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The House of Orange-Nassau was given the present-day Netherlands and Belgium to govern as the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Between 1815 and 1890, the King of the Netherlands was also Grand Duke of Luxembourg. The current monarch is Willem-Alexander, while the heir apparent is Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange.
Reformatory Political Federation: 1975 2003 Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands: 0.92 Roman Catholic State Party: 1926 1945 29.64 Social Democratic Workers' Party: 1894 1946 23.81 Social Democratic League: Socialist Party: Union 55+ Alliance to Democratise the Forces: 0.51 League of Communists in the Netherlands: Alliance for National ...
Relief map of the European Netherlands. The European Netherlands has a total area of 41,543 km 2 (16,040 sq mi), including water bodies, and a land area of 33,481 km 2 (12,927 sq mi). The Caribbean Netherlands has a total area of 328 km 2 (127 sq mi) [115] It lies between latitudes 50° and 54° N, and longitudes 3° and 8° E.
The electorate in the Netherlands during the general election on the 22nd of November 2023 was 13,473,750, of whom 77.7% voted, resulting in 10,475,203 votes (of which 10,432,726 valid votes). With 150 seats, that means a quota of 69,552 votes per seat, the so-called Hare quota . [ 7 ]
Map showing the political makeup of the Provinces, and the rotation of the Stadholdership amongst the different lines of the house of Orange and Nassau. Each province chose to appoint a descendant of William , either the incumbent Prince of Orange or a member of the collateral Counts of Nassau-Dietz .
Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 22 November 2023 to elect the members of the House of Representatives. [1] [2] The elections had been expected to be held in 2025, but a snap election was called after the fourth Rutte cabinet collapsed on 7 July 2023 due to disagreements on immigration policy between the coalition parties. [3]
The location of the European Netherlands An enlargeable map of the European Netherlands An enlargeable basic map of the Netherlands, (Caribbean Netherlands inset) An enlargeable topographic map of the Kingdom of the Netherlands An enlargeable satellite image of the European Netherlands Diagram of the organisation of entities in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
The Netherlands has had electoral districts since 1814. From 1814, the districts matched the provinces and the members of the House of Representatives were elected indirectly via the provincial councils .