1999 Dutch municipal reorganization election

none 1999 Dutch municipal reorganization election Netherlands March 1999 2000 16 November 1999 25 of 10,269 municipal seats up for election 46.7 % ( 5.5 pp) yes Seats A municipal reorganization election was held in Nijkerk, Netherlands on 16 November 1999.18 November 1999 SGP/RPF/GPV Nijkerk wint verkiezingen Reformatorisch Dagblad18 November 1999 SGP/RPF/GPV leidt besprekingen college Nijkerk Reformatorisch Dagblad 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.Wet tot samenvoeging van de gemeenten Hoevelaken en Nijkerk, Staatsblad, 29 juli 1999Herindelingen en samenvoegingen (al dan niet met grenswijzigingen en naamswijzigingen) per 1-1-2000 https://web.archive.org/web/20230921225248/https://metatopos.eu/gemhis.html#h2000 2023-09-21 op www.metatopos.eu (pagina geraadpleegd op 2 maart 2022) 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), Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen - 1990 t/M 2022 https://www.nlverkiezingen.com/GR_GL.html 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). Christian Democratic Appeal 3412 7 -2 Christian Union – Reformed Political Party 3418 7 0 Progressief 21 (D66-GroenLinks-PvdA) 1426 3 -2 Labour Party (Netherlands) People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1163 2 -3 #4878a8 Partij Nijkerk 2098 4 -1 #4878a8 Hoevelaken Nu 1067 2 -1 -9 46.7% References Category:1999 elections in the Netherlands Category:Local elections in the Netherlands Category:November 1999 in Europe