260
Reformed Political Party22,69212.42+0.365–1
Christian Democratic Appeal20,89211.43–4.845–2
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy16,2948.92–1.3640
Party for Freedom8,7074.77–1.4720
Party for Zeeland8,4584.63–1.5820
Christian Union7,8614.30–0.921–1
Democrats 667,1713.92+0.1710
JA216,2873.44New1New
Party for the Animals6,2873.44–0.0610
Socialist Party6,0343.30–1.521–1
Forum for Democracy5,4602.99–8.811–4
50PLUS2,8721.57–3.560–2
General Water Board Party1,6210.89New0New
BVNL1,4340.78New0New
Total182,707100.0039
Valid votes182,70799.55
Invalid votes4000.22
Blank votes4340.24
Total votes183,541100.00
Registered voters/turnout294,06462.42+3.27
Source: Kiesraad

See also

References

  1. "Verkiezingsuitslagen 1918 tot heden". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 June 2015.
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