Editing Antwerp Province (section)

==Government==
The province of Antwerp has a provincial council, elected every six years, and an executive deputation headed by a governor. The current governor is [[Cathy Berx]], appointed in 2008 by the [[Flemish Government]].

The [[2018 Belgian local elections|last elections]] were held on 14 October 2018. The following parties were elected to the 36-member council:

*{{Color box|yellow|border=darkgray}} [[New Flemish Alliance]] (N-VA): 14 seats
*{{Color box|orange|border=darkgray}} [[Christian Democratic and Flemish]] (CD&V): 6 seats
*{{Color box|brown|border=darkgray}} [[Flemish Interest]] (Vlaams Belang): 6 seats
*{{Color box|green|border=darkgray}} [[Groen (political party)|Green]] (Groen): 5 seats
*{{Color box|blue|border=darkgray}} [[Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats]] (Open Vld): 2 seats
*{{Color box|red|border=darkgray}} [[Socialist Party – Different]] (sp.a): 2 seats
*{{Color box|Maroon|border=darkgray||}} [[Workers' Party of Belgium]] (PVDA+): 1 seat

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party or alliance
! colspan="2" |9 October 1994<ref name="fgov">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/nl/main.html|title=Verkiezingsdatabase|website=www.ibzdgip.fgov.be}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |8 October 2000
! colspan="2" |8 October 2006
! colspan="2" |14 October 2012
! colspan="2" |14 October 2018
|-
! colspan="2" |Vote share/seats
!%
!72
!%
!72
!%
!72
!%
!72
!%
!36
|-
|
|<small>PVV<sup>1</sup> / VLD<sup>2</sup> / VLD-Vivant<sup>3</sup> / Open Vld<sup>4</sup></small>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|10.9
|7
|9.1
|2
|-
|
|<small>AGALEV<sup>1</sup> / Groen!<sup>2</sup> / Groen<sup>3</sup></small>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|9.3
|6
|14.3
|5
|-
|
|<small>SP<sup>1</sup> / sp.a-Spirit<sup>2</sup> / Stadslijst (sp.a-CD&V)<sup>3</sup> / sp.a<sup>4</sup></small>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|12.8
|'''10'''
|8
|2
|-
|
|<small>CVP<sup>1</sup> / Antw'94 (CVP-VU)<sup>2</sup> / CD&V-N-VA<sup>3</sup> / CD&V<sup>4</sup></small>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|16.8
|'''13'''
|15.4
|'''6'''
|-
|
|<small>VU<sup>1</sup> / VU&ID<sup>2</sup>/ N-VA<sup>3</sup></small>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|35.9
|'''27'''
|32.8
|'''14'''
|-
|
|<small>Vlaams Blok<sup>1</sup> / Vlaams Belang-VLOT<sup>2</sup> / Vlaams Belang<sup>3</sup></small>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|10.9
|7
|14.2
|6
|-
|
|<small>PVDA<sup>1</sup> / PVDA+<sup>2</sup></small>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|3.4
|2
|4.5
|1
|-
|
|<small>D-SA</small>
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
|0.6
|0
|-
|
|Piratenpartij
|
|
|
|
|
|
|0.5
|
|0.6
|0
|-
|
|<small>Be.One</small>
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
|0.2
|0
|-
|
|SamBA
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
|0.2
|0
|-
|
|<small>USE</small>
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
|0.1
|0
|-
! colspan="2" |{{nowrap|Total votes}}
! colspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |1,105,274
! colspan="2" |1,137,390
|-
! colspan="2" |Turnout %
! colspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |
|-
! colspan="2" |Blank and invalid %
! colspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |
|}