Immediately after the official reports have been received, the central electoral committee shall proceed with the work of determining and announcing the election results.

• 1. Each vote counts, depending on the province in which it is cast, for a number of votes equal to the number obtained by dividing the population of the province by one hundred times the number of members of the Provincial Council. The quotient is then rounded up to a whole number, upwards if a fraction is 1/2 or more, and downwards if a fraction is less than 1/2. This number is called the vote value.

• 2. The population of a province is the population according to the population figures published by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) as of January 1 of the year in which the election takes place.

• 3. If, in the event of the dissolution of the Senate, the population figures of the provinces as of January 1 of the year in which the election takes place have not yet been made public three weeks before the day of nomination, the population of a province will be the population according to the population figures published by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) as of the first day of the fourth month preceding the month in which the nomination takes place.

• 4. The central electoral committee shall determine the voting values ​​in accordance with this article and shall publish them in the Government Gazette before the day of the election.