1998 Dutch municipal reorganization elections
Municipal reorganization elections were held in the Netherlands on 18 November 1998. The elections took place in 16 municipalities that were reorganizing to take effect on 1 January 1999. In these municipalities, the regular municipal elections of 4 March 1998 were not held. A total of 122 of the 10,278 municipal seats were up for election, and turnout was 59.06%. As a result of the reorganizations, the number of municipalities in the Netherlands decreased from 548 to 538 on 1 January 1999.
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