2023 Dutch water board elections
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518 of the 602[a] seats in the water boards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 53.61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Water board elections were held in the European Netherlands on 15 March 2023 to elect 518 of the 602[a] resident members of the country's water boards.[1]
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[edit]
National[edit]
| Party or alliance | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmer–Citizen Movement | 1,516,891 | 19.89 | New | 118 | New | |||
| WN | Water Natuurlijk | 1,171,724 | 15.36 | –1.90 | 91 | +6 | ||
| Water, Wonen en Natuur[b] | 44,626 | 0.59 | –0.15 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Total | 1,216,350 | 15.95 | –2.05 | 97 | +6 | |||
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 783,219 | 10.27 | –3.60 | 55 | –15 | |||
| Labour Party | 716,326 | 9.39 | –1.90 | 50 | +1 | |||
| Party for the Animals | 569,563 | 7.47 | +2.70 | 37 | +20 | |||
| Christian Democratic Appeal | 553,573 | 7.26 | –5.45 | 36 | −24 | |||
| General Water Board Party | 400,402 | 5.25 | –1.04 | 21 | –2 | |||
| Christian Union | 234,418 | 3.07 | –1.38 | 14 | −1 | |||
| 50PLUS | 230,999 | 3.03 | –4.51 | 10 | –22 | |||
| Belang van Nederland | 194,014 | 2.54 | New | 5 | New | |||
| Reformed Political Party | 177,537 | 2.33 | –0.10 | 13 | +4 | |||
| JA21 | 100,500 | 1.32 | New | 5 | New | |||
| Christian Union – Reformed Political Party | 88,498 | 1.16 | –0.38 | 6 | –2 | |||
| Ondernemend Water | 39,023 | 0.51 | New | 1 | New | |||
| Groningers' Interests | 31,235 | 0.41 | New | 3 | New | |||
| The Greens | 29,431 | 0.39 | –0.18 | 1 | –1 | |||
| Elderly Appeal - Heart for Water | 12,740 | 0.17 | –0.14 | 0 | –1 | |||
| GOLD | 10,010 | 0.13 | New | 0 | New | |||
| Others[c] | 721,402 | 9.46 | –6.13 | 46 | −11 | |||
| Total | 7,626,131 | 100.00 | – | 518 | +76 | |||
| Valid votes | 7,626,131 | 98.57 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 25,752 | 0.33 | ||||||
| Blank votes | 85,059 | 1.10 | ||||||
| Total votes | 7,736,942 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 13,759,207 | 56.23 | +4.98 | |||||
| Source: Kiesraad | ||||||||
By Water Board[edit]
| Water Board | Number of seats by party | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBB | WN | VVD | PvdA | PvdD | CDA | AWP | CU | SGP | 50+ | BVNL | JA21 | GB | Other | Total | |
| Noorderzijlvest | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 2[d] | 19 |
| Fryslân | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2[e] | 21 |
| Hunze en Aa's | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Drents Overijsselse Delta | 9 | 5 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2[f] | 25 |
| Vechtstromen | 9 | 7 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 23 |
| Zuiderzeeland | 6 | 6[g] | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2[h] | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 21 | |
| Vallei en Veluwe | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1[i] | 26 |
| Rijn en IJssel | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | - | 3 | 0 | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | 3[j] | 26 |
| De Stichtse Rijnlanden | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 26 |
| Amstel, Gooi en Vecht | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1[k] | 26 |
| Hollands Noorderkwartier | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 7[l] | 26 |
| Rijnland | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1[h] | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 26 | |
| Delfland | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1[h] | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 26 | |
| Schieland en de Krimpenerwaard | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2[h] | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 26 | |
| Rivierenland | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 26 |
| Hollandse Delta | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 6[m] | 26 |
| Scheldestromen | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | 4[n] | 26 |
| Brabantse Delta | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | 6[o] | 26 |
| De Dommel | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1[p] | 26 |
| Aa en Maas | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 0 | 26 |
| Limburg | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | 13[q] | 26 |
| Total | |||||||||||||||
| 118 | 97 | 55 | 50 | 37 | 36 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 518 | |
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| Compared to 2019 | +118 | +6 | -15 | +1 | +20 | -24 | -2 | -1 | +4 | -22 | +5 | +5 | +3 | -20 | +76[r] |
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Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Each water board holds two seats for agricultural and nature reserve stakeholders respectively, which are not elected
- ^ Water Natuurlijk affiliate party in Waterschap Zuiderzeeland
- ^ Parties that only participated in a single water board
- ^ Betaalbaar Water: 1, Student & Water: 1
- ^ Fryske Nasjonale Partij
- ^ Gemeentebelangen Drenthe-Overijssel
- ^ Water Natuurlijk is represented in Zuiderzeeland by Water, Wonen en Natuur.
- ^ a b c d Joint list CU/SGP
- ^ Lokaal Waterbeheer
- ^ Vrienden van de Berkel: 2, Ondernemend Water: 1
- ^ De Groenen
- ^ Waterplatform Groen, Water & Land: 5, Boeren Burgers Waterbelang: 2
- ^ Waterschapspartij Hollandse Delta: 5, Hollandse Delta Natuurlijk: 1
- ^ Partij voor Zeeland
- ^ Ons Water: 3, West-Brabant Waterbreed: 3
- ^ Werken aan Water
- ^ 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
- ^ Due to a reduction in the number of guaranteed seats, the number of eligible seats has increased in all water boards
References[edit]
- ^ Kiesraad (2017-07-04). "Verkiezingskalender - Actueel - Kiesraad.nl". www.kiesraad.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ^ a b Unie van Waterschappen (2022-12-16). "Wet geborgde zetels per 17 december van kracht". unievanwaterschappen.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-04-22.
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