1935 Dutch Senate election

Elected Senators

Elections for 25 out of 50 seats in the Senate of the Netherlands were held on 26 July 1935. All seats in electoral group I comprising the provinces of North Brabant, Zeeland, Utrecht and Limburg, and electoral group III 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 election saw the incumbent government's majority shrink from 39 to 37 seats, with the Liberal State Party and the Free-thinking Democratic League losing one seat each. The Anti-Revolutionary Party and the Christian Historical Union contested the election with a joint list in the province of Friesland in group III. The list won one seat, which was allocated to a CHU candidate. The National Socialist Movement entered the Senate for the first time with two seats.

Results

1935 Senate election

Party		Unweighted		Weighted		Seats
		Votes	%	Votes	%	Won	Not up	Total	+/−
	Roman Catholic State Party	126	40.65	16,384	42.12	11	5	16	0
	Social Democratic Workers' Party	58	18.71	7,663	19.70	5	6	11	0
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	25	8.06	3,013	7.75	2	4	6	0
	National Socialist Movement	21	6.77	2,856	7.34	2	0	2	New
	Christian Historical Union	21	6.77	2,286	5.88	2	4	6	−1
	Free-thinking Democratic League	14	4.52	1,677	4.31	1	2	3	−1
	Liberal State Party	12	3.87	1,612	4.14	1	4	5	−1
	CHU−ARP joint list	16	5.16	1,280	3.29	1	0	1	New
	Communist Party of Holland	7	2.26	1,256	3.23	0	0	0	New
	Reformed Political Party	6	1.94	434	1.12	0	0	0	0
	Christian Democratic Union	3	0.97	240	0.62	0	0	0	New
	Catholic Democratic Party  [ nl ]	1	0.32	196	0.50	0	0	0	New
Total		310	100.00	38,897	100.00	25	25	50	0
Valid votes		310	100.00	38,897	100.00
Invalid/blank votes		0	0.00	0	0.00
Total votes		310	100.00	38,897	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		319	97.18	40,079	97.05
Source: Staatscourant [2]

By electoral group

1935 Senate election in electoral group I

Party		Unweighted		Weighted		Seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Votes	%
	Roman Catholic State Party	105	56.15	13,196	64.09	9	+1
	Social Democratic Workers' Party	23	12.30	2,311	11.22	1	0
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	17	9.09	1,445	7.02	1	0
	Christian Historical Union	16	8.56	1,306	6.34	1	0
	National Socialist Movement	13	6.95	1,404	6.82	1	New
	Reformed Political Party	6	3.21	434	2.11	0	0
	Liberal State Party	4	2.14	276	1.34	0	−1
	Free-thinking Democratic League	3	1.60	217	1.05	0	−1
Total		187	100.00	20,589	100.00	13	0
Valid votes		187	100.00	20,589	100.00
Invalid/blank votes		0	0.00	0	0.00
Total votes		187	100.00	20,589	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		192	97.40	20,987	98.10
Source: Staatscourant [2]

1935 Senate election in electoral group III

Party		Unweighted		Weighted		Seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Votes	%
	Social Democratic Workers' Party	35	28.46	5,352	29.23	4	0
	Roman Catholic State Party	21	17.07	3,188	17.41	2	−1
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	8	6.50	1,568	8.56	1	0
	Free-thinking Democratic League	11	8.94	1,460	7.97	1	0
	National Socialist Movement	8	6.50	1,452	7.93	1	New
	Liberal State Party	8	6.50	1,336	7.30	1	0
	CHU−ARP joint list	16	13.01	1,280	6.99	1	New
	Communist Party of Holland	7	5.69	1,256	6.86	0	New
	Christian Historical Union	5	4.07	980	5.35	1	−1
	Christian Democratic Union	3	2.44	240	1.31	0	New
	Catholic Democratic Party  [ nl ]	1	0.81	196	1.07	0	New
Total		123	100.00	18,308	100.00	12	0
Valid votes		123	100.00	18,308	100.00
Invalid/blank votes		0	0.00	0	0.00
Total votes		123	100.00	18,308	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		127	96.85	19,092	95.89
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 1935. p. 1. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
3. "PROCES-VERBAAL van de zitting van het Centraal Stembureau, bedoeld in artikel 115o der Kieswet". Staatscourant (in Dutch). The Hague. 30 July 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 9 September 2025.

External links

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