Dutch provincial elections

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Dutch provincial elections are regional legislative elections in the Netherlands in which voters choose representatives for the country’s twelve provincial councils, influencing both provincial governance and the composition of the national Senate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf regional election
subnational election
administrativeLevelAbove municipalities
administrativeLevelBelow none
administrativeLevelParallel water boards elections
allowsPreferenceVotes yes
ballotStructure party lists with individual candidates
ballotType paper ballot
canFormCoalitionGovernments yes
citizenshipRequirement Dutch citizens residing in the province
country Netherlands
determine composition of provincial councils
elect Provinciale Staten members
members of provincial councils
electionCycle every 4 years
electoralDistricts provinces
electoralThreshold no formal national threshold
executiveBodyFormed Gedeputeerde Staten
firstHeldInModernForm 20th century
governedByLaw Dutch Electoral Act
headOfProvinceSelected King's Commissioner
surface form: King's Commissioner (via appointment, not election)
includeNonCitizenVoters no
indirectlyElect Eerste Kamer members
Dutch Senate
surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
influence composition of the Eerste Kamer
composition of the Senate of the Netherlands
languageOfBallots Dutch
legislativeBody Provinciale Staten
levelOfGovernment provincial
mainOutcome allocation of seats in each provincial council
numberOfElectoralDistricts 12
numberOfProvinces 12
organisedBy municipalities
relatedElection Dutch general election
Dutch municipal elections
Dutch water board elections
scopeOfPolicyInfluence environmental policy
regional economic development
regional transport
spatial planning
secondaryOutcome weights of provincial council votes for Senate election
supervisedBy Kiesraad
termLengthOfProvincialCouncils 4 years
typicalMonthHeld March
typicalTurnoutRange 40–60 percent
voteCountingMethod manual count
votingAge 18
votingIsCompulsory no
votingSystem open list proportional representation

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GroenLinks participatesIn Dutch provincial elections
GL participatesIn Dutch provincial elections
subject surface form: GroenLinks