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2023 Dutch provincial elections
Netherlands
←  2019 15 March 2023

All 572 seats in the provincial councils
Party % Seats +/–
BBB

19.19% 137 New
VVD

11.17% 63 −17
GL

8.96% 51 −8
PvdA

8.12% 46 −3
CDA

6.64% 43 −29
D66

6.34% 32 −9
PVV

5.76% 34 −6
PvdD

4.83% 25 +5
JA21

4.40% 22 New
SP

4.24% 23 −12
CU

3.66% 22 −9
FvD

3.07% 15 −71
Volt

3.00% 11 New
SGP

2.52% 16 +2
50+

2.30% 8 −9
OPNL

2.20% 16 +3
GL/PvdA

0.32% 6 0
CU–SGP

0.22% 1 0
PvhN

0.11% 1 −1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Provincial elections were held in the Netherlands on 15 March 2023, on the same day as the water board elections, as well as island council elections in the Caribbean Netherlands. [1] [2] [3]

The elections resulted in a victory for the Farmer–Citizen Movement, which had been formed three years prior; the BBB won the popular vote and the most seats in all twelve provinces. (It tied for most seats with the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in North and South Holland, and with GroenLinks in Utrecht.) [4] [5] [6] [7] It was the first time in Dutch history a political party managed to win the popular vote in all twelve provinces.

These elections also indirectly determined the composition of the Senate, for the members of the twelve provincial states, alongside electoral colleges elected on the same day, elected the Senate's 75 members in the Senate election on 30 May, two months after the provincial elections. [8] [9]

Electoral system

Elections for the provincial councils of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands are held every four years in March using the D'Hondt method. Voters also have the option to cast a preferential vote. The seats won by a list are first allocated to the candidates who, in preferential votes, have received at least 25% of the number of votes needed for one seat, regardless of their placement on the electoral list. If multiple candidates from a list pass this threshold, their ordering is determined based on the number of votes received. Any remaining seats are allocated to candidates according to their placement on the electoral list. [10] The size of the provincial councils ranges from 39 members for a province with fewer than 400,000 inhabitants to 55 members for a province with more than 2,000,000 inhabitants. As of 2023 there are a total of 572 seats in the provincial councils.

Participating parties

As of 21 December 2022, 49 parties have been registered with the Electoral Council for participation in general elections, which carries over to provincial elections. [11] Parties can also participate in a province by registering their party name in that province instead of nationally. [12] Which parties participate differs per province, with most large parties represented in the House of Representatives participating in all provinces and some local and smaller national parties also participating.

Opinion polling

Seats summary

Legislatures and governments of the Provinces of the Netherlands, 2023–2027 [13]
Provincial councils
Province BBB VVD GL PvdA CDA PVV D66 PvdD SP CU SGP JA21 FVD Volt 50+ Provincial parties Total
Drenthe 17 4 2 4 3 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1
43
Overijssel 17 4 4 3 4 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 47
Friesland 14 3 3 5 4 2 1 1 1 2 - 1 1 -
5
43
Gelderland 14 6 5 5 4 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 1 2 1 55
Groningen 12 2 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 1
4
43
North Brabant 11 9 5 4 4 4 4 2 4 1 2 1 1 1
2
55
Flevoland 10 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 - 1
1
41
Limburg 10 5 4 3 5 6 3 2 3 - 2 1 - 1
2
47
South Holland 8 8 6 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 4 2 1 1 55
Zeeland 9 4 6 5 2 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 -
2
39
North Holland 8 8 7 7 2 3 4 4 2 1 - 3 2 2 2 55
Utrecht 7 6 7 3 4 2 5 3 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 49
Total 137 63 51 46 43 34 32 25 23 22 16 22 15 11 8 17 572
6 1

A “-” in the table means that the party in question has not submitted a list of candidates for the 2023 election in that province.

