Despite minor changes in the electoral system (e. g. with regard to preference voting), the following discussion is still pertinent: A. Lijphart, The Dutch Electoral System in Comparative Perspective: Extreme Proportional Representation, Multipartism and the Failure of Electoral Reform, The Netherlands Journal of Sociology, Vol.14 (1978), pp. 115-133.

For more recent attempts at electoral reform, see the entries on constitutional change above, ad 3.1