1971 Dutch general election
1971 Dutch general election|
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All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority | Turnout | 79.12% ( 15.88pp) |
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Most voted-for party by municipality |
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General elections were held in the Netherlands on 28 April 1971.[1] The Labour Party (PvdA) emerged as the largest party, winning 39 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2] The elections were the first without compulsory voting, causing a sharp fall in voter turnout, down to 79% from 95% in the 1967 elections.[3] Barend Biesheuvel of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) became prime minister, leading the first Biesheuvel cabinet.
His cabinet contained a broad coalition of parties, with ministers from ARP, Christian Historical Union (both Protestant), the Catholic People's Party, the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and moderate socialist Democratic Socialists '70 (DS'70), which had just split off from the PvdA.
However, Biesheuvel's government was short-lived; following a decision to cut government spending, DS'70 withdrew from the government, causing it to lose its majority and fresh elections to be held after just a year and seven months.
Results
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Labour Party | 1,554,733 | 24.60 | 39 | +2 | | Catholic People's Party | 1,380,365 | 21.84 | 35 | –7 | | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 653,606 | 10.34 | 16 | –1 | | Anti-Revolutionary Party | 542,874 | 8.59 | 13 | –2 | | Democrats 1966 | 428,150 | 6.77 | 11 | +4 | | Christian Historical Union | 399,164 | 6.32 | 10 | –2 | | Democratic Socialists '70 | 336,788 | 5.33 | 8 | New | | Communist Party of the Netherlands | 246,594 | 3.90 | 6 | +1 | | Reformed Political Party | 148,221 | 2.35 | 3 | 0 | | Political Party of Radicals | 116,065 | 1.84 | 2 | New | | Reformed Political League | 101,797 | 1.61 | 2 | +1 | | New Middle Party | 95,653 | 1.51 | 2 | New | | Pacifist Socialist Party | 90,752 | 1.44 | 2 | –2 | | Farmers' Party | 69,678 | 1.10 | 1 | –6 | | General Elderly Party of the Netherlands | 26,881 | 0.43 | 0 | New | | Dutch Appeal | 24,379 | 0.39 | 0 | New | | New Roman Catholic Party [nl] | 23,061 | 0.36 | 0 | New | | Kabouters | 21,988 | 0.35 | 0 | New | | Elderly and Labour Party | 21,489 | 0.34 | 0 | New | | Binding Right [nl] | 15,137 | 0.24 | 0 | New | | Democrats 2000 | 7,189 | 0.11 | 0 | New | | Elderly Party 65+ | 5,784 | 0.09 | 0 | New | | Van Velsen List | 3,676 | 0.06 | 0 | New | | Elderly Party General Interest | 1,843 | 0.03 | 0 | New | | Stichting Gedupeerde Groepen 18+ t/m 65+ | 1,648 | 0.03 | 0 | New | | Rural Party for the Elderly | 1,620 | 0.03 | 0 | New | | Party of the Right | 477 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | | Positive Social Democrats | 400 | 0.01 | 0 | New | Total | 6,320,012 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 | | Valid votes | 6,320,012 | 99.27 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 46,567 | 0.73 | |
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Total votes | 6,366,579 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 8,046,969 | 79.12 | |
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Source: Kiesraad[4] |
By province
Results by province[5]
Province
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PvdA
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KVP
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VVD
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ARP
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D'66
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CHU
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DS'70
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CPN
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SGP
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PPR
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GPV
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NMP
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PSP
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BP
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Others
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Drenthe
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35.6
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5.9
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13.5
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14.3
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4.3
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8.8
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3.9
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4.0
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0.4
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0.8
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2.8
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1.9
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0.7
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1.5
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1.7
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Friesland
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31.5
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5.2
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7.8
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21.5
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4.1
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12.5
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3.1
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3.5
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1.0
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1.2
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3.0
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2.1
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1.4
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0.9
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1.3
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Gelderland
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24.2
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22.1
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10.0
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8.5
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5.5
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9.5
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4.8
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1.2
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4.0
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1.6
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1.4
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1.8
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1.1
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1.7
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2.8
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Groningen
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31.8
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4.1
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10.8
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15.4
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4.1
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6.7
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4.1
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11.0
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0.3
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1.3
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5.2
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1.5
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1.5
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0.8
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1.4
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Limburg
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14.6
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54.2
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5.2
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1.6
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7.3
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0.7
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4.3
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2.4
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0.1
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2.4
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0.2
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1.1
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1.1
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1.5
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3.5
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North Brabant
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14.2
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49.3
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7.1
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3.4
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6.9
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1.9
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4.1
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1.5
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0.6
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2.7
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0.4
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1.5
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1.3
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2.0
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3.1
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North Holland
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25.2
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16.0
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12.2
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6.4
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8.5
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3.6
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7.7
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9.0
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0.6
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2.3
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0.9
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1.5
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2.4
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0.7
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2.9
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Overijssel
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23.8
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23.0
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8.0
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9.7
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4.8
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10.7
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4.0
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2.9
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3.2
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1.2
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3.0
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1.7
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0.9
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1.6
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1.6
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South Holland
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29.8
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12.4
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12.2
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9.7
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8.2
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6.8
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5.6
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3.0
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4.0
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1.4
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1.5
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1.3
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1.3
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0.5
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2.3
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Southern IJsselmeer Polders
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19.2
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13.8
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12.6
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18.6
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7.3
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10.5
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5.9
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1.5
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1.7
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2.8
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3.1
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0.4
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1.2
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0.5
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0.9
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Utrecht
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21.4
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17.3
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13.3
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10.0
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6.4
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8.4
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7.6
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1.8
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3.7
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2.0
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2.4
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1.2
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1.6
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0.8
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2.2
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Zeeland
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25.0
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13.4
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9.9
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11.3
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4.3
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11.5
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3.2
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0.8
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9.3
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2.9
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2.3
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2.7
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0.5
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1.3
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1.5
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References
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