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The 2016 Labour Party leadership election was called to elect the new Leader of the Labour Party after incumbent Diederik Samsom announced a leadership election to select the Lijsttrekker (top candidate) for the Dutch general election of 2017. Lodewijk Asscher beat Samsom by 54.5% to 45.5%.
Procedure
The final list of candidates is published on 7 November, and voting starts on 28 November and closes on 8 December. A day after, the results are announced. Each of the party's ca. 45,000 members is given a vote in the leadership election. Additionally, anyone can purchase a temporary membership for 2 euros and gain access to the election within days of their registration.
References
Labour Party (Netherlands) leadership election, 2016 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA