From 1814, the districts matched the provinces and the members of the House of Representatives were elected indirectly via the provincial councils.
[1] After the Constitutional Reform of 1848, members of the House of Representatives were elected directly in a two-round system.
[2] After the Pacification of 1917, party-list proportional representation was introduced in Dutch elections.
[2] Electoral districts differ between elections in the Netherlands.
For the European Parliament elections, the Netherlands is a single district.