1929 Dutch Senate election

Elected Senators

Elections for 25 out of 50 seats in the Senate of the Netherlands were held on 26 July 1929. All seats in electoral group I comprising the provinces of North Brabant, Zeeland, Utrecht and Limburg, and electoral group IV comprising the provinces of North Holland and Friesland, 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 29 seats, down from 30, with the Anti-Revolutionary Party losing a seat in group III.

Results

1929 Senate election

Party		Unweighted		Weighted		Seats
		Votes	%	Votes	%	Won	Not up	Total	+/−
	Roman Catholic State Party	128	42.38	14,283	43.20	11	5	16	0
	Social Democratic Workers' Party	55	18.21	6,685	20.22	5	6	11	0
	Christian Historical Union	31	10.26	3,300	9.98	3	4	7	0
	Liberal State Party	30	9.93	3,178	9.61	2	4	6	0
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	32	10.60	2,839	8.59	2	4	6	−1
	Free-thinking Democratic League	22	7.28	2,512	7.60	2	2	4	+1
	Reformed Political Party	4	1.32	263	0.80	0	0	0	0
Total		302	100.00	33,060	100.00	25	25	50	–
Valid votes		302	100.00	33,060	100.00
Invalid/blank votes		0	0.00	0	0.00
Total votes		302	100.00	33,060	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		319	94.67	35,009	94.43
Source: Staatscourant [2]

By electoral group

1929 Senate election in electoral group I

Party		Unweighted		Weighted		Seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Votes	%
	Roman Catholic State Party	107	58.15	11,068	63.63	8	0
	Social Democratic Workers' Party	20	10.87	1,734	9.97	1	−1
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	17	9.24	1,308	7.52	1	0
	Liberal State Party	15	8.15	1,177	6.77	1	0
	Christian Historical Union	12	6.52	1,085	6.24	1	0
	Free-thinking Democratic League	9	4.89	759	4.36	1	+1
	Reformed Political Party	4	2.17	263	1.51	0	0
Total		184	100.00	17,394	100.00	13	–
Valid votes		184	100.00	17,394	100.00
Invalid/blank votes		0	0.00	0	0.00
Total votes		184	100.00	17,394	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		192	95.83	17,992	96.68
Source: Staatscourant [2]

1929 Senate election in electoral group III

Party		Unweighted		Weighted		Seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Votes	%
	Social Democratic Workers' Party	35	29.66	4,951	31.60	4	+1
	Roman Catholic State Party	21	17.80	3,215	20.52	3	0
	Christian Historical Union	19	16.10	2,215	14.14	2	0
	Liberal State Party	15	12.71	2,001	12.77	1	0
	Free-thinking Democratic League	13	11.02	1,753	11.19	1	0
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	15	12.71	1,531	9.77	1	−1
Total		118	100.00	15,666	100.00	12	–
Valid votes		118	100.00	15,666	100.00
Invalid/blank votes		0	0.00	0	0.00
Total votes		118	100.00	15,666	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		127	92.91	17,017	92.06
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. 30 July 1929. 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. 30 July 1929. p. 4. Retrieved 30 August 2025.

External links

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