1926 Dutch Senate election

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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.

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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
PartyUnweightedWeightedSeats
Votes%Votes%WonNot upTotal+/−
Social Democratic Workers' Party 5722.097,30922.0965110
Roman Catholic State Party 5119.776,79620.54511160
Anti-Revolutionary Party 4918.996,44619.48437−1
Christian Historical Union 3714.344,78614.464370
Liberal State Party 4015.504,76214.39426+1
Free-thinking Democratic League 207.752,3607.132130
Reformed Political Party 41.556311.910000
Total258100.0033,090100.00252550
Valid votes258100.0033,090100.00
Invalid/blank votes00.0000.00
Total votes258100.0033,090100.00
Registered voters/turnout27195.2034,78695.12
Source: Staatscourant [2]

By electoral group

1926 Senate election in electoral group II
PartyUnweightedWeightedSeats+/–
Votes%Votes%
Roman Catholic State Party 3720.563,88323.0230
Social Democratic Workers' Party 3921.673,56521.1430
Anti-Revolutionary Party 3217.782,91017.2520
Christian Historical Union 2614.442,49814.8120
Liberal State Party 2916.112,47414.6720
Free-thinking Democratic League 158.331,3207.8310
Reformed Political Party 21.112151.2700
Total180100.0016,865100.0013
Valid votes180100.0016,865100.00
Invalid/blank votes00.0000.00
Total votes180100.0016,865100.00
Registered voters/turnout18995.2417,73095.12
Source: Staatscourant [2]
1926 Senate election in electoral group IV
PartyUnweightedWeightedSeats+/–
Votes%Votes%
Social Democratic Workers' Party 1823.083,74423.0830
Anti-Revolutionary Party 1721.793,53621.792−1
Roman Catholic State Party 1417.952,91217.9520
Christian Historical Union 1114.102,28814.1020
Liberal State Party 1114.102,28814.102+1
Free-thinking Democratic League 56.411,0406.4110
Reformed Political Party 22.564162.5600
Total78100.0016,224100.0012
Valid votes78100.0016,224100.00
Invalid/blank votes00.0000.00
Total votes78100.0016,224100.00
Registered voters/turnout8295.1217,05695.12
Source: Staatscourant [3]

References

  1. "Geschiedenis kiesstelsel Eerste Kamer". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  2. 1 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.