Voter turnout lower than four years ago – AD.nl

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18-3-15 – 15:35 Source: Reuters © anp.

The turnout at elections is temporarily slightly lower than four years ago, when the last Provincial Council elections were. 13:30 had 18 percent of eligible voters cast his or her vote. That is 2 percent less than the same time on election day in 2011, when the turnout eventually totaled 56 percent (see the bottom of the article).

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Unlike four years ago, people can now vote for the water boards. In several polling stations in humans likelihood of confusion. As they made their choices and those two forms have folded, there is sometimes a lack of clarity in which bus which form. This confusion is partly because of the color bands of the forms. The form of the water board has a green color band and the Provincial green. ,, This is intuitively seen not convenient, ” said a spokeswoman for the Electoral Council.

Water Boards green
If people do the voting forms accidentally in the wrong ballot boxes, there is nothing to worry about. When closing the polling stations, first examined whether all forms are placed in the correct bus. If this is not the case, then this is corrected. Only then starts counting the votes, the spokeswoman said.

In Amsterdam, to 13.00 voted 9.7 percent of the voting people. Four years back was that at the same time 9.9 percent. In The Hague, the rise time being also lower: 14.8 percent versus 19.2 percent in 2011.

Stemwijzer
Many people today see before the vote. sites Stemwijzer and Kieskompas. Stemwijzer.nl consulted nearly 1.4 million visitors and Kieskompas.nl by more than a million people. Visitors Stemwijzer give care to find the most important issues when it comes to the provincial elections.

From the political leaders was Labour leader Diederik Samsom there Wednesday earliest at around 08:30 hours at the polling station Groenhoven in White Rozenstraat in his hometown of Leiden. Geert Wilders of the PVV was something before nine votes in The Hague and spent half an hour later Emile Roemer (SP) his voice in the community center Elzenhof in Sambeek. Prime Minister Mark Rutte voted around 9:30 pm on Schoolvereniging Wolters in The Hague and an hour later it was Sybrand Buma of the CDA in the St. Martin’s School in Voorburg. D66 leader Alexander Pechtold went around noon votes in his hometown Wageningen.

Watch the attendance rates of the last four editions of the elections to the Provincial Council. See the graphic here in a larger size.

Watch the attendance rates of the last four editions of the elections for the provincial councils in each province. What is striking is that the rise in the three northern provinces remain relatively high and in Limburg and Brabant always relatively low. See the graphic here in a larger size.