Provincial Council of Utrecht

The Provincial Council of Utrecht (Dutch: Staten van Utrecht, pronounced [ˈstaːtə(n) vɑn ˈytrɛxt]) is the provincial council for the Dutch province of Utrecht. It forms the unicameral legislature of the province. Its 47 seats are distributed every four years in provincial elections. Since 2019, it is chaired by Hans Oosters (PvdA).^[1]

The seat of the Provincial Council of Utrecht in Utrecht.

Current composition

Since the 2019 provincial elections, the distribution of seats of the Provincial Council of Utrecht has been as follows:


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	GroenLinks	98,900	16.07	8	+4
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	94,189	15.31	8	–1
	Forum for Democracy	71,374	11.60	6	New
	Christian Democratic Appeal	60,774	9.88	5	–1
	Democrats 66	58,133	9.45	5	–4
	Labour Party	44,894	7.30	4	–1
	Christian Union	44,855	7.29	4	+1
	Party for Freedom	30,267	4.92	2	–2
	Party for the Animals	28,985	4.71	2	0
	Socialist Party	23,894	3.88	2	–2
	Reformed Political Party	21,760	3.54	1	–1
	50PLUS	17,705	2.88	1	0
	DENK	13,095	2.13	1	New
Other parties		6,530	1.06	0	0
Total		615,355	100.00	49	–

Valid votes		615,355	99.47
Invalid/blank votes		3,309	0.53
Total votes		618,664	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,004,853	61.57
Source: Kiesraad^[2]

^ "Hans Oosters nieuwe commissaris van de koning in Utrecht". NOS.nl. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
^ "Provinciale Staten 20 maart 2019" (in Dutch). Verkiezingsuitslagen. Retrieved 2 February 2022.