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Elections: Turnout around 53%

Thursday 04 March 2010

Some 53% of people eligible to vote in Wednesday's local elections actually bothered to do so, according to official results after 93% of the votes had been counted.

The Wadden Sea island of Schiermonnikoog had the highest turnout at 82.5%. The lowest score was recorded in Eindhoven, where just 43.5% of voters cast their ballot.

At the 2006 local elections, some 58% of voters took part.

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When we voted for an autovrije binnenstad, the PVDA said that too few votes meant our choice could be ignored. I guess they'll just do the same now.

By raadslid | March 4, 2010 7:32 AM

I know somebody who has lived here more than 5 years and received a card who was told by a gemeente bureaucrat that she couldn't vote because she didn't have a permanent residence permit. I wonder how many others were told this?

By CW | March 4, 2010 10:42 AM

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