States of Drenthe
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| States of Drenthe Staten van Drenthe |
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Chairman
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| Seats | 41 |
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Political groups
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Labour Party (12) People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (9) Christian Democratic Appeal (6) Party for Freedom (4) Socialist Party (4) Democrats 66 (2) ChristianUnion (2) GreenLeft (2) |
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Last election
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2 March 2011 |
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Next election
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18 March 2015 |
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The States of Drenthe (Dutch: Staten van Drenthe, pronounced [ˈstaːtə(n) vɑn ˈdrɛntə]) are the States-Provincial for the Dutch province of Drenthe. It forms the legislative body of the province. Its 41 seats are distributed every four years in provincial elections. Since 2009, it is chaired by Jacques Tichelaar (PvdA).[1]
Current composition
Since the 2011 provincial elections, the seats of the States of Drenthe are as following:
| 2011 | |||||||||||
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||||||||
| Labour Party | 59,053 | 26.51 | 12 | ||||||||
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 42,255 | 18.97 | 9 | ||||||||
| Christian Democratic Appeal | 32,518 | 14.60 | 6 | ||||||||
| Party for Freedom | 21,920 | 9.84 | 4 | ||||||||
| Socialist Party | 21,627 | 9.71 | 4 | ||||||||
| Democrats 66 | 13,850 | 6.22 | 2 | ||||||||
| ChristianUnion | 11,857 | 5.32 | 2 | ||||||||
| GreenLeft | 11,734 | 5.27 | 2 | ||||||||
| All other parties | 7,920 | 3.56 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total valid votes | 222,734 | 100 | 41 | ||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 559 | 0.25 | |||||||||
| Total | 223,293 | ||||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 380,661 | 58.66 | |||||||||
| Source: Kiesraad[2] | |||||||||||
See also
References
External links
- Official website (Dutch)
