1927 Dutch East Indies Volksraad election

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1927 Dutch East Indies Volksraad election
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  1924 1927 1931  

37 of the 60 seats in the Volksraad
31 seats needed for a majority
PartySeats+/–
Moderate right-wing 36+8
Moderate left-wing 9−1
Left-wing 9+4
Right-wing 6+1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
1927 Dutch East Indies Volksraadgebouw Arrangement.svg
Composition of the Volksraad following the 1927 election

Elections to the Volksraad were held in the Dutch East Indies in 1927.

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Electoral system

The Volksraad had a total of 60 members, 37 of which were elected and 21 appointed. [1] Seats were also assigned to ethnic groups, with 30 for the Dutch population (15 elected, 15 appointed), 25 for the native population (19 elected, 4 appointed) and five for the Chinese population (3 elected, 2 appointed). [1]

Results

Portrait of W.H. van Helsdingen, Chairman of the Volksraad in 1927. Later replaced by Meyer Ranneft in 1929. COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Portret van de heer W.H. van Helsdingen voorzitter van de Volksraad te Batavia 1937 olieverfschildering door Charles Sayers TMnr 60048631.jpg
Portrait of W.H. van Helsdingen, Chairman of the Volksraad in 1927. Later replaced by Meyer Ranneft in 1929.
The new Governor-General Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer leaves the Volksraad building where the transfer of administration took place together with the recently resigned G.G. B.C. de Jonge (1937) COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De nieuwe Gouverneur-Generaal Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer verlaat samen met de zojuist afgetreden G.G. B.C. de Jonge het gebouw van de Volksraad waar de bestuursoverdracht plaatsvond TMnr 10018818.jpg
The new Governor-General Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer leaves the Volksraad building where the transfer of administration took place together with the recently resigned G.G. B.C. de Jonge (1937)
Governor-General De Graaf answers the speech of the chairman of the Volksraad Meyer Ranneft, who comes to offer congratulations "from the population" in 1929. Most radical Indonesians withdrew from the Volksraad in 1923. COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Gouverneur-generaal De Graaf beantwoordt de rede van de voorzitter van de Volksraad Meyer Ranneft die gelukwensen van de bevolking komt aanbieden op 31 augustus 1929 TMnr 10001641.jpg
Governor-General De Graaf answers the speech of the chairman of the Volksraad Meyer Ranneft, who comes to offer congratulations "from the population" in 1929. Most radical Indonesians withdrew from the Volksraad in 1923.
GroupingSeats+/–
Moderate right-wing36+8
Moderate left-wing9–1
Left-wing9+4
Right-wing6+1
Total60+12
Source: Schmutzer [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Schmutzer, Eduard J. M. (1977). Dutch colonial policy and the search for identity in Indonesia 1920-1931. The Netherlands: Brill. p. 68. ISBN   9789004054011.