| Provincial Council of Gelderland | |
| House Type: | Provincial council |
| Leader1 Type: | President |
| Leader1: | John Berends (CDA) |
| Leader2 Type: | Secretary |
| Seats: | 55 |
| Structure1: | Netherlands Gelderland Provincial Council 2023.svg |
| Structure1 Res: | 250px |
| Political Groups1: | Government (30)
Opposition (25) |
| Last Election1: | 15 March 2023 |
| Session Room: | 2009-11 Arnhem PS zaal griffier.JPG |
| Session Res: | 260px |
| Meeting Place: | Meeting place of the Provincial Council of Gelderland in Arnhem |
The States of Gelderland (Dutch; Flemish: Staten van Gelderland, in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈstaːtə(n) vɑŋ ˈɣɛldərˌlɑnt/)[1] 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).[2]
Since the 2023 provincial elections, the distribution of seats of the Provincial Council of Gelderland has been as follows:
| Year | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Seats | Votes | Seats | Votes | 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 | |||||