A Duo-raadslid is a political position in the city councils of some Dutch municipalities

Municipal politics in the Netherlands

Municipal politics in the Netherlands is an important aspect of the politics of the Netherlands. The municipality is the lowest level of government, but this does not reflect the importance that the Amsterdam and Rotterdam governments play in Dutch political life...

. The Duo-Raadslid is a representative of a political party who is not elected into a city council, but still has the right to speak in meetings of committees of the city council. This allows small groups in a municipal council to spread the duties of membership of the municipal council among more people. It is often a requirement that the duo-raadslid was on the party list

Party-list proportional representation

Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation in elections in which multiple candidates are elected...

for the election