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Partial general elections were held in the Netherlands on 12 June 1883, [1] with voters electing 43 of the 86 seats in the House of Representatives.
Of the 86 seats in the House of Representatives, 8 were elected in single-member constituencies using the two-round system.
The other 78 were elected using two-round plurality block voting in 35 constituencies from 2 to 7 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.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Liberals | 45 | |||
Anti-Revolutionary Party | 18 | |||
Catholics | 18 | |||
Conservatives | 5 | |||
Total | 86 | |||
Total votes | 75,056 | – | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 122,399 | 61.32 | ||
Source: Bromley & Kossman, [2] Nohlen & Stöver |
Liberal Conservative Anti-Revolutionary Catholic