38. Is there a ban on vote buying?

Netherlands

Netherlands

Answer
Yes
Source

Section Z4(1), Elections Law, No.​ 28, 1989, amended 2016

1. A person who, by means of a gift or promise, bribes a voter to give him a proxy authorisation to vote on his behalf shall be liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months or a third-category fine.
2. A person who, by means of a gift or promise, bribes a voter or otherwise compels him to issue a declaration as referred to in section H 4, subsection 1, in support of a list, shall be liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months or a third-category fine.

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