Editing Limburg (Netherlands) (section)

==Politics==
[[File:Provincial Government Buildings on the Meuse.jpg|thumb|300px|Provincial Government Buildings in Maastricht]]

The provincial council ([[States-Provincial]] - ''Provinciale Staten'') has 47 seats, and is headed by a [[King's Commissioner]] (''Commissaris van de Koning'') who unofficially is called the [[Governor]]. While the provincial council is elected by the inhabitants, the King's Commissioner is appointed by the King and the cabinet of the Netherlands. Since December 2021 [[Emile Roemer]] ([[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|SP]]) has been holding the office of governor.

Since the 2011 elections the [[Christian Democratic Appeal]] (CDA) was the largest party in the council, although the [[Party for Freedom]] (PVV) won the most votes during the election. However, two members of the PVV left the party, taking their seats with them, which lost the PVV their number one status.

Since the 2015 elections the CDA (11 seats) has again been the largest party, followed by the PVV (9 seats) and the [[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|Socialist Party]] (SP) (8 seats).

The province's daily affairs are taken care of by the [[Provincial-Executive (Netherlands)|Provincial-Executive]] (''Gedeputeerde Staten''), which are also headed by the King's Commissioner; its members (''gedeputeerden'') can be compared with ministers.

=== States-Provincial ===
Results of the elections for the [[States-Provincial]]:

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Parties
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |2007
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |2011
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |2015
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |2019
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |2023
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]]
| 18
| 10
| 11
| 9
| 5
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Party for Freedom|PVV]]
| -
| 10
| 9
| 7
| 6
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|SP]]
| 9
| 6
| 8
| 4
| 3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| 7
| 8
| 5
| 5
| 5
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Democrats 66|D66]]
| 1
| 2
| 4
| 3
| 3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]]
| 8
| 6
| 4
| 3
| 3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[GreenLeft]]
| 2
| 3
| 2
| 4
| 4
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[50PLUS]]
| -
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Party for the Animals]]
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 2
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[People's Party Limburg]]
| -
| -
| 1
| -
| -
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Local-Limburg]]
| -
| -
| 1
| 2
| 2
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Party New Limburg]]
| 1
| 0
| -
| -
| -
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Forum for Democracy|FvD]]
| -
| -
| -
| 7
| 1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Farmer–Citizen_Movement|BBB]]
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 10
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[JA21]]
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 2
|-
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 47
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 47
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 47
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 47
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 47
|- 
|-
|}
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* See also: [[States of Limburg]]'' (more information)

=== Provincial-Executive ===
The [[Provincial-Executive (Netherlands)|Provincial-Executive]] 2023–2027 consists of the following parties: BBB, CDA, VVD, PvdA and SP.