1926 Dutch Senate election

Elected Senators

Elections for 25 out of 50 seats in the Senate of the Netherlands were held on 30 July 1926. All seats in electoral group II comprising the provinces of Gelderland, Overijssel, Groningen and Drenthe, and electoral group IV comprising the province of South Holland, were up for election.

Within each electoral group, Senators were elected by provincial councils using party-list proportional representation. Provincial councillors' votes were weighted to their province's population. ^[1]

The incumbent Coalition government retained a comfortable majority of 30 seats, down from 31. The Anti-Revolutionary Party lost one seat to the Liberal State Party in group IV.

Results

1926 Senate election

Party		Unweighted		Weighted		Seats
		Votes	%	Votes	%	Won	Not up	Total	+/−
	Social Democratic Workers' Party	57	22.09	7,309	22.09	6	5	11	0
	Roman Catholic State Party	51	19.77	6,796	20.54	5	11	16	0
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	49	18.99	6,446	19.48	4	3	7	−1
	Christian Historical Union	37	14.34	4,786	14.46	4	3	7	0
	Liberal State Party	40	15.50	4,762	14.39	4	2	6	+1
	Free-thinking Democratic League	20	7.75	2,360	7.13	2	1	3	0
	Reformed Political Party	4	1.55	631	1.91	0	0	0	0
Total		258	100.00	33,090	100.00	25	25	50	0
Valid votes		258	100.00	33,090	100.00
Invalid/blank votes		0	0.00	0	0.00
Total votes		258	100.00	33,090	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		271	95.20	34,786	95.12
Source: Staatscourant [2]

By electoral group

1926 Senate election in electoral group II

Party		Unweighted		Weighted		Seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Votes	%
	Roman Catholic State Party	37	20.56	3,883	23.02	3	0
	Social Democratic Workers' Party	39	21.67	3,565	21.14	3	0
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	32	17.78	2,910	17.25	2	0
	Christian Historical Union	26	14.44	2,498	14.81	2	0
	Liberal State Party	29	16.11	2,474	14.67	2	0
	Free-thinking Democratic League	15	8.33	1,320	7.83	1	0
	Reformed Political Party	2	1.11	215	1.27	0	0
Total		180	100.00	16,865	100.00	13	0
Valid votes		180	100.00	16,865	100.00
Invalid/blank votes		0	0.00	0	0.00
Total votes		180	100.00	16,865	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		189	95.24	17,730	95.12
Source: Staatscourant [2]

1926 Senate election in electoral group IV

Party		Unweighted		Weighted		Seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Votes	%
	Social Democratic Workers' Party	18	23.08	3,744	23.08	3	0
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	17	21.79	3,536	21.79	2	−1
	Roman Catholic State Party	14	17.95	2,912	17.95	2	0
	Christian Historical Union	11	14.10	2,288	14.10	2	0
	Liberal State Party	11	14.10	2,288	14.10	2	+1
	Free-thinking Democratic League	5	6.41	1,040	6.41	1	0
	Reformed Political Party	2	2.56	416	2.56	0	0
Total		78	100.00	16,224	100.00	12	0
Valid votes		78	100.00	16,224	100.00
Invalid/blank votes		0	0.00	0	0.00
Total votes		78	100.00	16,224	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		82	95.12	17,056	95.12
Source: Staatscourant [3]

References

1. "Geschiedenis kiesstelsel Eerste Kamer". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 August 2025.
2. "PROCES-VERBAAL van de zitting van het Centraal Stembureau, bedoeld in artikel 115o der Kieswet". Staatscourant (in Dutch). The Hague. 4 August 1926. p. 1. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
3. "PROCES-VERBAAL van de zitting van het Centraal Stembureau, bedoeld in artikel 115o der Kieswet". Staatscourant (in Dutch). The Hague. 4 August 1926. p. 8. Retrieved 30 August 2025.

External links

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