Lijsttrekker is a
Dutch term for the top candidate of a party on a
party list. After the election this person usually functions as
party leader, either as leader of the
parliamentary party, as
minister or as
minister-president. During the election campaign these persons attract the most attention, for example in lijsttrekker-debates, where the lijsttrekkers debate important issues with other lijsttrekkers on television. For example in the
2003 elections,
Wouter Bos was lijsttrekker for the social-democratic
PvdA; the miraculous recovery of the PvdA in that period is often credited to his personality. If, however, the party is unsuccessful in the elections, the lijsttrekker will often resign his post or leave politics entirely. This for instance happened to
Thom de Graaf, who instead of gaining seats as expected, lost a seat in the
Dutch general election of 2003.
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De lijsttrekker of lijstaanvoerder is de hoogst geplaatste persoon op de kandidatenlijst van een
politieke partij bij
verkiezingen. De lijsttrekker is ook de
politiek leider en speelt namens zijn partij de hoofdrol in de verkiezingscampagne en de debatten. De lijsttrekker krijgt in het algemeen veel meer aandacht in de media dan de andere kandidaten op zijn lijst.
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