the house of representatives (dutch: tweede kamer der staten-generaal, pronounced [ˈtʋeːdə ˈkaːmər dɛr ˈstaːtə(ŋ) ˌɣeːnəˈraːl] (listen); commonly referred to as the tweede kamer, literally 'second chamber of the states general') is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of the netherlands, the states general, the other one being the senate.it has 150 seats, which are filled through elections using party-list proportional representation.generally, the house is located in the binnenhof in the hague, however, it has temporarily moved to the former building of the ministry of foreign affairs at bezuidenhoutseweg 67 in the hague while the binnenhof is being renovated.rather than 'representative' (afgevaardigde), a member of the house is referred to as (tweede) kamerlid, or 'member of the (second) chamber'.both the cabinet and the house of representatives itself have the right to propose legislation; the house of representatives discusses it and, if adopted by a majority, sends it on to the senate.review of the actions of the cabinet takes the form of formal interrogations, which may result in motions urging the cabinet to take, or refrain from, certain actions.no individual may be a member of both parliament and cabinet, except in a caretaker cabinet that has not yet been succeeded when a new house is sworn in.the house of representatives is also responsible for the first round of selection for judges to the supreme court of the netherlands.it submits a list of three names for every vacant position to the government.furthermore, it elects the dutch ombudsman and their subsidiaries.elections are called when the government loses the parliament's confidence, the governing coalition breaks down, the term of the house of representatives expires or when no governing coalition can be formed.parties wanting to take part must register 43 days before the elections, supplying a nationwide list of no more than 50 candidates (80 if the party already has more than 15 seats).parties that do not have any sitting candidates in the house of representatives must also pay a deposit (11,250 euro for the march 2021 elections, for all districts together) and provide 30 signatures of support from residents of each of the 20 electoral districts in which they want to collect votes.each candidate list is numbered, with the candidate in the first position being known as the lijsttrekker ('list puller').the lijsttrekker is usually appointed by the party to lead its election campaign, and is almost always the party's political leader and candidate for prime minister.parties may choose to compete with different candidate lists in each of the 20 electoral districts, but as seats are allocated on a national rather than district level, most parties have almost identical lists in all districts with candidates running.only large parties usually have some regional candidates at the bottom of their lists.from 1973 until its abolition in june 2017 it was possible for two or more parties to combine their separate lists to increase the chance of winning a remainder seat.this was known as a 'list combination' or lijstverbinding / lijstencombinatie.eligible citizens residing in the netherlands are able to vote if they are registered in a municipal population register (basisregistratie personen).eligible citizens living outside of the netherlands can permanently register to vote at the municipality of the hague, provided they have a current dutch passport or identity card.a single vote can be placed on any one candidate.many voters select one of the lijsttrekkers (jan peter balkenende, for example, received 2,198,114 of the cda's 2,608,573 votes in the november 2006 elections), but alternatively may give a preference vote for a candidate lower down the list.
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