The 2019 provincial elections in the Netherlands: the Rise of Forum voor Democratie after a heavily nationalized campaign

IF 1.7 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Regional and Federal Studies Pub Date : 2020-11-05 DOI:10.1080/13597566.2020.1840365

H. Binnema, H. Vollaard

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The 2019 provincial elections marked a spectacular victory for challenger party Forum voor Democratie and a substantial defeat for two government parties. The Liberals, led by prime minister Rutte, which had been the largest party in many recent elections, came second in a fragmenting party-political landscape. The Greens were the other opposition winner, while two opposition parties at the ideological extremes, the Socialist Party and the Freedom Party, suffered considerable losses. Regional or non-statewide parties remained a marginal phenomenon: they attained on average three percent of the votes. Further illustrating the heavily nationalized nature of the provincial elections, the campaign mainly focused on national issues such as climate change and the possible loss of the majority for the coalition parties in the Senate, which is elected by the provincial councils. The latter clearly affected turnout, which rose to over 56%, the highest turnout in provincial elections in thirty years.

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荷兰2019年省级选举:在一场高度国有化的竞选活动之后，民主论坛的崛起

摘要2019年省级选举标志着民主论坛的挑战者党取得了令人瞩目的胜利，两个政府政党也遭遇了重大失败。由总理吕特领导的自由党在最近的许多选举中都是最大的政党，在分裂的政党政治格局中排名第二。绿党是另一个反对党的赢家，而意识形态极端的两个反对党社会党和自由党则遭受了相当大的损失。地区或非全州政党仍然是一个边缘现象：他们平均获得3%的选票。这场运动进一步表明了省级选举的高度国有化性质，主要关注国家问题，如气候变化和联盟政党可能失去参议院多数席位，参议院由省级议会选举产生。后者明显影响了投票率，投票率上升到56%以上，创下30年来省级选举的最高投票率。

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Regional and Federal Studies POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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