The provincial council (Dutch: Provinciale Staten, PS), also known as the States-Provincial, is the provincial parliament and legislative assembly in each of the provinces of the Netherlands. It is elected for each province simultaneously once every four years and has the responsibility for matters of sub-national or regional importance. The number of seats in a provincial council is proportional to its population.
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👉 Provincial council (Netherlands) in the context of Senate of the Netherlands
The Senate (Dutch: Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal [ˈeːrstə ˈkaːmər dɛr ˈstaːtə(ŋ) ɣeːnəˈraːl], literally "First Chamber of the States General", or simply Eerste Kamer [ˈeːrstə ˈkaːmər] ; sometimes Senaat [səˈnaːt] ) is the upper house of the States General, the legislature of the Netherlands. Its 75 members are elected on lists by the members of the twelve provincial councils and four electoral colleges for the Senate every four years, within three months of the provincial elections. All provinces and colleges have different electoral weight depending on their population.
Members of the Senate tend to be veteran or part-time politicians at the national level, often having other roles. They receive an allowance which is about a quarter of the salary of the members of the lower house. Unlike the politically more significant House of Representatives, it meets only once a week.
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- ⭐ Core Definition: Provincial council (Netherlands)
- 👉 Provincial council (Netherlands) in the context of Senate of the Netherlands
- Provincial council (Netherlands) in the context of Historic composition of the Senate of the Netherlands
- Provincial council (Netherlands) in the context of King's Commissioner
- Provincial council (Netherlands) in the context of Electoral colleges for the Senate
Provincial council (Netherlands) in the context of Historic composition of the Senate of the Netherlands
The historic composition of the Senate gives an overview of the composition of the upper house of the Dutch parliament (Dutch: Eerste Kamer, "First Chamber"). It shows the composition after the indirect elections by the provincial councils.
* Since 1956 the Senate has had 75 seats.
Provincial council (Netherlands) in the context of King's Commissioner
A King's commissioner (Dutch: Commissaris van de Koning, CvdK) is the head of government and legislature in a province of the Netherlands. When the reigning monarch is a woman, the title is Queen's commissioner (Commissaris van de Koningin).
A commissioner is appointed by the Dutch Crown as its official representative, and serves as the non-voting chair of the provincial legislature, the States-Provincial. They also serve as chair and full and voting member of the Provincial executive.
Provincial council (Netherlands) in the context of Electoral colleges for the Senate
The electoral colleges for the Senate (Dutch: kiescolleges voor de Eerste Kamer; Papiamentu: kolegionan elektoral pa Eerste Kamer) are the electoral colleges of the Caribbean Netherlands and Dutch expatriates. Their members together with the members of the provincial councils in the European Netherlands choose the Senators of the Dutch Senate.
The first electoral college elections (then only in the Caribbean Netherlands) were held on 20 March 2019, simultaneously with the island council elections, and the European Netherlands' provincial elections and water board elections. On 27 May 2019, the colleges cast their votes for the Senate election.