The 2015 Dutch water board elections took place on Wednesday 18 March 2015, coinciding with the 2015 Dutch provincial elections. [1] The elections elected 22 of the 24 water board authorities in the Netherlands.
The 2015 Dutch water board elections took place on Wednesday 18 March 2015, coinciding with the 2015 Dutch provincial elections. [1] The elections elected 22 of the 24 water board authorities in the Netherlands.
The overall voter turnout at the elections was 43.5%. [2]
The results of the election were as follows: [3]
| Water board | Number of seats per party | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN | CDA | VVD | PvdA | AWP | 50+ | WB | CU | SGP | PvdD | Others | Total | |
| Noorderzijlvest | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 [4] | 16 |
| Fryslân | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 5 [5] | 18 |
| Hunze en Aa's | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 16 |
| Reest en Wieden | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 15 |
| Groot Salland | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 2 [6] | 17 |
| Zuiderzeeland | 6 [7] | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 [8] | 18 |
| Vallei en Veluwe | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | - | 2 [9] | 23 |
| Rijn en IJssel | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 [10] | 22 |
| De Stichtse Rijnlanden | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 [11] | 23 |
| Amstel, Gooi en Vecht | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 [12] | 3 | 2 [13] | 23 | |
| Hollands Noorderkwartier | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 [12] | - | 6 [14] | 23 | |
| Rijnland | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 [12] | 2 | 0 | 21 | |
| Delfland | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 [12] | 2 | - | 21 | |
| Schieland en de Krimpenerwaard | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 [12] | - | 2 [15] | 21 | |
| Rivierenland | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 [16] | 22 |
| Hollandse Delta | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 [17] | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 7 [18] | 21 |
| Scheldestromen | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 6 [19] | 23 |
| Brabantse Delta | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 7 [20] | 23 |
| De Dommel | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 [21] | 23 |
| Aa en Maas | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 23 |
| Peel en Maasvallei | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 11 [22] | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| Roer en Overmaas | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 11 [23] | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| Total | 84 | 71 | 66 | 49 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 50 | 444 |
| 5 | ||||||||||||
| Change from 2008 | -8 | -2 | +13 | -4 | 0 | +23 | 0 | +2 | -3 | +7 | -23 | +8 |
| +3 | ||||||||||||
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