Detailed results

National

23
25
51
6
46
11
32
22
1
1
16
8
43
63
137
16
22
34
15
Party or allianceVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Farmer–Citizen Movement1,488,37219.19New137New
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy866,20811.17–2.8263–17
GL–PvdA GroenLinks694,6788.96–1.6651–9
Labour Party629,9128.12–0.2046–3
GL–PvdA joint list in Zeeland24,5370.32–0.0360
Total1,349,12717.40–1.88103–12
Christian Democratic Appeal515,0816.64–4.4343–29
Democrats 66491,8816.34–1.4632–9
Party for Freedom446,3015.76–1.1734–6
Party for the Animals374,4594.83+0.4725+5
JA21340,9424.40New22New
Socialist Party329,1294.24–1.6723–12
CU–SGP Christian Union283,9863.66–1.2022–9
Reformed Political Party195,5982.52+0.0516+2
CU–SGP joint list in North Brabant17,3720.22–0.0510
Total496,9566.41–1.1939–7
Forum for Democracy237,8993.07–11.4615–71
Volt232,9843.00New11New
50PLUS178,0142.30–1.348–9
BVNL76,3600.98New0New
DENK47,1350.61–1.060–4
OPNL Local Brabant45,7230.59+0.242+1
Frisian National Party27,2980.35+0.0240
Local Limburg20,1280.26+0.0120
Groningers' Interests [ nl]17,3850.22–0.0230
Local Parties Gelderland16,5120.21+0.0600
Independent Politics-NH11,9160.15New0New
Party for Zeeland8,4580.11–0.0420
U26 Municipalities7,6460.10+0.0100
Strong Local Drenthe7,4850.10–0.0310
Provincial Interests Frisia6,8910.09+0.021+1
Strong Local Flevoland4,5180.06New1New
Total170,3582.20+0.0116+3
General Water Board Party34,0220.44New0New
Alliance12,2530.16New0New
Together Local Twente9,0350.12New0New
Party for the North8,3310.11–0.031–1
Pirate Party6,4060.08New0New
GOLD6,1050.08New0New
Jesus Lives4,9840.06+0.0300
Code Orange4,9150.06–0.2700
OUR Gelderland4,6800.06New0New
Elderly Appeal - Heart for Brabant4,2450.05–0.0400
Limburg Seniors Party4,1360.05New0New
Netherlands with a PLAN3,5180.05New0New
Powerful Flevoland2,8790.04New0New
On behalf of North-Hollanders2,3370.03New0New
Look Back!1,3200.02New0New
BLACK PETE IS BLACK7420.01New0New
Heart for Freedom2280.00New0New
Total7,754,944100.00572+2
Valid votes7,754,94499.41
Invalid votes19,9560.26
Blank votes25,9210.33
Total votes7,800,821100.00
Registered voters/turnout13,265,77758.80+2.64
Source: Kiesraad

By Province

Drenthe

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Farmer–Citizen Movement88,17633.41New17New
Labour Party24,8619.42–4.644–2
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy20,4347.74–5.314–2
Christian Democratic Appeal15,5635.90–4.653–2
GroenLinks14,7565.59–2.712–2
Party for Freedom13,6815.18–1.872–1
Christian Union12,8034.85–1.952–1
Socialist Party12,5344.75–1.722–1
Party for the Animals11,1674.23+0.802+1
Democrats 669,9813.78–1.911–1
Forum for Democracy7,8882.99–10.461–5
Volt7,7342.93New1New
Strong Local Drenthe7,4852.84–1.2510
JA216,3682.41New1New
50PLUS3,4461.31–2.390–1
BVNL3,2571.23New0New
Reformed Political Party2,6110.99+0.1900
Alliance8390.32New0New
Jesus Lives2980.11New0New
Total263,882100.0043+2
Valid votes263,88299.56
Invalid votes5540.21
Blank votes6010.23
Total votes265,037100.00
Registered voters/turnout399,40566.36+7.55
Source: Kiesraad

Flevoland

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Farmer–Citizen Movement33,98720.83New10New
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy16,32110.00–3.174–2
Party for Freedom12,4747.64–1.633–1
Labour Party12,3917.59–0.6230
GroenLinks11,2396.89–1.643–1
Christian Union9,6205.89–1.142–1
Democrats 669,2555.67+0.7820
Christian Democratic Appeal8,2775.07–3.242–1
JA217,5714.64New2New
Party for the Animals7,4234.55+0.1720
Forum for Democracy7,3434.50–13.292–6
Socialist Party6,9154.24–1.5920
Reformed Political Party6,8354.19+0.352+1
Strong Local Flevoland4,5182.77New1New
50PLUS4,0482.48–2.451–1
Powerful Flevoland2,8791.76New0New
BVNL2,1041.29New0New
Total163,200100.0041
Valid votes163,20099.36
Invalid votes4570.28
Blank votes5880.36
Total votes164,245100.00
Registered voters/turnout313,63252.37–1.22
Source: Kiesraad

Friesland

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Farmer–Citizen Movement94,45827.86New14New
Labour Party36,02310.62–2.785–1
Christian Democratic Appeal29,6698.75–7.924–4
Frisian National Party27,2988.05+0.1240
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy22,8436.74–2.673–1
GroenLinks22,1816.54–1.1530
Christian Union17,8835.27–1.332–1
Party for Freedom15,1024.45–1.352–1
Forum for Democracy12,3663.65–9.781–5
Socialist Party11,7243.46–1.711–1
Party for the Animals11,4023.36+0.1410
Democrats 6611,2373.31–0.811–1
JA219,0962.68New1New
Provincial Interests Frisia6,8912.03+0.241+1
BVNL6,0331.78New0New
50PLUS2,9030.86–1.690–1
General Water Board Party1,9710.58New0New
Total339,080100.0043
Valid votes339,08099.54
Invalid votes7300.21
Blank votes8440.25
Total votes340,654100.00
Registered voters/turnout519,11865.62+6.50
Source: Kiesraad

