1918 Dutch general election

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1918 Dutch general election
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All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
AB Willem Hubert Nolens 30.0330+6
SDAP Pieter Jelles Troelstra 21.9522+7
ARP Abraham Kuyper 13.4313+1
CHU Alexander de Savornin Lohman 6.567−2
LU Eduard Ellis van Raalte  [ nl ]6.196−15
VDB Henri Marchant 5.275−3
BVL Alibert Cornelis Visser van IJzendoorn  [ nl ]3.804−6
EB Willem Treub 3.113New
SDP David Wijnkoop 2.312New
MP Abraham Staalman  [ nl ]0.941New
CDP Andries Staalman  [ nl ]0.791New
PB Frederik Bos 0.681New
SP Harm Kolthek 0.671New
BCS Willy Kruyt 0.631New
CSP Adolf Robbert van de Laar  [ nl ]0.611New
NP Henri ter Hall  [ nl ]0.531New
VDW Willem Wijk  [ nl ]0.511New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Cabinet beforeCabinet after
Cort van der Linden cabinet
Liberal 		First Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet
AB–ARP–CHU

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 3 July 1918. [1] They were the first elections held after a series of reforms that introduced universal male suffrage and pure proportional representation, replacing the previous two-round system in single member constituencies. [2] This change was known as the Pacification of 1917, which also included the introduction of state financing of religious schools, and led to the start of consociational democracy. [3]

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The change in the electoral system led to major changes in the political makeup of the House of Representatives. The confessional right-wing parties, the General League of Roman Catholic Electoral Associations, the Anti-Revolutionary Party and the Christian Historical Union, together won 50 seats. Along with two Christian splinter parties (the Christian Democratic Party and the Christian Social Party) they were able to gain a majority of 52 seats.

The liberal parties lost the most seats. While in 1917, two of the liberal parties, the Liberal Union and the League of Free Liberals, had won 31 seats, they were now reduced to 10 seats. Together with three smaller liberal parties, liberals now held only 15 seats in the House of representatives.

The fragmentation of the House was caused by the low electoral threshold of just 0.5%, with the smallest party, the Alliance for the Democratisation of the Army, managing to win a seat with only 6,828 votes.

The elections were the first in which Dutch women could stand for election, despite still not being allowed to vote. Suze Groeneweg was elected as the first female member of the House of Representatives. [4]

Results

A man writing political slogans on a wooden fence in Amsterdam Verkiezingen. Een man verft de letters 'Stemt lyst 5' op een houten schutting. (De socialisten).(Amsterdam),1918. - SFA022823005.jpg
A man writing political slogans on a wooden fence in Amsterdam
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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
General League 402,96230.0330+5
Social Democratic Workers' Party 294,49521.9522+7
Anti-Revolutionary Party 180,18713.4313+2
Christian Historical Union 88,0396.567–3
Liberal Union 83,0846.196–16
Free-thinking Democratic League 70,6745.275–3
League of Free Liberals 50,9993.804–6
Economic League 41,6913.113–
Social Democratic Party 31,0102.312–
Middle Class Party 12,6740.941–
Christian Democratic Party 10,6530.791–
Peasants' League 9,0890.681–
Socialist Party 8,9510.671–
League of Christian Socialists 8,4150.631–
Christian Social Party 8,1530.611–
Neutral Party 7,1530.531–
Alliance for the Democratisation of the Army 6,8280.511–
General State Party6,7110.500–
Police Party6,1600.460–
Reformed Political Party 5,1800.390–
General Freedom Party2,6910.200–
Van der Zwaag Group2,6490.200–
Alberda Group7350.050–
Kuiper Group5680.040–
Amsterdamese Police and Firefighting Party 4170.030–
National League of Protestant Voters3780.030–
People's Welfare Party3010.020–
Neutral and Colonial League2370.020–
People's Party2360.020–
Stoffel Group2350.020–
Braam Group1890.010–
Total1,341,744100.001000
Registered voters/turnout1,517,380–
Source: Kiesraad [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1395 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, pp1384-1385
  3. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1385
  4. ↑ "Dit waren de eerste zeven vrouwen die het schopten tot Tweede Kamerlid | Kennis". 25 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Tweede Kamer 2 juli 1918". Kiesraad.
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