1905 Dutch general election

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1905 Dutch general election
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  1901 16 June 1905 (first round)
28 June 1905 (second round)
1909  

All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
ARP Abraham Kuyper 24.5815−7
LU Hendrik Goeman Borgesius 19.9824+6
AB Maximilien Kolkman 14.98250
SDAP Pieter Jelles Troelstra 11.1970
CHP Alexander de Savornin Lohman 9.148−2
VDB Hendrik Lodewijk Drucker 8.9411+2
VL Meinard Tydeman  [ nl ]7.8610+2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results by constituency
Cabinet beforeCabinet after
Kuyper cabinet
Coalition
De Meester cabinet
Liberal

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 16 June 1905, [1] with a second round in some constituencies on 28 June. [2] The General League of Roman Catholic Electoral Associations emerged as the largest party, winning 25 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives, with the Liberal Union coming second at 24 seats.

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Anti-Revolutionary Party 143,42824.5815–7
Liberal Union 116,59919.9824+6
General League 87,40914.98250
Social Democratic Workers' Party [a] 65,29111.1970
Christian Historical Party 53,3069.148–2
Free-thinking Democratic League 52,1908.9411+2
Free Liberals45,8577.8610+2
Frisian League 9,5711.640–1
Christian Democratic Party 4,0330.6900
Independents 3,2310.5500
National Historical Party2,5720.4400
Total583,487100.001000
Registered voters/turnout752,692
Source: Electoral Council, [3] Huygens Institute [4]
  1. Includes the Free Socialist Geert van der Zwaag, who was elected on an SDAP ticket.

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