Ruling coalition remains in power as Provinces begin coalition forming
As the dust settles on yesterday's elections, party leaders in the 12 provinces will now get down to work on forming coalitions to run their regional affairs for the next four years. Nationwide, the Socialist Party (SP) was the biggest net gainer of seats and is now the second biggest party in two provinces. Labour (PvdA) lost support across the board. 'It could have been worse,' national party leader Wouter Bos commented.
Support for local parties was also down, although some managed to hang on to one seat. The pro-animal PvdD, a new player to provincial politics, took nine of the 564 seats which were up for grabs, turning in its best performance in Noord Holland.
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