1877 Dutch general election

Partial general elections were held in the Netherlands on 12 June 1877 to elect 40 of the 80 seats in the House of Representatives. ^[1]

Electoral system

Of the 80 seats in the House of Representatives, 8 were elected in single-member constituencies using the two-round system.

The other 72 were elected using two-round plurality block voting in 33 constituencies from 2 to 6 seats. To be elected in the first round, a candidate had to reach an electoral threshold of 50% of the number of valid votes cast, divided by the number of seats up for election in the district.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Liberals			45
	Catholics			16
	Anti-Revolutionaries			9
	Conservatives			7
	Conservative Liberals			3
Total				80
Total votes		61,024	–
Registered voters/turnout		107,910	56.55
Source: Bromley & Kossman, [2] Nohlen & Stöver

By district

    Liberal      Conservative      Anti-revolutionary      Catholic  

District results for the Dutch general election, 1877 ^[3]

District	Incumbent		Winner		Ref.
Alkmaar		Willem van der Kaay			[4]
Almelo		Herman Albrecht Insinger			[5]
Amersfoort		Æneas Mackay			[6]
Amsterdam		Thomas Joannes Stieltjes Sr.			[7]
		Michiel Johan de Lange	Jan Rutgers van Rozenburg		[8]
		Gerhardus Fabius	Petrus Hendrik Holtzman		[9]
Appingedam		Jan Schepel			[10]
Arnhem		Willem Hendrik Dullert			[11]
Assen		Lucas Oldenhuis Gratama			[12]
Boxmeer		Leopold Haffmans			[13]
Breda		Aloysius Luyben			[14]
Delft		Johannes Leonardus Nierstrasz	Adriaan Schagen van Leeuwen		[15]
Den Bosch		Franciscus van Zinnicq Bergmann			[16]
Den Haag		Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck van Nijenhuis			[17]
Deventer		Alex Schimmelpenninck van der Oye	Albertus van Delden		[18]
Dokkum		Binnert Philip van Harinxma thoe Slooten			[19]
Dordrecht		Jan Pieter Bredius			[20]
Eindhoven		Antonius van Baar			[21]
Gorinchem		James John Teding van Berkhout			[22]
Gouda		Marinus Bichon van IJsselmonde			[23]
Haarlem		Charles Jean François Mirandolle			[24]
Hoorn		Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte			[25]
Leeuwarden		Sybrand Hingst			[26]
Leiden		Isaäc Lambertus Cremer van den Berch van Heemstede			[27]
Maastricht		Guillaume Kerens de Wylré			[28]
Middelburg		Daniël van Eck			[29]
Nijmegen		Christianus Joannes Antonius Heydenrijck			[30]
Roermond		Jerôme Lambrechts			[31]
Rotterdam		Willem Adriaan Viruly Verbrugge			[32]
		Herman Cornelis Verniers van der Loeff			[33]
Sneek		Schelte Wybenga			[34]
		Wieger Hendrikus Idzerda			[35]
Tiel		Hendrik Anthon van Rappard	Herman Jacob Dijckmeester		[36]
Tilburg		Johannes Verheyen			[37]
Utrecht		Jan Messchert van Vollenhoven	Joan Röell		[38]
Winschoten		Willem Jozef Andreas Jonckbloet			[39]
Zierikzee		Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk			[40]
Zuidhorn		Eppo Cremers			[41]
Zutphen		Lambertus Eduard Lenting			[42]
Zwolle		Johannes Albertus Sandberg			[43]

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1395 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
2. J.S. Bromley and E.H. Kossmann (1960) Britain and the Netherlands; Volume IV Metropolis, Dominion and Province, p198
3. "Verkiezingsuitslagen Tweede Kamer 1848 - 1917" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
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