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2023 Dutch water board elections

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

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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 resident members of the country's water boards.

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. 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.

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	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	721,402	9.46	–6.13	46	−11
Total	7,626,131	100.00	–	518	+76

7,626,131	98.57
25,752	0.33
85,059	1.10
7,736,942	100.00
13,759,207	56.23	+4.98
Source: Kiesraad

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