1929 Dutch general election

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1929 Dutch general election
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  1925 3 July 1929 1933  

All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout92.7% (Increase2.svg 1.3 pp)
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
RKSP Willem Hubert Nolens 29.6%300
SDAP Johan Willem Albarda 23.8%240
ARP Hendrikus Colijn 11.6%12-1
CHU Dirk Jan de Geer 10.5%110
LSP Dirk Fock 7.4%8-1
VDB Henri Marchant6.2%70
SGP Gerrit Hendrik Kersten 2.3%3+1
CPN Louis de Visser2.0%2+1
MPSL Floris Vos1.2%1New
HGSP Casper Lingbeek1.1%10
PB Arend Braat1.0%10
Cabinet beforeCabinet after
First De Geer cabinet
RKSPARPCHU
Third Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet
RKSPARPCHU

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 3 July 1929. [1] The Roman Catholic State Party remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 30 of the 100 seats. [2]

Results

1929 Dutch General Election.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Roman Catholic State Party 1,001,58929.64300
Social Democratic Workers' Party 804,71423.81240
Anti-Revolutionary Party 391,83211.5912–1
Christian Historical Union 354,54810.49110
Liberal State Party 249,1057.378–1
Free-thinking Democratic League 208,9796.1870
Reformed Political Party 76,7092.273+1
Communist Party Holland 67,5412.002+1
Middle Party for City and Country 39,9551.181New
Hervormd Gereformeerde Staatspartij 35,9311.0610
Farmers' League Left 34,8051.0310
Roman Catholic People's Party 23,8040.700–1
Revolutionary Socialist Party 21,8120.650New
Federative Union17,5090.520New
Christian Democratic Union 12,7800.3800
Democratic Party9,0830.2700
Small Middle Class Party4,2950.130New
National Farmers' League4,2180.120New
Union of Nationalists3,6850.110New
Roman Catholic Farmers' Party3,3690.100New
General Welfare Party2,2560.070New
Social Democratic People's Party2,1560.060New
Christian Workers Party1,7240.050New
Van Nunen List1,1330.030New
Anti-Compulsory Voting Party1,1250.030New
Social Economic People's Party9400.030New
Main and Manual Workers8450.030New
Invalids' Party7150.020New
Verweij List6230.020New
People's Party4490.010New
Kiesvereniging Algemeen Belang4170.010New
Neutral People's Party3420.010New
Siedenburg List3140.010New
Free Christian Party1030.000New
International People's Party980.000New
Total3,379,503100.001000
Valid votes3,379,50395.41
Invalid/blank votes162,4824.59
Total votes3,541,985100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,821,61292.68
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen

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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, p1412