Netherlands Consultative Referendum Results from 6 April 2016

Results from the advisory referendum held in the Netherlands on 6 April 2016. The data is provided by the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and is released under a CC0-1.0 public domain license. The dataset is distributed in a ZIP file containing EML format data, though the Electoral Board does not support the use of this format.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional voting patterns based on the referendum results mentioned in the description.
• Model public opinion on a specific policy issue based on the nationwide referendum outcome.
• Study voter turnout and engagement in consultative democratic processes.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 public domain license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The Electoral Board does not support the use of the provided EML format, which may complicate analysis.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Netherlands)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official electoral records.

Time Range

6 April 2016

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Netherlands