2019 Dutch provincial elections

Provincial elections were held in the Netherlands on 20 March 2019.

[1] Eligible voters elected the members of the Provincial States in the twelve provinces of the Netherlands.

[4] Because of this, the provincial elections were a test for the third Rutte cabinet, which previously had a majority of one seat in the Senate, but has since lost that majority.

[5] Coalition talks in the Netherlands are customarily organized by informateurs appointed by the party that came first in the elections, and then, in the event of a failure, by other parties.

Informateurs usually submit a public report on possible coalitions in the weeks following the election.