Editing Overijssel (section)

== Politics ==
[[File:Overijssel verkiezingen 2011.png|thumb|Diagram of the 2011 election results for the [[States-Provincial]] in Overijssel]]
The [[King's Commissioner]] of Overijssel is [[Andries Helma|Andries Heidema]] ([[Christian Union (Netherlands)|CU]]) since 11 July 2018. The King's Commissioner is the chairman of the [[Provincial-Executive (Netherlands)|Provincial-Executive]] (executive branch) and the [[States-Provincial]] (elected legislature) of the province.

The [[Provincial council (Netherlands)|Provincial Council]], the general government of the province, consists of 47 members<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-09-13|title=Welke Statenleden zijn er? – Provincie Overijssel|url=http://www.overijssel.nl/bestuur/provinciale-staten/provinciale-staten/statenleden/|access-date=2021-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913112836/http://www.overijssel.nl/bestuur/provinciale-staten/provinciale-staten/statenleden/|archive-date=2018-09-13}}</ref> who are elected every four years. Until the States elections of March 2007, Overijssel had 63 Members of Parliament. An amendment to the Provinces Act resulted in the total number of States members in the Netherlands being reduced from 764 to the current 564.

{|class="wikitable"
|+ 2015 election results
|-
! Political party
! Votes in %
! Seats
|-
| [[Christian Democratic Appeal]]
| 22.44
| 11
|-
| [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]]
| 12.43
| 6
|-
| [[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|Socialist Party]]
| 10.70
| 5
|-
| [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]]
| 10.59
| 5
|-
| [[Democrats 66]]
| 10.47
| 5
|-
| [[Party for Freedom]]
| 9.43
| 5
|-
| [[Christian Union (Netherlands)|Christian Union]]
| 8.37
| 4
|-
| [[Reformed Political Party]]
| 4.31
| 2
|-
| [[GroenLinks]]
| 4.30
| 2
|-
| [[50PLUS]]
| 2.91
| 1
|-
| [[Party for the Animals]]
| 2.24
| 1
|-
| Other parties
| 0.66
| 0
|-
| ''Total''
|
| 47
|}