1909 Dutch general election

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]

1909 Dutch general election
Netherlands
← 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
Party Leader % Seats +/–
ARP Abraham Kuyper 27.90 25 +10
LU Hendrik Goeman Borgesius 17.80 20 −14
SDAP Pieter Jelles Troelstra 13.90 7 0
ABRKK Jan Loeff [nl] 12.77 25 0
CHU Alexander de Savornin Lohman 10.62 10 +2
VDB Hendrik Lodewijk Drucker 9.06 9 −2
BVL Meinard Tydeman [nl] 5.60 4 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Theo Heemskerk
ARP
Theo Heemskerk
ARP

Results edit

 
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Anti-Revolutionary Party166,27027.9025+10
Liberal Union106,08617.8020
Social Democratic Workers' Party82,85513.9070
General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses76,08712.77250
Christian Historical Union63,30610.6210+2
Free-thinking Democratic League54,0079.069–2
Liberal Democratic League33,3645.604
Other parties13,9852.3500
Total595,960100.001000
Registered voters/turnout843,487
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References edit

  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