Water Natuurlijk

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| chairperson = Peter Snoeren

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| founded = {{Start date|2008}}

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| ideology = Green politics

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| colours = Blue and green

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| website = {{URL|https://www.waternatuurlijk.nl/}}

| country = the Netherlands

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Water Natuurlijk ({{literally|Water Naturally}} or 'Water Of Course') is a political party in the Netherlands that focuses exclusively on water board politics. The party received the highest number of votes in the 2008, 2015 and 2019 water board elections.

History

Water Natuurlijk was founded in 2008 by a number of environmental and recreational organizations.{{cite web |title=Veelgestelde vragen |url=https://waternatuurlijk.nl/over-water-natuurlijk/veelgestelde-vragen |website=Water Natuurlijk |accessdate=12 November 2020 |language=nl}} The party aims to improve water quality to ensure the well-being and safety of humans, animals and plants.{{cite web |title=Manifest |website=Water Natuurlijk |accessdate=12 November 2020 |url=http://waternatuurlijk.nl/about-2/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005155448/http://waternatuurlijk.nl/about-2/ |archivedate=5 October 2008 |language=nl}} The party is endorsed by Democrats 66, GroenLinks and Volt Netherlands, who refrain from participating in water board elections.

Election results

= Water board elections =

class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" \|Election year ! colspan="4" \|Water boards
Votes !% !# of overall seats won !+/−
2008 \|502,294 \|19.67 \|{{Composition bar\|100\|502\|hex={{party color\|Water Natuurlijk}}}} \|New
2015 \|895,232 \|16.63 \|{{Composition bar\|84\|444\|hex={{party color\|Water Natuurlijk}}}} \|{{down}} 16
2019 \|1,252,009 \|18.00 \|{{Composition bar\|91\|442\|hex={{party color\|Water Natuurlijk}}}} \|{{up}} 7
2023 \|1,216,350 \|15.95 \|{{Composition bar\|97\|518\|hex={{party color\|Water Natuurlijk}}}} \|{{up}} 6

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! rowspan="2" |Election year

! colspan="4" |Water boards

Votes

!# of
overall seats won

!+/−

2008

|502,294

|19.67

|{{Composition bar|100|502|hex={{party color|Water Natuurlijk}}}}

|New

2015

|895,232

|16.63

|{{Composition bar|84|444|hex={{party color|Water Natuurlijk}}}}

|{{down}} 16

2019

|1,252,009

|18.00

|{{Composition bar|91|442|hex={{party color|Water Natuurlijk}}}}

|{{up}} 7

2023

|1,216,350

|15.95

|{{Composition bar|97|518|hex={{party color|Water Natuurlijk}}}}

|{{up}} 6

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan="2" \| Water board ! colspan="4" \| Seats
(After merger) !(Before merger) ! 2008 ! 2015 ! 2019 ! 2023
colspan="2" \|Aa en Maas \| 6 \| 6 \| 7 \| 8
colspan="2" \|Amstel, Gooi en Vecht \| 5 \| 4 \| 4 \| 4
colspan="2" \|Brabantse Delta \| 4 \| 3 \| 2 \| 3
colspan="2" \|Delfland \| 4 \| 3 \| 3 \| 4
colspan="2" \|De Dommel \| 6 \| 6 \| 8 \| 7
colspan="2" \|De Stichtse Rijnlanden \| 6 \| 6 \| 7 \| 6
rowspan="2" \|Drents Overijsselse Delta \| Groot Salland \| 6 \| 5 \| rowspan="2" \| 5 \| rowspan="2" \| 5
Reest en Wieden \|3 \|2
colspan="2" \|Fryslân \| 3 \| 3 \| 3 \| 4
colspan="2" \|Hollandse Delta \| 3 \| 2 \| 1 \| 2
colspan="2" \|Hollands Noorderkwartier \| 4 \| 4 \| 3 \| 2
colspan="2" \|Hunze en Aa's \| 4 \| 4 \| 5 \| 5
rowspan="2" \|Limburg \| Peel en Maasvallei \| 3 \| 3 \| rowspan="2" \| 3 \| rowspan="2" \| 3
Roer en Overmaas \|3 \|3
colspan="2" \|Noorderzijlvest \| 4 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6
colspan="2" \|Rijnland \| 4 \| 3 \| 3 \| 4
colspan="2" \|Rijn en IJssel \| 4 \| 5 \| 5 \| 5
colspan="2" \|Rivierenland \| 3 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5
rowspan="2" \|Scheldestromen \| Zeeuwse Eilanden \| 3 \| rowspan="2" \| 2 \| rowspan="2" \| 2 \| rowspan="2" \| 2
Zeeuws-Vlaanderen \| 2
colspan="2" \|Schieland en de Krimpenerwaard \| 4 \| 4 \| 6 \| 6
rowspan="2" \|Vallei en Veluwe \| Vallei en Eem \| 5 \| rowspan="2" \| 3 \| rowspan="2" \| 3 \| rowspan="2" \| 3
Veluwe \| 3
rowspan="2" \|Vechtstromen \|Regge en Dinkel \|— \| rowspan="2" \|— \| rowspan="2" \| 6 \| rowspan="2" \| 7
Velt en Vecht \|3
colspan="2" \|Zuiderzeeland \|— \|6Represented by affiliate party Water, Wonen en Natuur \|6 \|6
colspan="2" \|Total ! 100 of 502 ! 84 of 444 ! 91 of 442 ! 97 of 518

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! colspan="2" | Water board

! colspan="4" | Seats

(After merger)

!(Before merger)

! 2008

! 2015

! 2019

! 2023

colspan="2" |Aa en Maas

| 6

| 7