1937 Dutch general election

1937 Dutch general election

←  1933 26 May 1937 1946  →
All 100 seats in the House of Representatives 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	94.40% ( 0.10pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– RKSP Piet Aalberse 28.84 31 +3 SDAP Johan Willem Albarda 21.95 23 +1 ARP Hendrikus Colijn 16.40 17 +3 CHU Dirk Jan de Geer 7.46 8 −2 VDB Pieter Oud 5.90 6 0 NSB Anton Mussert 4.22 4 New LSP Willem Carel Wendelaar 3.95 4 −3 CPN Louis de Visser 3.35 3 −1 CDU Harm van Houten 2.09 2 +1 SGP Gerrit Hendrik Kersten 1.94 2 −1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Most voted-for party by municipality Cabinet before Cabinet after Third Colijn cabinet RKSP–ARP–CHU–LSP–VDB Fourth Colijn cabinet RKSP–ARP–CHU

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 26 May 1937. ^[1] The Roman Catholic State Party remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 31 of the 100 seats. ^[2] Due to the outbreak of World War II two years later, the next general elections were not held until 1946.

The 1937 Senate election took place a day after the general election.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Roman Catholic State Party	1,170,431	28.84	31	+3
	Social Democratic Workers' Party	890,661	21.95	23	+1
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	665,501	16.40	17	+3
	Christian Historical Union	302,829	7.46	8	–2
	Free-thinking Democratic League	239,502	5.90	6	0
	National Socialist Movement	171,137	4.22	4	New
	Liberal State Party	160,260	3.95	4	–3
	Communist Party of the Netherlands	136,026	3.35	3	–1
	Christian Democratic Union	85,004	2.09	2	+1
	Reformed Political Party	78,619	1.94	2	–1
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	32,846	0.81	0	–1
	Catholic Democratic Party  [ nl ]	27,665	0.68	0	New
	Hervormd Gereformeerde Staatspartij	24,543	0.60	0	–1
	Actie Bouwman	21,191	0.52	0	New
	Christian National Action  [ nl ]	20,487	0.50	0	New
	General Interest	9,038	0.22	0	New
	Dutch People's Fascism "Black Front"	8,178	0.20	0	New
	National Farmers', Horticulturists' and Middle Class Party	6,891	0.17	0	–1
	Alliance for National Reconstruction	6,270	0.15	0	–1
	National Socialist Dutch Workers Party	998	0.02	0	New
Total		4,058,077	100.00	100	0
Valid votes		4,058,077	96.32
Invalid/blank votes		154,826	3.68
Total votes		4,212,903	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,462,859	94.40
Source: CBS, [3] Kiesraad [4]

See also

• List of candidates in the 1937 Dutch general election

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1413
3. "Verkiezingsuitslag en zetelverdeling Tweede Kamer, 1937". CBS.
4. "Tweede Kamer 26 mei 1937". Kiesraad (in Dutch).