States of North Brabant

States of North Brabant
States of North Brabant; Staten van Noord-Brabant
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chairman	Wim van de Donk (CDA); Since 1 October 2009
Structure
Seats	55
Political groups	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (10); Christian Democratic Appeal (9); Socialist Party (9); Party for Freedom (7); Democrats 66 (7); Labour Party (4); GreenLeft (3); 50Plus (2); Party for the Animals (2); ChristianUnion-SGP (1); Lokaal Brabant (1)
Elections
Last election	18 March 2015
Next election	March 2019
Meeting place
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The States of North Brabant (Dutch: Staten van Noord-Brabant, pronounced [ˈstaːtə(n) vɑn ˈnoːrd ˈbraːbɑnt]) are the States-Provincial for the Dutch province of North Brabant. It forms the legislative body of the province. Its 55 seats are distributed every four years in provincial elections. Since 2009, it has been chaired by Wim van de Donk (CDA).^[1]

Current composition

Since the 2015 provincial elections, the seats of the States of North Brabant are as following:

Results for the States-Provincial
	2007		2011		2015
Party	Votes (percent)	Seats	Votes (percent)	Seats	Votes (percent)	Seats
VVD	18.9	11	20.7	12	17.5	10
CDA	31.2	18	17.4	10	17.2	9
SP	21.0	12	13.8	8	16.1	9
PVV	-	-	14.0	8	12.8	7
D66	2.1	1	8.0	5	12.1	7
PvdA	14.1	8	13.4	7	8.0	4
GroenLinks	4.1	2	5.9	3	4.5	3
50Plus	-	-	3.3	1	4.3	2
PvdD	2,2	1	1.8	1	3.2	2
ChristenUnie/SGP	2.7	1	1.5	-	2.0	1
Lokaal Brabant	-	-	-	-	1.8	1
Brabant Party	1.9	1	-	-	-	-
other party's	1.8	-	0.2	-	0.4	0
Turn-out/seats	42.1	55	51.4	55	43.6	55