Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱Oct 29

I voted today!

Now that I'm a Dutch citizen I am eligible to vote in the general elections for the first time!

It's comical how big the voting paper (stembiljet) is, but thankfully I'm old enough to have used paper maps, so I was able to easily re-fold it like a pro.

Photo by 1Veertje (CC-BY-SA 3.0)

Show threadUlrik Nyman ⬡Oct 29

@notjustbikes what is the election system?

Do you just select one candidate or do you prioritise more than one?

Show threadraboof

@UlrikNyman you select one

the votes are then first used to assign a number of 'seats' to 'parties' (there are 150 seats for 27 parties, some more serious than others). Which exact person you voted on then determines how the seats assigned to that party are filled.

Oct 29 at 12:35pmWeb
Show threadEmil Jacobs - CollectifissionOct 29
@raboof @UlrikNyman In addition to this, the Dutch system is also fully proportional. There are 150 seats in Parliament, so you need 1/150th of the vote to get a seat. This is why we have so many parties in Parliament 😅