Between 2002 and 2017, the share of women in the House of Representatives in the Netherlands never reached about 40 percent, except for in 2010, when the number of women in parliament was just under 43 percent. In 2017, just over one-third of politicians in the House of Representatives were women. That year, 54 women held a seat in parliament.
Number of women in the House of Representatives in the Netherlands from 2002 to 2017
The Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal or Tweede Kamer (English: House of Representatives) is the lower house of the bicameral parliament in the Netherlands. The 150 seats are filled through elections once every four years, in which all Dutch nationals over the age of 18 are eligible to vote.
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Montesquieu Instituut. (March 15, 2017). Number of women in the House of Representatives in the Netherlands from 2002 to 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1063568/number-of-women-in-the-house-of-representatives-in-the-netherlands/
Montesquieu Instituut. "Number of women in the House of Representatives in the Netherlands from 2002 to 2017." Chart. March 15, 2017. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1063568/number-of-women-in-the-house-of-representatives-in-the-netherlands/
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Montesquieu Instituut. "Number of Women in The House of Representatives in The Netherlands from 2002 to 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Mar 2017, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1063568/number-of-women-in-the-house-of-representatives-in-the-netherlands/
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Number of women in the House of Representatives in the Netherlands from 2002 to 2017 [Graph], Montesquieu Instituut, March 15, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1063568/number-of-women-in-the-house-of-representatives-in-the-netherlands/