Gelderland

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Farmer–Citizen Movement244,55323.59New14New
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy103,4549.98–3.986–2
Labour Party92,4178.92+0.5950
GroenLinks84,3238.13–2.705–1
Christian Democratic Appeal72,7037.01–4.574–3
Christian Union57,3555.53–1.253–1
Democrats 6654,9435.30–1.903–1
Reformed Political Party52,4205.06–0.1930
Party for the Animals46,5024.49+0.0320
Party for Freedom42,5784.11–1.952–1
Volt38,3713.70New2New
JA2136,4023.51New2New
Socialist Party36,0903.48–2.352–1
Forum for Democracy26,4472.55–10.881–7
50PLUS20,0781.94–1.871–1
Local Parties Gelderland16,5121.59+0.4100
BVNL6,8120.66New0New
OUR Gelderland4,6800.45New0New
Total1,036,640100.0055
Valid votes1,036,64099.49
Invalid votes2,1200.20
Blank votes3,1920.31
Total votes1,041,952100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,618,96564.36+5.81
Source: Kiesraad

Groningen

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Farmer–Citizen Movement67,74423.54New12New
Labour Party28,7059.98–2.0150
GroenLinks27,7679.65–2.845–1
Christian Union18,1706.31–3.143–1
Groningers' Interests [ nl]17,3856.04–1.2330
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy16,2895.66–2.832–2
Socialist Party15,9525.54–3.142–2
Democrats 6615,4645.37–1.182–1
Party for the Animals14,4215.01+0.932+1
Party for Freedom13,4784.68–1.3020
Christian Democratic Appeal11,7124.07–4.012–2
Volt10,9273.80New1New
Party for the North8,3312.90–1.221–1
Forum for Democracy7,0182.44–7.781–4
JA214,9611.72New0New
50PLUS4,1401.44–0.770–1
Reformed Political Party3,1811.11New0New
BVNL1,8560.64New0New
Jesus Lives2590.09New0New
Total287,760100.0043
Valid votes287,76099.52
Invalid votes5970.21
Blank votes7920.27
Total votes289,149100.00
Registered voters/turnout462,81762.48+6.41
Source: Kiesraad

Limburg

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Farmer–Citizen Movement86,39218.47New10New
Party for Freedom59,29012.68–0.876–1
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy44,7369.56–0.6050
Christian Democratic Appeal43,3199.26–9.395–4
GroenLinks40,8198.73+0.3240
Labour Party32,6466.98+0.4530
Socialist Party31,2136.67–2.013–1
Democrats 6628,4016.07+0.2730
Local Limburg20,1284.30+0.2420
JA2119,1704.10New2New
Party for the Animals17,5743.76–0.0820
Forum for Democracy15,8763.39–11.181–6
50PLUS11,7732.52–1.2410
Limburg Seniors Party4,1360.88New0New
BVNL4,0130.86New0New
Christian Union3,4640.74–0.3300
General Water Board Party2,5980.56New0New
Look Back!1,3200.28New0New
Jesus Lives6310.13New0New
Heart for Freedom2280.05New0New
Total467,727100.0047
Valid votes467,72799.28
Invalid votes1,2930.27
Blank votes2,0780.44
Total votes471,098100.00
Registered voters/turnout873,55753.93+1.36
Source: Kiesraad

North Brabant

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Farmer–Citizen Movement199,85818.24New11New
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy154,37014.09–2.099–1
GroenLinks84,7557.73–0.9250
Labour Party83,5137.62+1.224+1
Socialist Party83,4357.61–1.584–1
Party for Freedom74,5086.80–0.8440
Democrats 6673,3176.69–2.094–1
Christian Democratic Appeal72,2756.60–6.714–4
JA2146,1424.21New2New
Local Brabant45,7234.17+1.652+1
Party for the Animals42,2693.86+0.1320
Volt32,2032.94New1New
Forum for Democracy31,1602.84–11.611–7
50PLUS28,5952.61–1.501–1
Christian Union – Reformed Political Party17,3721.59–0.3310
BVNL9,6260.88New0New
Alliance6,6200.60New0New
General Water Board Party5,1040.47New0New
Elderly Appeal - Heart for Brabant4,2450.39–0.2700
Jesus Lives8140.07New0New
Total1,095,904100.0055
Valid votes1,095,90499.40
Invalid votes2,5950.24
Blank votes3,9770.36
Total votes1,102,476100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,987,47055.47+2.90
Source: Kiesraad

