Dutch municipal elections

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Dutch municipal elections are local government elections in the Netherlands in which residents vote to choose representatives for their municipal councils.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf election in the Netherlands
local election
administratedBy municipal executive
allowsCoalitionGovernments true
allowsPreferenceVotes true
appliesTo all Dutch municipalities except special Caribbean municipalities
ballotType paper ballot
country Netherlands
determines composition of municipal council
electionFrequency every 4 years
electoralLevel municipal
elects municipal council
eligibleVotersInclude Dutch citizens residing in the municipality
EU citizens residing in the municipality
non-EU residents with at least five years legal residence in the Netherlands
firstElectionHeldIn 19th century
governmentalBodyType municipality
hasNotableFeature strong presence of local parties in many councils
hasVoterTurnoutTrend generally lower than national parliamentary elections
influences local environmental policy
local policy
local social services policy
local spatial planning
municipal budget priorities
languageOfBallots Dutch
mainParticipants independent local lists
local political parties
national political parties
mayorAppointedBy Crown on recommendation of municipal council
minimumVotingAge 18
officeNotDirectlyElected mayor
overseenBy Electoral Council of the Netherlands NERFINISHED
regulatedBy Dutch Constitution NERFINISHED
Dutch Electoral Act NERFINISHED
relatedTo Dutch general elections
Dutch provincial elections
Dutch water board elections
resultsIn allocation of council seats to parties
formation of municipal coalitions
separateArrangementsFor Caribbean Netherlands special municipalities NERFINISHED
termLengthOfElectedBody 4 years
typicalElectionMonth March
uses multi-member districts
single municipal-wide constituency per municipality
usesElectoralThreshold no formal legal threshold beyond natural threshold
voteCountingMethod manual counting
votingSystem open-list proportional representation
party-list proportional representation

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Dutch Labour Party participatesIn Dutch municipal elections