# Provincial Council of Gelderland

The States of Gelderland (Dutch: Staten van Gelderland, pronounced) are the States-Provincial for the Dutch province of Gelderland. It forms the legislative body of the province. Its 55 seats are distributed every four years in provincial elections. From 2005 till early 2019, it was chaired by Clemens Cornielje (VVD).

## Current composition

Since the 2023 provincial elections, the distribution of seats of the Provincial Council of Gelderland has been as follows:
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| Party | Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
| | Farmer–Citizen Movement | 244,553 | 23.59 | New | 14 | New |
| | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 103,454 | 9.98 | –3.98 | 6 | –2 |
| | Labour Party | 92,417 | 8.92 | +0.59 | 5 | 0 |
| | GroenLinks | 84,323 | 8.13 | –2.70 | 5 | –1 |
| | Christian Democratic Appeal | 72,703 | 7.01 | –4.57 | 4 | –3 |
| | Christian Union | 57,355 | 5.53 | –1.25 | 3 | –1 |
| | Democrats 66 | 54,943 | 5.30 | –1.90 | 3 | –1 |
| | Reformed Political Party | 52,420 | 5.06 | –0.19 | 3 | 0 |
| | Party for the Animals | 46,502 | 4.49 | +0.03 | 2 | 0 |
| | Party for Freedom | 42,578 | 4.11 | –1.95 | 2 | –1 |
| | Volt | 38,371 | 3.70 | New | 2 | New |
| | JA21 | 36,402 | 3.51 | New | 2 | New |
| | Socialist Party | 36,090 | 3.48 | –2.35 | 2 | –1 |
| | Forum for Democracy | 26,447 | 2.55 | –10.88 | 1 | –7 |
| | 50PLUS | 20,078 | 1.94 | –1.87 | 1 | –1 |
| | Local Parties Gelderland | 16,512 | 1.59 | +0.41 | 0 | 0 |
| | BVNL | 6,812 | 0.66 | New | 0 | New |
| | OUR Gelderland | 4,680 | 0.45 | New | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | 1,036,640 | 100.00 | – | 55 | – |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,036,640 | 99.49 | | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,120 | 0.20 | | | |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 3,192 | 0.31 | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,041,952 | 100.00 | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,618,965 | 64.36 | +5.81 | | |
| Source: Kiesraad |||||||

## Past election results

| Year | Year | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2015 | 2015 | 2015 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 |
| Party | Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Votes | Votes | Seats | Votes | Votes | Seats |
| Party | Party | # | % | Seats | # | % | Seats | # | % | Seats |
| | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 170,939 | 19.15 | 11 | 122,452 | 15.79 | 9 | 130,537 | 13.96 | 8 |
| | Forum for Democracy | | | | | | | 125,551 | 13.43 | 8 |
| | Christian Democratic Appeal | 144,467 | 16.18 | 9 | 116,322 | 15.00 | 9 | 108,248 | 11.58 | 7 |
| | GreenLeft | 55,487 | 6.21 | 4 | 44,277 | 5.71 | 3 | 101,231 | 10.83 | 6 |
| | Labour Party | 148,023 | 16.58 | 9 | 70,093 | 9.04 | 6 | 77,931 | 8.33 | 5 |
| | Democrats 66 | 71,951 | 8.06 | 4 | 97,845 | 12.62 | 7 | 67,279 | 7.20 | 4 |
| | ChristianUnion | 43,436 | 4.86 | 3 | 47,444 | 6.12 | 4 | 63,364 | 6.78 | 4 |
| | Party for Freedom | 92,563 | 10.37 | 6 | 75.356 | 9.72 | 5 | 56,633 | 6.06 | 3 |
| | Socialist Party | 87,088 | 9.75 | 5 | 85.260 | 11.00 | 6 | 54,510 | 5.83 | 3 |
| | Reformed Political Party | 40,604 | 4.55 | 2 | 46,395 | 5.98 | 3 | 49,097 | 5.25 | 3 |
| | Party for the Animals | 16,290 | 1.82 | 1 | 25,924 | 3.34 | 2 | 41,658 | 4.46 | 2 |
| | 50PLUS | 17,743 | 1.99 | 1 | 22,271 | 2.87 | 1 | 35,607 | 3.81 | 2 |
| | DENK | | | | | | | 11,298 | 1.21 | 0 |
| | Local parties - Code Orange | | | | | | | 11,053 | 1.18 | 0 |
| | Jesus Lives | | | | | | | 1,072 | 0.11 | 0 |
| | Party for Human and Spirit | 2.681 | 0.30 | 0 | 2,481 | 0.32 | 0 | | | |
| | DPS/Groep van Bergen/De Groenen | 970 | 0.11 | 0 | | | | | | |
| | Gelderland Centre Democrats | 611 | 0.07 | 0 | 456 | 0.06 | 0 | | | |