In September, the Netherlands will be able to vote again. Will the upcoming election campaign finally go down in history as the campaign in which social media finally broke through? In this fourth part in the series on the role of social media in the upcoming Dutch House of Representatives elections, we will discuss new political parties; can they enter parliament with the help of social media?
New parties
Last week, the period in which parties could register with the Electoral Council to participate in the upcoming Second Chamber elections in September closed. A total of fifty parties have registered , which means that there are also quite a few newcomers. The parties also have to collect declarations of support and pay a deposit. It is expected that a large number of the newcomers will not make it to the elections . Those who do make it face the challenge of reaching the electoral threshold. In the previous elections malaysia telegram data none of the new participants obtained enough votes for a seat, not even the well-known Trots op Nederland.
such as Hero Brinkman's DPK, the Party for Our Dutch Society, Familia, the Party for Equal Citizenship for Men and Women, the Pirate Party and the IQ Party, are trying to get into Parliament.