The Dutch Parliamentary Elections of 2017
The Dutch Parliamentary Elections of 2017 | 28 Political Parties | 1114 Candidates | Rotterdam and Amsterdam. I voted! Greetings by Sophie
The results of the Dutch Parliamentary Elections of 2017
This is what I wrote ~kind of ~ on Facebook about the results of the Dutch Parliamentary Elections:
Also in Dutch known as: Tweede Kamer Verkiezingen 2017 or TKV2017
Lots of media have probably written about it, and all the predictions and so on. I rarely write about politics, but I love to mention that I live as a student in a multicultural city named Rotterdam and together with Amsterdam, these are the two biggest and the two most multicultural cities of The Netherlands.
Yesterday we had the chance to vote on one of the
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28! political parties and after that decision…
we had to choose between one of the …
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one of the 1114! candidates. Yes that is over 1000 persons…
I made my decision and I voted!
In The Netherlands it is a jubilee because women’s suffrage exists this year for 100 years! Is it a coincidence that there are elections 100 years after those voting rights for women? After all what (politically) happened the past century? I am happy I have the right to vote! So I did!
See the two big images: Rotterdam and Amsterdam
In Rotterdam the VVD is the greatest political party.
In Amsterdam GroenLinks is the greatest political party.
Two multicultural cities that will always remain multicultural.
And even though politics is not my thing, with such results, I find it ‘gezellig’, safe and challenging to continue to live during my studies in a multicultural city.
Diversity in cultures is nice. Nice to be part of it in the big city, nice to learn from it, nice to experience this diversity through f.e. little food festivals.
And diversity in politics, well it does not make it easier to govern, but sometimes diversity is considered and an inspiring brainstorming. I just think it is important to know about diversity, to respect diversity and trying to understand diversity. Not everything of the government will that way be viewed from the same angle, but highlighted by several angles and sides and they take in the design and implementation of the plans.
I am curious for the final outcome of ANP, the outcome of the electoral council on March 21st, which political formation will be formed and what will happen the next four years.
In general: The statistics we know now, are based on manual counts by the 388! municipalities. And gathered by our central press facts checker: ANP.
At this moment, not everything is count yet (I write this at 01:55 (CET, so UTC + 01:00)).
The official result and recognition will take place at March 21st organised by the ‘Kiesraad’ which is an independent organisation by the government to check for faults by these manual counts by the municipalities. But ANP is very reliable and you can assume that they will be right with their results because they do this already since 1938 and if there will be a difference with the ‘Kiesraad’, it will be only as much as half a chair…or to say half a place for a party so no major difference.
The different parties
The parties and their translation:
- VVD = People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy –> the most Right
- CDA = Christian Democratic Appeal
- CU = Christian Union
- SGP = Reformed Political Party –> the most conservative
- PVV = Party for Freedom
- 50+ = 50Plus
- D66 = Democratic Appeal –> the only combination Progressive and Right
- GL = GreenLeft –> the most progressive
- PvdA = Labour Party
- PvdD = Party for the Animals –> Yes I love that the animals have a kind of voice too.
- SP = Socialists Party
This year we could vote at special locations too. For example a view looking over Amsterdam, voting on one of the little uninhabited islands. And you could vote in the public libraries and on several train stations. I discovered even two voting areas in the central library in Rotterdam, wow I have never seen that before. And ques, ques and ques. Especially during rush hour when lots of people were done working for the day. And more than 80% of the people with voting rights, voted! I think we all encouraged each other to use your right to vote!
What did you hear about the Dutch Parliamentary Elections of 2017?
Greetings by Sophie
