Editing Friesland (section)

== Politics ==
[[File:Leeuwarden Tweebaksmarkt 52 Provinsjehûs.jpg|thumb|Seat of the provincial government in [[Leeuwarden]]]]

The [[King's Commissioner]] of Friesland is [[Arno Brok]].<ref>"[http://www.fryslan.frl/bestuur/de-heer-arno-brok_41597/ De heer Arno Brok] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307205156/http://www.fryslan.frl/bestuur/de-heer-arno-brok_41597/ |date=2017-03-07 }}" (in Dutch), ''Province of Friesland''. Retrieved 7 March 2017.</ref> The [[Provincial Council of Friesland]] has 43 seats. The [[Gedeputeerde staten|Provincial Executive]] was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Appeal, the [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]], the [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]] and the [[Frisian National Party]] (FNP), until 2023 when new provincial elections saw a different composition in the provincial council.

{{election table|title=2019 provincial elections<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/PS20190320/684844 Provinciale Staten 20 maart Fryslân] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502170018/https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/PS20190320/684844 |date=2 May 2019 }}, Retrieved on 9 Augustus 2019.</ref>}}
|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"
!colspan="2" align="left"|Party
!Votes
!Seats
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Appeal}}"|
|align="left"|[[Christian Democratic Appeal]]
|49.704
|8
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Forum for Democracy}}"|
|align="left"|[[Forum for Democracy]]
|40.055
|6
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}}"|
|align="left"|[[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]]
|39.976
|6
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}}"|
|align="left"|[[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]]
|28.073
|4
|-
|
|align="left"|[[Frisian National Party]]
|23.662
|4
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|GreenLeft}}"|
|align="left"|[[GreenLeft]]
|22.935
|3
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|ChristianUnion}}"|
|align="left"|[[ChristianUnion]]
|19.673
|3
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Party for Freedom}}"|
|align="left"|[[Party for Freedom]]
|17.287
|3
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Netherlands)}}"|
|align="left"|[[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|Socialist Party]]
|15.426
|2
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democrats 66}}"|
|align="left"|[[Democrats 66]]
|12.284
|2
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Party for the Animals}}"|
|align="left"|[[Party for the Animals]]
|9.618
|1
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|50PLUS}}"|
|align="left"|[[50PLUS]]
|7.595
|1
|-
|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"
!colspan="2" align="left"|Total
! 298.241
!align="center" | 43
|}