Municipal reorganization elections were held in the Netherlands on 18 November 1998.
Background The elections took place in sixteen municipalities that were involved in a reorganization operation implemented on 1 January 1999.
The following municipalities were involved in these elections:
The municipalities of Buren, Lienden, and Maurik: merged into the new municipality of Buren.Wet tot samenvoeging van de gemeenten Buren, Lienden en Maurik, Staatsblad, 14 juli 1998 The municipalities of Deventer and Diepenveen: merged into the new municipality of Deventer.Wet tot gemeentelijke herindeling van de gemeenten Deventer, Diepenveen en Bathmen, Staatsblad, 28 juli 1998 Because this reorganization included a change to the border between Bathmen and Deventer, interim elections were also held in Bathmen. The municipalities of Gulpen and Wittem: merged into the new municipality of Gulpen-Wittem.Wet tot samenvoeging van de gemeenten Gulpen en Wittem, Staatsblad, 18 juni 1998 The municipalities of Ammerzoden, Hedel, Heerewaarden, Maasdriel, and Rossum: merged into the new municipality of Maasdriel.Wet tot gemeentelijke herindeling in de Bommelerwaard, Staatsblad, 10 september 1998 The municipalities of Brakel, Kerkwijk, and Zaltbommel: merged into the new municipality of Zaltbommel.
In these municipalities, the regular municipal elections of 4 March 1998 were not held.
As a result of these reorganizations, the number of municipalities in the Netherlands decreased from 548 to 538 as of 1 January 1999.
Results + Results of the 1998 Dutch municipal reorganisation elections Municipality Eligible voters Turn-out Local lists CDA PvdA VVD D66 GL SGP SP RPF GPV CDOtherRef 4 020 69.9 %(2 809)5(1 205) 1(346) 2(473) 3(645) 0(134) — — — — ——— 18 933 54.1 %(10 246)4(2 468) 3(1 577) 4(2 247)7(3 214) 1(717) — — — — ——— 63 349 50.8 %(32 202)7(6 217) 5(4 512)10(8 645) 7(5 782) 2(1 896) 4(3 400) 1(927) 1(1 269) — ——— 12 220 80.1 %(9 790)9(5 490) 4(2 402) 3(1 339) 1(500) — — — — — ——— 17 465 68.9 %(12 025)4(2 634)8(4 466) 2(1 311) 5(2 574) 0(263) 0(355) 0(402) — — ——— 18 543 66.8 %(12 378) — 4(2 491) 4(2 477) 4(2 456) 1(702) 1(814) 3(2 166) — 2(1 263) ——— Total134 53059.1 %(79 450)29(18 014) 25(15 794) 25(16 492) 27(15 171) 4(3 712) 5(4 569) 4(3 495) 1(1 269) 2(1 263) ———
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