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Emil Kirkegaard

Aug 2, 2020 • 3 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X

The Netherlands has the world's most democratic democracy. With 150 seats in their house, they have 13 parties in parliament right now!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_…

The only country where one can almost do a political compass with a full board.

#nlpoli #nlpol

The reason for this pluralism is that countries differ in how many % a parties must at least get to have any seats. Most countries impose an artificial limit, called election threshold. Netherlands does not.

DK has 2nd lowest at 2%. 12 parties right now.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral…

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