1909 Dutch general election

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1909 Dutch general election
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  1905 11 June 1909 (first round)
23 June 1909 (second round)
1913  

All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
ARP Abraham Kuyper 27.9025+10
LU Hendrik Goeman Borgesius 17.8020−14
SDAP Pieter Jelles Troelstra 13.9070
ABRKK Jan Loeff  [ nl ]12.77250
CHU Alexander de Savornin Lohman 10.6210+2
VDB Hendrik Lodewijk Drucker 9.069−2
BVL Meinard Tydeman  [ nl ]5.604New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Theo Heemskerk
ARP
Theo Heemskerk
ARP

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 11 June 1909, [1] with a second round in some constituencies on 23 June. [2] The Anti-Revolutionary Party and the General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses emerged as the largest parties, each winning 25 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives. [3]

Results

1909 Dutch General Election.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Anti-Revolutionary Party 166,27027.9025+10
Liberal Union 106,08617.8020
Social Democratic Workers' Party 82,85513.9070
General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses 76,08712.77250
Christian Historical Union 63,30610.6210+2
Free-thinking Democratic League 54,0079.069–2
Liberal Democratic League 33,3645.604
Other parties13,9852.3500
Total595,960100.001000
Registered voters/turnout843,487
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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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. Daniele Caramani (2017). Elections in Western Europe 1815-1996. Springer. p. 704. ISBN   978-1-349-65508-3.
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1412