2023 Dutch water board elections

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2023 Dutch water board elections
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518 of the 602 [lower-alpha 1] seats in the water boards
Turnout53.61
Party%Seats+/–
Farmer–Citizen Movement 19.89%118New
Water Natuurlijk 15.95%97+6
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 10.27%55-15
Labour Party 9.39%50+1
Party for the Animals 7.47%37+20
Christian Democratic Appeal 7.26%36-24
General Water Board Party 5.25%21-2
Christian Union 3.07%14-1
50PLUS 3.03%10-22
Belang van Nederland 2.54%5New
Reformed Political Party 2.33%13+4
JA21 1.32%5New
Christian Union–SGP 1.16%6-2
Ondernemend Water 0.51%1New
Groningers' Interests  [ nl ]0.41%3New
The Greens 0.39%1-1
Others 9.46%46-11
Voting form for the board of the Hoogheemraadschap Hollands Noorderkwartier. Stemformulier Waterschapsverkiezingen HHN 2023.jpg
Voting form for the board of the Hoogheemraadschap Hollands Noorderkwartier.

Water board elections were held in the European Netherlands on 15 March 2023 to elect 518 of the 602 [lower-alpha 1] resident members of the country's water boards. [1]

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As in the provincial elections held on the same day, the Farmer–Citizen Movement became the largest party by vote share nationally and in 14 of the 21 water boards. Water Natuurlijk, which was endorsed by GroenLinks, Democrats 66 and Volt Netherlands fell to second place nationally but remained the largest party by vote share in four water boards. The Labour Party and local Water Board Party Hollandse Delta were also each largest by vote share in one water board.

These elections also saw a large increase in the number of elected officials to the water boards, due to a new bill which was passed by the Senate which heavily reduced the number of seats which went to stakeholders. [2] The total number of seats in each water board was not affected by this, instead the seats that were formerly held by stakeholders are now elected during the water board elections. [2]

Results

National

Party or allianceVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Farmer–Citizen Movement 1,516,89119.89New118New
WN Water Natuurlijk 1,171,72415.36–1.9091+6
Water, Wonen en Natuur [lower-alpha 2] 44,6260.59–0.1560
Total1,216,35015.95–2.0597+6
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 783,21910.27–3.6055–15
Labour Party 716,3269.39–1.9050+1
Party for the Animals 569,5637.47+2.7037+20
Christian Democratic Appeal 553,5737.26–5.4536−24
General Water Board Party 400,4025.25–1.0421–2
Christian Union 234,4183.07–1.3814−1
50PLUS 230,9993.03–4.5110–22
Belang van Nederland 194,0142.54New5New
Reformed Political Party 177,5372.33–0.1013+4
JA21 100,5001.32New5New
Christian Union – Reformed Political Party 88,4981.16–0.386–2
Ondernemend Water39,0230.51New1New
Groningers' Interests  [ nl ]31,2350.41New3New
The Greens 29,4310.39–0.181–1
Elderly Appeal - Heart for Water12,7400.17–0.140–1
GOLD10,0100.13New0New
Others [lower-alpha 3] 721,4029.46–6.1346−11
Total7,626,131100.00–518+76
Valid votes7,626,13198.57
Invalid votes25,7520.33
Blank votes85,0591.10
Total votes7,736,942100.00
Registered voters/turnout13,759,20756.23+4.98
Source: Kiesraad

By Water Board

Water BoardNumber of seats by party
BBB WN VVD PvdA PvdD CDA AWP CU SGP 50+ BVNL JA21 GB OtherTotal
Noorderzijlvest 4613-1-1-00-12 [lower-alpha 4] 19
Fryslân74121201--1--2 [lower-alpha 5] 21
Hunze en Aa's6513-101-00-2019
Drents Overijsselse Delta952-2202100--2 [lower-alpha 6] 25
Vechtstromen972--311000--023
Zuiderzeeland66 [lower-alpha 7] 2--122 [lower-alpha 8] 11---21
Vallei en Veluwe63221223310--1 [lower-alpha 9] 26
Rijn en IJssel9524-30--0---3 [lower-alpha 10] 26
De Stichtse Rijnlanden46334221100--026
Amstel, Gooi en Vecht34464121-00--1 [lower-alpha 11] 26
Hollands Noorderkwartier62332100-11--7 [lower-alpha 12] 26
Rijnland 54443211 [lower-alpha 8] 101-026
Delfland 44433231 [lower-alpha 8] 011-026
Schieland en de Krimpenerwaard36433122 [lower-alpha 8] 101-026
Rivierenland652323112001-026
Hollandse Delta 423221012111-6 [lower-alpha 13] 26
Scheldestromen7222121140---4 [lower-alpha 14] 26
Brabantse Delta5342221--10--6 [lower-alpha 15] 26
De Dommel4743321--10--1 [lower-alpha 16] 26
Aa en Maas7832221--1---026
Limburg432-2-1--10--13 [lower-alpha 17] 26
Total
11897555037362114131055348518
6
Compared to 2019+118+6-15+1+20-24-2-1+4-22+5+5+3-20+76 [lower-alpha 18]
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Notes

  1. 1 2 Each water board holds two seats for agricultural and nature reserve stakeholders respectively, which are not elected
  2. ↑ Water Natuurlijk affiliate party in Waterschap Zuiderzeeland
  3. ↑ Parties that only participated in a single water board
  4. ↑ Betaalbaar Water: 1, Student & Water: 1
  5. ↑ Fryske Nasjonale Partij
  6. ↑ Gemeentebelangen Drenthe-Overijssel
  7. ↑ Water Natuurlijk is represented in Zuiderzeeland by Water, Wonen en Natuur.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Joint list CU/SGP
  9. ↑ Lokaal Waterbeheer
  10. ↑ Vrienden van de Berkel: 2, Ondernemend Water: 1
  11. ↑ De Groenen
  12. ↑ Waterplatform Groen, Water & Land: 5, Boeren Burgers Waterbelang: 2
  13. ↑ Waterschapspartij Hollandse Delta: 5, Hollandse Delta Natuurlijk: 1
  14. ↑ Partij voor Zeeland
  15. ↑ Ons Water: 3, West-Brabant Waterbreed: 3
  16. ↑ Werken aan Water
  17. ↑ Lokaal-Limburg: 3, Waterbelang Parkstad: 2, Waterbelang Midden-Limburg: 1, Waterbelang Westelijke Mijnstreek: 1, Waterbelang Heuvelland: 1, Waterbelang Venray en Maasduinen: 1, Waterbelang Maastricht: 1, Waterbelang Venlo: 1, Waterbelang Land van Weert + Leudal: 1, Waterbelang Horst-Helden-Beesel: 1
  18. ↑ Due to a reduction in the number of guaranteed seats, the number of eligible seats has increased in all water boards

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