Provincial elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday 18 March 2015. Eligible voters elected the members of the States-Provincial in the twelve provinces. These elections also indirectly determined the members of the Senate, since the 566 members of the twelve States-Provincial will elect the Senate's 75 members in the Senate election on 26 May 2015. These provincial election were held on the same day as the 2015 Dutch water boards elections.

Participating parties Eight political parties participated in the elections in all of the country's twelve provinces: Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) Democrats 66 (D66) GreenLeft (GL) Labour Party (PvdA) Party for Freedom (PVV) 50PLUS Socialist Party (SP) People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)

Opinion polls In the table below the % of voters based on various polls.

Date Polling FirmVVDPvdACDAPVVSPD66GLCU50PLUSSGPPvdDOthersLead I&O ResearchProvinciale Statenverkiezingen (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 February 2015. 17 12 13 13 14 13 5 4 4 3 3 0 3 PeilPeil.nl Retrieved 1 February 2015. 14 9 15 14 12 16 7 4 1 2 3 2 1 Last elections20 17 14 12 10 8 6 3 2 2 2 2 3

Seats summary + Legislatures and governments of the Provinces of the Netherlands, 2015–2019 States-Provincial Provincial Executive ProvinceVVDCDAD66 PVV SP PvdA GL CU SGP PvdD 50+ Provincial parties Total Groningen 454 38 634 2 0 43 SP, D66, CDA, GL, CU Friesland59 3 45 7 1 3 1 1 43 CDA, VVD, FNP, SP Drenthe76 4 5 57 23 0 1 41 VVD, PvdA, CDA, CU Overijssel6115 5 5 5 24 2 1 1 0 47 CDA, VVD, D66, CU Flevoland754 65 3 2 3 2 2 2 0 41 VVD, CDA, D66, SP Gelderland997 5 66 3 4 3 2 1 0 55 VVD, CDA, D66, PvdA Utrecht969 4 4 54 3 2 2 1 0 49 VVD, CDA, D66, GL North Holland115610 67 4 1 3 1 55 VVD, D66, PvdA, CDA South Holland1077 85 5 3 3 3 2 2 0 55 VVD, CDA, SP, D66 Zeeland66 3 4 44 1 26 1 39 VVD, PvdA, CDA, SGP North Brabant10 97 794 3 1 2 2 55 VVD, SP, D66, PvdA Limburg5114 984 2 1 1 47 VVD, CDA, SP, D66, PvdA Total 89 89 67 66 70 63 30 29 18 18 14 15 570 2

Results National

The table below shows the total number of seats in all provinces. On March 23, the official results of the 2015 election were published. The two parties which lost most seats were PvdA and VVD, the parties in the national government at the time of the election.

By province Province SP PvdA PvdD GL D66 50+ VVD CDA CU SGP PVV Provincial parties Groningen 8 6 2 3 4 0 4 5 4 3 Friesland 5 7 1 1 3 1 5 9 3 4 Drenthe 5 7 2 4 1 7 6 3 0 5 Overijssel 5 5 1 2 5 1 6 11 4 2 5 0 Flevoland 5 3 2 2 4 2 7 5 3 2 6 0 Gelderland 6 6 2 3 7 1 9 9 4 3 5 0 Utrecht 4 5 2 4 9 1 9 6 3 2 4 0 North Holland 6 7 3 4 10 1 11 5 1 6 South Holland 5 5 2 3 7 2 10 7 3 3 8 0 Zeeland 4 4 1 3 1 6 6 2 6 4 North Brabant 9 4 2 3 7 2 10 9 1 7 Limburg 8 4 1 2 4 1 5 11 9

Island council elections

Political party 2011 2015 change Bonaire island councilVerkiezingen Bonaire leveren geen winnaars op, telegraaf.nl, 19 maart 2015 Union Patriotiko Boneriano (UPB) 4 3 −1 Partido Demokratiko Boneriano (PDB) 3 3 – Partido Pro Hustisia & Union (PHU) 1 0 −1 Movementu Boneiru Liber (MBL) 1 0 −1 Movementu di Pueblo Boneriano (MPB) – 3 +3 total 9 9 turnout 75% 78% +3%Hoge opkomst op Bonaire, antilliaansdagblad.com, 18 maart 2015 Saba island councilGrote opkomst verkiezingen Saba, caribischnetwerk.ntr.nl, 19 maart 2015 Windward Islands People's Movement (WIPM) 4 3 −1 Saba Labour Party (SLP) 1 2 +1 total 5 5 turnout 88% 91,3% +3,1% Sint Eustatius island councilStatia to get coalition govt. as no outright winner emerges, thedailyherald.com, 19 maart 2015 Democratische Partij (DP) 2 2 – Progressive Labour Party (PLP) 1 2 +1 United People’s Coalition (UPC) 1 1 – St. Eustatius Empowerment Party (STEP) 1 0 −1 Blanco Lijst (Lijst-Schmidt) – 0 – Statia Liberal Action Movement (SLAM) – 0 – total 5 5 turnout 68% 65,5% −2,5%

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