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Boundary Delimitation
BD001
Delimitation of constituencies
Question: Are constituencies delimited for election purposes?
Answer:
a . Yes
Comments: "There are no parliamentary constituencies within the country because the entire country is itself one large constituency. For party-political and administrative purposes, however, the country has been divided into nineteen [now, twenty] parliamentary regions (kiekringen), each covering a province or part of a province. Each region has its own election committee. Furthermore, there is a central election committee for all elections."
1. For elections to the House of Representatives, the Netherlands shall be divided into electoral districts in accordance with the table appended to this Act.
2. In the European part of the Netherlands, the electoral districts for elections to the House of Representatives shall also form the electoral districts for elections to the provincial councils. Provincial councils may divide these electoral districts into more electoral districts for an election of their members.
3. For elections to municipal councils, each municipality shall form a single electoral district.
Source: Act of 28 September 1989 containing new provisions governing the franchise and elections (Elections Act), Ch. E1.
http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/research/Netherlands/Netherlands_Elections%20Act_1989am2009.pdf
Verified: 2022/08/02
BD003
Criteria for drawing boundaries
Question: On what criteria are the boundaries drawn?
Answer(s):
d . Conformity with local jurisdiction boundaries f . Communities of interest/cultural concerns
Comments: The Table referred to in Section E1 of the Elections Act takes the number of the electoral district, the area covered by the electoral district, and the municipality where the principal electoral committee is situated into account.
Source: Act of 28 September 1989 containing new provisions governing the franchise and elections (Elections Act), Ch. E, Section E1 and accompanying table.
http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/research/Netherlands/Netherlands_Elections%20Act_1989am2009.pdf
Verified: 2017/03/21
BD005
Body responsible for drawing boundaries
Question: The body responsible for drawing the boundaries is:
Answer(s):
g . Other
Comments: The Elections Act, which was signed by the State Secretary of the Interior and the Minister of Justice, is the legislation that determines the electoral districts.
Source: Act of 28 September 1989 containing new provisions governing the franchise and elections (Elections Act), Ch. E, Section E1;
http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/research/Netherlands/Netherlands_Elections%20Act_1989am2009.pdf
Verified: 2017/03/21
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