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| | Elections in the Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Elections in the Netherlands are held for six territorial levels: the European Union (beyond the scope of this article), the state, the 12 Provinces, the (currently 27) water boards, the 467 Municipalities and in some cities (such as Amsterdam) for neighbourhood councils (stadsdeelraden). |
 | | The Netherlands has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which usually no one party ever gets an absolute majority of votes (except occasionally in very small municipalities, such as in Reiderland), so several parties must cooperate to form a coalition government. |
 | | The electorate in the Netherlands during the last elections in 2003 was 12,076,711, of whom 80% voted, resulting in 9,666,602 votes (with 12,127 invalid votes). |
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