2019 Dutch water board elections

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2019 Dutch water board elections
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 201520 March 2019 (2019-03-20) 2023  

442 seats divided over 21 water boards
Turnout51.25%
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
 
Party WN VVD CDA
Last election786671
Seats won857060
Seat change7 Increase2.svg4 Increase2.svg11 Decrease2.svg
Popular vote1,200,5601,034,251883,678
Percentage17.26%14.87%12.71%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party PvdA 50+ AWP
Last election492318
Seats won493221
Seat change0 Steady2.svg9 Increase2.svg3 Increase2.svg
Popular vote785,176524,548384,373
Percentage11,29%7.54%5.53%

 Seventh partyEighth partyNinth party
 
Party PvdD CU SGP
Last election151913
Seats won17159
Seat change2 Increase2.svg4 Decrease2.svg4 Decrease2.svg
Popular vote331,933309,148168,996
Percentage4.77%4.45%2.43%

Water board elections were held in the European Netherlands on 20 March 2019 to elect the resident members of the country's twenty-one water boards (442 seats in total). The elections were held on the same day as the 2019 Dutch provincial elections and island council elections. Water Natuurlijk remained the largest party, winning 85 seats in 20 water boards. [1]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Water Natuurlijk 1,200,56017.2685+7
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1,034,25114.8770+4
Christian Democratic Appeal 883,67812.7160−11
Labour Party 785,17611.29490
50PLUS 524,5487.5432+9
General Water Board Party 384,3735.5321+3
Party for the Animals 331,9334.7717+2
Christian Union 309,1484.4515−4
Reformed Political Party 168,9962.439−4
Others1,331,54219.1584−8
Total6,954,205100.00442−2
Valid votes6,954,20597.39
Invalid/blank votes186,3132.61
Total votes7,140,518100.00
Registered voters/turnout13,933,87951.25
Source: Kiesraad [2]

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References

  1. "Waterschap 20 maart 2019". Verkiezingsuitslagen (in Dutch). Kiesraad. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  2. https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/WS20190320