2019 Dutch water board elections

2019 Dutch water board elections

20 March 2019 (2019-03-20)
442 seats divided over 21 water boards
Turnout	51.25%
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%

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.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Water Natuurlijk	1,200,560	17.26	85	+7
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	1,034,251	14.87	70	+4
	Christian Democratic Appeal	883,678	12.71	60	−11
	Labour Party	785,176	11.29	49	0
	50PLUS	524,548	7.54	32	+9
	General Water Board Party	384,373	5.53	21	+3
	Party for the Animals	331,933	4.77	17	+2
	Christian Union	309,148	4.45	15	−4
	Reformed Political Party	168,996	2.43	9	−4
	Others	1,331,542	19.15	84	−8
Total		6,954,205	100.00	442	−2
Valid votes		6,954,205	97.39
Invalid/blank votes		186,313	2.61
Total votes		7,140,518	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		13,933,879	51.25
Source: Kiesraad