Dutch national elections

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Dutch national elections are nationwide parliamentary elections in the Netherlands that determine the composition of the House of Representatives and the formation of the national government.

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instanceOf national election
parliamentary election
citizenshipRequirement Dutch citizenship
constituencyType single nationwide constituency
country Netherlands
determines composition of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
formation of the national government of the Netherlands
earlyDissolutionPossible yes
electoralFormula d’Hondt method
surface form: D’Hondt method
electoralThreshold effective threshold of approximately 0.67 percent of the national vote
elects 150 members of the House of Representatives
Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
firstChamberNotDirectlyElected Dutch Senate
surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
firstModernFormIntroduced 1917 proportional representation reform
governingSystem multi-party system
governmentFormedBy coalition of political parties
governmentSystem parliamentary constitutional monarchy
headOfGovernmentSelected Minister of General Affairs of the Netherlands
surface form: Prime Minister of the Netherlands
heldOn weekdays
language Dutch
leadsTo coalition negotiations
legalThreshold no formal national electoral threshold
legislativeBody House of Representatives of the Netherlands
lowerHouse House of Representatives of the Netherlands
mainPartiesParticipating Christian Democratic Appeal
Christian Union
surface form: ChristianUnion

Democrats 66
Farmer–Citizen Movement
Forum for Democracy
GreenLeft
JA21
Dutch Labour Party
surface form: Labour Party (Netherlands)

Party for Freedom
Party for the Animals
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
surface form: People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy

Socialist Party (Netherlands)
Volt Netherlands
monarchRole formal appointment of the government by the monarch
organisedBy municipalities in the Netherlands
overseenBy Electoral Council of the Netherlands
previousSystem district-based system before 1917
resultsCertifiedBy Electoral Council of the Netherlands
senateElectedBy provincial councillors
termLength maximum four-year term for the House of Representatives
typicalPollingDay Wednesday
upperHouseNotElectedDirectly Dutch Senate
surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
voteCounting manual counting of paper ballots
votingAge 18 years
votingMethod paper ballots
votingSystem open list
party-list proportional representation

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Freedom Party (Netherlands) participatedIn Dutch national elections
GL participatesIn Dutch national elections
subject surface form: GroenLinks
this entity surface form: Dutch general elections
Liberal Union (Netherlands) participatedIn Dutch national elections
this entity surface form: Dutch general elections
Liberal State Party participatedIn Dutch national elections
this entity surface form: Dutch general election, 1922
Liberal State Party participatedIn Dutch national elections
this entity surface form: Dutch general election, 1925
Liberal State Party participatedIn Dutch national elections
this entity surface form: Dutch general election, 1929
Liberal State Party participatedIn Dutch national elections
this entity surface form: Dutch general election, 1933
Liberal State Party participatedIn Dutch national elections
this entity surface form: Dutch general election, 1937
Cabinet-Drees II reasonForDissolution Dutch national elections
this entity surface form: Dutch general election of 1952
Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands) participatedIn Dutch national elections
this entity surface form: Dutch general elections
KVP participatedIn Dutch national elections
this entity surface form: Dutch general elections
Catholic People’s Party participatedIn Dutch national elections
this entity surface form: Dutch general elections
Pim Fortuyn List electoralSuccess Dutch national elections
this entity surface form: 2002 Dutch general election
Pim Fortuyn List participatedIn Dutch national elections
this entity surface form: 2002 Dutch general election
Elco Brinkman election Dutch national elections
this entity surface form: 1994 Dutch general election