Provincial Council of Friesland

The Provincial Council of Friesland (Dutch: Provinciale Staten van Friesland) is the provincial council for the Dutch province of Friesland, first introduced under the Constitution of the Netherlands in 1814. It forms the legislative body of the province. Its 43 seats are distributed every four years in provincial elections. Since 2008, it is chaired by John Jorritsma (VVD).^[1]

Current composition[edit]

Since the 2023 provincial elections, the distribution of seats of the Provincial Council of Friesland has been as follows:


1 1 3 5 1 2 4 1 4 3 14 1 2 1
Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Farmer–Citizen Movement	94,458	27.86	New	14	New
	Labour Party	36,023	10.62	–2.78	5	–1
	Christian Democratic Appeal	29,669	8.75	–7.92	4	–4
	Frisian National Party	27,298	8.05	+0.12	4	0
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	22,843	6.74	–2.67	3	–1
	GroenLinks	22,181	6.54	–1.15	3	0
	Christian Union	17,883	5.27	–1.33	2	–1
	Party for Freedom	15,102	4.45	–1.35	2	–1
	Forum for Democracy	12,366	3.65	–9.78	1	–5
	Socialist Party	11,724	3.46	–1.71	1	–1
	Party for the Animals	11,402	3.36	+0.14	1	0
	Democrats 66	11,237	3.31	–0.81	1	–1
	JA21	9,096	2.68	New	1	New
	Provincial Interests Frisia	6,891	2.03	+0.24	1	+1
	BVNL	6,033	1.78	New	0	New
	50PLUS	2,903	0.86	–1.69	0	–1
	General Water Board Party	1,971	0.58	New	0	New
Total		339,080	100.00	–	43	–

Valid votes		339,080	99.54
Invalid votes		730	0.21
Blank votes		844	0.25
Total votes		340,654	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		519,118	65.62	+6.50
Source: Kiesraad

^ "Commissaris van de Koning". Provinsje fryslân (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 June 2014.