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That report research firm Ipsos and the CSS .
At about 13.30 pm the turnout was 18 percent . In the provincial elections in 2011 the turnout was finally at 56 percent, which was higher than previous elections.
There may be voted on Wednesday to 21.00. Around that time also expected the first interim results. Most polling stations were opened at 7:30 am Wednesday morning.
Stations
On Wednesday morning it was especially busy at the polling stations on the central stations in the four major cities. Mid-afternoon there were more than 3,000 people cast their vote. A total of 58 stations can be voted on.
On Utrecht Central were travelers from 07:15 votes and in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague was that fifteen minutes later possible. 05.00 went the first polling stations for commuters open at stations in Nijmegen and Castricum
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Rise
It is the first time that the provincial elections are held simultaneously with the Water Board elections. The hope is that the combination will bring more voters. Previously, water boards are elected by mail.
In the provincial elections, the turnout for years around 50 percent, the water boards still pull a quarter of the voters.
The turnout at the Provincial Council elections in 2011 was 55.9 percent compared very high. The rise came when even higher than that in municipal elections in 2010 (54.1 percent)
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Rise provincial elections
Senate
The elected members of the Provincial Council elect on May 26 the members of the Senate. The Provincial State members appoint the executive committee of the parliament at the provincial level. Provincial Executive
The general management of a water is comparable to the council of a municipality. This general government sets the policy of the water and check that the executive policy that performs well.
Notables
The leaders of the major political parties voted Wednesday in their hometown. Prime Minister Mark Rutte did in the Hague Benoordenhout.
Labour leader Diederik Samsom voted around half 9 at polling Groenhoven in the White Rozenstraat in his hometown of Leiden. PVV leader Geert Wilders also agreed Hague and SP leader Emile Roemer spent his vote in Sambeek.
Around half past eleven voted CDA chief Sybrand Buma at St. Martin’s School in Voorburg.
Video: Political leaders cast their vote
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