Partial general elections were held in the

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on 12 and 26 June 1860 to elect 36 of the 72 seats in the

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1395

Electoral system

Of the 72 seats in the House of Representatives, 9 were elected in single-member constituencies using the

two-round system The two-round system (TRS or 2RS), sometimes called ballotage, top-two runoff, or two-round plurality, is a single-winner electoral system which aims to elect a member who has support of the majority of voters. The two-round system involves one ...

. The other 63 were elected using two-round

plurality block voting Plurality block voting is a type of block voting method for multi-winner elections. Each voter may cast as many votes as the number of seats to be filled. The candidates with the most votes are elected. The usual result when the candidates div ...

in 29 constituencies from 2 to 6 seats. To be elected in the first round, a candidate had to reach an electoral threshold of 50% of the number of valid votes cast, divided by the number of seats up for election in the district.

Results

By district

Notes

References

{{Dutch elections General elections in the Netherlands

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