1999 Dutch municipal reorganization election
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A municipal reorganization election was held in Nijkerk, Netherlands on 16 November 1999.[1][2]
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16 November 1999
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25 of 10,269 municipal seats up for election | |
| Turnout | 46.7 % ( 5.5 pp) |
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Background
The election took place in one municipality that was involved in a reorganization operation that would be implemented on 1 January 2000. Hoevelaken and Nijkerk would be fused into the municipality of Nijkerk.[3][4]
In 1998, Hoevelaken and Nijkerk had 13 and 21 municipal seats respectively, together 34. The new municipal council would have 25 seats. This would bring the nationwide count of municipal seats down to 10269 (from 10278, down by 9),[5] and the total number of municipalities from 538 to 537.
Results
Seat change is calculated by combining seat totals from Nijkerk and Hoevelaken during the prior elections in 1998.
Progressief 21 is a local party combining the local branches of Democrats 66, GroenLinks and the Labour Party, which gained a total of 5 seats in the relevant municipalities in 1998 (PvdA 4, D66 1, GL 0).
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Christian Democratic Appeal | 3,412 | 27.11 | 7 | -2 | |
| Christian Union – Reformed Political Party | 3,418 | 27.16 | 7 | 0 | |
| Progressief 21 (D66-GroenLinks-PvdA) | 1,426 | 11.33 | 3 | -2 | |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1,163 | 9.24 | 2 | -3 | |
| Partij Nijkerk | 2,098 | 16.67 | 4 | -1 | |
| Hoevelaken Nu | 1,067 | 8.48 | 2 | -1 | |
| Total | 12,584 | 100.00 | 25 | -9 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 46.7% | ||||
| Source: [5] | |||||