Result and count stages Provincial Council (Provinciale Staten), 55 seats
Final count
55 seats; a majority is 28.
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Seats
BBB
Farmer–Citizen Movement
244,553
23.6%
14
VVD
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
103,454
10.0%
6
Partij van de Arbeid (P.v.d.A.)
Labour Party
92,417
8.9%
5
GROENLINKS
GroenLinks
84,323
8.1%
5
CDA
Christian Democratic Appeal
72,703
7.0%
4
ChristenUnie
Christian Union
57,355
5.5%
3
D66
Democrats 66
54,943
5.3%
3
Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij (SGP)
Reformed Political Party
52,420
5.1%
3
Partij voor de Dieren
Party for the Animals
46,502
4.5%
2
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
Party for Freedom
42,578
4.1%
2
Volt
Volt Netherlands
38,371
3.7%
2
JA21
JA21
36,402
3.5%
2
SP (Socialistische Partij)
Socialist Party
36,090
3.5%
2
Forum voor Democratie
Forum for Democracy
26,447
2.5%
1
50PLUS
50PLUS
20,078
1.9%
1
Lokale Partijen Gelderland
Local Parties Gelderland
16,512
1.6%
Belang van Nederland (BVNL)
Belang van Nederland
6,812
0.7%
ONS Gelderland
OUR Gelderland
4,680
0.5%
Total votes
1,036,640
55
Turnout 64.4%: 1,041,952 ballots from 1,618,965 registered voters.
Final result as determined by the central electoral committee (centraal stembureau) of NL-GE in its public session in Arnhem, opened 23 Mar 2023 10:00 CET. Votes per list and seats are the committee's own figures; 55 seats, allocated by largest averages among all lists (re-computed by us, matches). Valid votes 1,036,640; blank 3,192; invalid 2,120; ballots 1,041,952; registered voters 1,618,965 (as stated in the proces-verbaal); turnout 64.36% (valid+blank+invalid / registered). Figures from the central committee's EML files in the Kiesraad dataset; the timestamp in the proces-verbaal footer matches the EML result file, so the report was printed from these figures. The registered-voter figure (1,618,965, proces-verbaal and EML) is lower than the sum of the municipal count files (1,655,510; verkiezingsuitslagen.nl shows 1,655,410 and turnout 62.94%); the gap is in the Nijmegen electoral district (407,955 in the committee's file vs 444,500 summed from its municipalities). We keep the committee's figure. Published by Kiesraad (from the central electoral committee's proces-verbaal), 23 Mar 2023: data.overheid.nl/sites/default/files/dataset/be8b7869-4a12-4446-abab-5cd0a436dc4f/resources/EML_bestanden_PS2023_deel_1.zip. CC0 1.0.
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Kieswet art. P 20: the central electoral committee determines the result and the seat allocation in a public session, as soon as possible but not before the eighth day after polling day (Thu 23 Mar 2023 for polling on Wed 15 Mar). The NL-GE committee's proces-verbaal (model P 22) records the session in Arnhem as opening on 23 March 2023 at 10:00 CET; observedAt is that opening time, the result being announced in that session. The Kiesraad posted the report on kiesraad.nl on 27 Mar 2023. Observed
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Provenance: Kiesraad open data, verkiezingsuitslag-provinciale-staten-2023 (EML, central committee files); session time and electorate from the committee's proces-verbaal on kiesraad.nl; party ids from Wikidata (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index); vote counts CC0 1.0 (Kiesraad)). Last verified 2026-09-30.
Questions and answers
When is the Gelderland, Netherlands, regional election 2023?
Polling day is 2023-03-15 (officially set).
When will the final result of the Provincial Council (Provinciale Staten) race be official?
Expected between polls close and 2023-03-23T09:00:00Z (UTC), confidence announced. Kieswet art. P 20: the central electoral committee determines the result and the seat allocation in a public session, as soon as possible but not before the eighth day after polling day (Thu 23 Mar 2023 for polling on Wed 15 Mar). The NL-GE committee's proces-verbaal (model P 22) records the session in Arnhem as opening on 23 March 2023 at 10:00 CET; observedAt is that opening time, the result being announced in that session. The Kiesraad posted the report on kiesraad.nl on 27 Mar 2023.
Where are the official Provincial Council (Provinciale Staten) results?
Gelderland, Netherlands, regional election 2023