Provincial Council of Friesland

The Provincial Council of Friesland (Dutch: Provinciale Staten van Friesland, West Frisian: Provinsjale Steaten fan Fryslân) is the provincial council for the Dutch province of Friesland,^[1] first introduced under the Constitution of the Netherlands in 1814.^[2] It forms the legislative body of the province.^[1] Its 43 seats are distributed every four years in provincial elections.^[3]

Current composition

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



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

^ ^a ^b "Provinciale Staten" [Provincial Council]. Provinsje Fryslân (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 March 2026.
^ Prakken, Claes Jannes (1883). De Provinciale Staten van Friesland en de Zeewaterkeerende Waterschappen [The Provincial Council of Friesland and its Water Boards] (Thesis) (in Dutch). Leiden University. p. 32. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
^ "Provinciale Staten" [Provincial Council]. Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 March 2026.