States of Groningen

Provincial Council of Groningen Provinciale Staten van Groningen
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chairman	René Paas (CDA) Since 18 April 2016
Structure
Seats	43
Political groups	11 Groups Coalition Social Party (8) Christian Democratic Appeal (5) Democrats 66 (5) Christian Union (4) GroenLinks (3) Opposition Labour Party (6) People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (4) Party for Freedom (3) Groninger Belang (3) Party for the Animals (2) Party for the North (1)
Elections
Last election	18 March 2015
Next election	20 March 2019
Meeting place
Provinciehuis, Groningen

The Provincial Council of Groningen (Dutch: Provinciale Staten van Groningen,pronounced [proːvɪnˈʃaːlə ˈstaːtən vɑn ˈɣroːnɪŋən]) are the States-Provincial for the Dutch province of Groningen. It forms the legislative body of the province. Its 43 seats are distributed every four years in provincial elections. Since 2016, it is chaired by René Paas (CDA).

Since the 2015 provincial election, the seats of the Provincial Council of Groningen are as following: