2019 Dutch water board elections

Water board elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday 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]

2019 Dutch water board elections

20 March 2019 (2019-03-20)

442 seats divided over 21 water boards
Turnout51.25%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party WN VVD CDA
Last election 78 66 71
Seats won 85 70 60
Seat change 7 4 11
Popular vote 1,200,560 1,034,251 883,678
Percentage 17.26% 14.87% 12.71%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party PvdA 50+ AWP
Last election 49 23 18
Seats won 49 32 21
Seat change 0 9 3
Popular vote 785,176 524,548 384,373
Percentage 11,29% 7.54% 5.53%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Party PvdD CU SGP
Last election 15 19 13
Seats won 17 15 9
Seat change 2 4 4
Popular vote 331,933 309,148 168,996
Percentage 4.77% 4.45% 2.43%

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Water Natuurlijk1,200,56017.2685+7
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy1,034,25114.8770+4
Christian Democratic Appeal883,67812.7160−11
Labour Party785,17611.29490
50PLUS524,5487.5432+9
General Water Board Party384,3735.5321+3
Party for the Animals331,9334.7717+2
Christian Union309,1484.4515−4
Reformed Political Party168,9962.439−4
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

References

  1. "Waterschap 20 maart 2019". Verkiezingsuitslagen (in Dutch). Kiesraad. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
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