None of the major parties contesting next week's parliamentary elections in the Netherlands has candidates from immigrant backgrounds highly placed on their electoral lists. This means it’s unlikely any such candidates will win a seat – unless they can persuade voters to select them personally, rather than simply ticking the name at the top of the list.
Aspiring politicians of Surinamese, Turkish and Moroccan background are thus campaigning hard, trying to persuade the electorate to give them a preference vote.
The total number of eligible voters of non-Western backgrounds in the Netherlands is enough to account for 11 seats in parliament.
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