North Holland

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Farmer–Citizen Movement161,87613.64New8New
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy151,45412.76–1.768–1
GroenLinks135,20511.40–3.867–2
Labour Party131,56611.09+1.317+1
Democrats 6687,9107.41–2.534–2
Party for the Animals86,8577.32+1.254+1
JA2164,6065.45New3New
Party for Freedom55,8904.71–0.8930
Volt53,4484.50New2New
Christian Democratic Appeal47,4294.00–2.812–2
Forum for Democracy41,6853.51–11.822–7
Socialist Party40,1043.38–1.732–1
50PLUS36,2343.05+0.292+1
Christian Union24,7532.09–1.0410
DENK14,7111.24–1.160–1
BVNL13,6031.15New0New
Independent Politics-NH11,9161.00New0New
General Water Board Party8,9310.75New0New
Pirate Party6,4060.54New0New
Code Orange4,9150.41–1.0200
Netherlands with a PLAN3,5180.30New0New
On behalf of North-Hollanders2,3370.20New0New
Jesus Lives1,1580.10New0New
Total1,186,512100.0055
Valid votes1,186,51299.32
Invalid votes3,6840.31
Blank votes4,4480.37
Total votes1,194,644100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,102,29856.83+0.49
Source: Kiesraad

Overijssel

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Farmer–Citizen Movement185,92131.45New17New
Christian Democratic Appeal48,4888.20–8.904–5
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy47,0747.96–4.984–2
GroenLinks43,8257.41–2.074–1
Labour Party39,5996.70–1.803–1
Christian Union34,8075.89–2.373–1
Party for Freedom28,8644.88–2.302–1
Reformed Political Party21,6213.66–0.2520
Democrats 6621,2703.60–2.172–1
JA2121,0463.56New2New
Party for the Animals21,0103.55+0.5210
Socialist Party17,6322.98–2.901–2
Volt17,6172.98New1New
Forum for Democracy16,0912.72–10.551–5
Together Local Twente9,0351.53New0New
50PLUS7,1141.20–2.230–1
Alliance4,7940.81New0New
BVNL4,6150.78New0New
Jesus Lives7010.12New0New
Total591,124100.0047
Valid votes591,12499.48
Invalid votes1,4190.24
Blank votes1,6750.28
Total votes594,218100.00
Registered voters/turnout913,36365.06+5.79
Source: Kiesraad

South Holland

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Farmer–Citizen Movement203,41713.67New8New
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy195,47813.14–2.528–2
GroenLinks145,9049.81+0.756+1
Democrats 66112,0977.53–1.004–1
Labour Party103,8966.98–0.8440
Party for Freedom95,0626.39–0.6140
Christian Democratic Appeal92,5316.22–1.5240
JA2191,1136.12New4New
Party for the Animals72,6644.88+0.513+1
Reformed Political Party61,5144.13+0.2320
Christian Union61,2834.12–1.452–1
Forum for Democracy53,0673.57–13.862–9
Socialist Party50,6163.40–0.7220
50PLUS45,1863.04–1.411–1
Volt42,6522.87New1New
DENK22,0681.48–1.250–1
BVNL18,3411.23New0New
General Water Board Party13,7970.93New0New
GOLD6,1050.41New0New
Jesus Lives1,1230.08+0.0300
Total1,487,914100.0055
Valid votes1,487,91499.33
Invalid votes4,6820.31
Blank votes5,3980.36
Total votes1,497,994100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,747,40254.52+0.03
Source: Kiesraad

Utrecht

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Farmer–Citizen Movement85,89013.16New7New
GroenLinks83,90412.86–3.217–1
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy77,46111.87–4.446–2
Democrats 6660,8359.32–0.1350
Christian Democratic Appeal52,2238.00–1.884–1
Labour Party44,2956.79–0.513–1
Party for the Animals36,8835.65+0.943+1
Christian Union35,9875.52–1.773–1
Volt30,0324.60New2New
JA2128,1804.32New2New
Party for Freedom26,6674.09–0.8320
Reformed Political Party24,7243.79+0.252+1
Socialist Party16,8802.59–1.291–1
Forum for Democracy13,4982.07–9.531–5
50PLUS11,6251.78–1.1010
DENK10,3561.59–0.540–1
U26 Municipalities7,6461.17+0.1100
BVNL4,6660.72New0New
BLACK PETE IS BLACK7420.11New0New
Total652,494100.0049
Valid votes652,49499.49
Invalid votes1,4250.22
Blank votes1,8940.29
Total votes655,813100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,033,68663.44+1.87
Source: Kiesraad

Zeeland

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

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