1888 Dutch general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 6 March 1888.[1] The Liberal Union emerged as the largest party, winning 46 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives.[2]

1888 Dutch general election
Netherlands
6 March 1888
All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
LU Hendrik Goeman Borgesius 40.72 46 -2
ARP Abraham Kuyper 31.35 27 +8
Catholic 20.71 25 +6
SDB Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis 0.86 1 +1
Conservative Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck 1 +1
Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Jan Heemskerk
Conservative		 Aeneas Mackay Jr.
ARP
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Background

This was the first election held after the constitutional revision of 1887, achieved by Minister of the Interior Jan Heemskerk, which had several effects on the parliamentary system. Firstly, this revision fixed the number of seats in the House of Representatives at 100. Secondly, it abolished multi-seat electoral districts except in large cities in favour of single-seat districts, thus allowing for better representation of geographically concentrated political minorities. Thirdly, the revision ensured all members of the House of Representatives would be elected simultaneously every four years, replacing the previous system of staggered elections. Finally, the change greatly extended suffrage and allowed for gradual further extension by law.[3]

The election was won by the confessional parties, leading to the first Coalition government, combining Anti-Revolutionaries and Catholics, led by Æneas, Baron Mackay,[4] thus heralding a period of Antithesis as championed by Abraham Kuyper, in which government alternated between secular liberals on the left and confessional Anti-Revolutionaries and Catholics on the right.[5] The election also saw the first socialist elected into the House of Representatives, with Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, leader of the Social Democratic League, being elected in a rural Frisian district.[6]

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Union96,15740.7246–2
Anti-Revolutionary Party74,04831.3527+8
Catholics48,92220.7125+6
Radicals4,6861.9800
Social Democratic League2,0200.861+1
Other parties10,3354.381+1
Total236,168100.00100+14
Registered voters/turnout292,613–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By district

  Social Democratic     Liberal     Conservative     Anti-Revolutionary     Catholic  

District results for the Dutch general election, 1888[7]
DistrictWinnerRef.
Alkmaar Willem van der Kaay [8]
Almelo Willem Cremers [9]
Amersfoort Jan Schimmelpenninck van der Oye [10]
Amsterdam Jacob Theodoor Cremer [11]
Adriaan Gildemeester [12]
Johan George Gleichman [13]
Abraham Hartogh [14]
Bernardus Hermanus Heldt [15]
Arnold Kerdijk [16]
Jan Rutgers van Rozenburg [17]
Johannes Tak van Poortvliet [18]
Willem Hendrik de Beaufort [19]
Apeldoorn Frederik van Bylandt [20]
Appingedam Jan Schepel [21]
Arnhem Willem Rooseboom [22]
Assen Warmold Albertinus van der Feltz [23]
Bergen op Zoom Lambert de Ram [24]
Bergum Okke Tietes Bosgra [25]
Beverwijk Jacob Boreel van Hogelanden [26]
Bodegraven Simon van Velzen [27]
Breda Louis Michiels van Verduynen [28]
Breukelen Willem Jan Roijaards van den Ham [29]
Brielle Gerardus Jacobus Goekoop [30]
Delft Jan Christiaan Fabius [31]
Den Bosch Pierre Guillaume Jean van der Schrieck [32]
Den Haag Lodewijk Gerard Greeve [33]
Lodewijk van Kempen [34]
Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck [35]
Den Helder Simon Taco Land [36]
Deventer Albertus van Delden [37]
Doetinchem Jean Gustave Stanislas Bevers [38]
Dokkum Ulrich Herman Huber [39]
Dordrecht Johannes Barendinus van Osenbruggen [40]
Druten Frederic Reekers [41]
Ede Levinus Keuchenius [42]
Eindhoven Antonius van Baar [43]
Elst Godert Willem van Dedem [44]
Emmen Hendrik Jan Smidt [45]
Enkhuizen Dirk Visser van Hazerswoude [46]
Enschede Willem Jacob Geertsema [47]
Franeker Franciscus Lieftinck [48]
Goes Alexander de Savornin Lohman [49]
Gorinchem Hendrik Seret [50]
Gouda Karel Antonie Godin de Beaufort [51]
Grave Jan Harte van Tecklenburg [52]
Groningen Samuel van Houten [53]
Jacob Dirk Veegens [54]
Gulpen Leonard Ruland [55]
Haarlem Antonie Farncombe Sanders [56]
Haarlemmermeer Frederic Reekers [57]
Harlingen Walle Melis Oppedijk [58]
Helmond Petrus Vermeulen [59]
Hilversum Theodoor Philip Mackay [60]
Hontenisse Felix Walter [61]
Hoorn Willem Karel van Dedem [62]
Kampen Titus van Asch van Wijck [63]
Katwijk Johannes Hendricus Donner [64]
Leeuwarden Johannis Zaaijer [65]
Leiden Hendrik Johannes Bool [66]
Lochem Alex Schimmelpenninck van der Oye [67]
Loosduinen Arnoldus van Berckel [59]
Maastricht Gustave Ruijs van Beerenbroek [68]
Meppel Harm Smeenge [69]
Middelburg Christiaan Lucasse [70]
Nijmegen Anthonie Ernst Reuther [71]
Ommen Jan van Alphen [72]
Oostburg Nicolaas Glinderman [73]
Oosterhout Theodorus Borret [74]
Rheden Maximilien Kolkman [75]
Ridderkerk Theo Heemskerk [76]
Roermond Hubert Joachim Brouwers [77]
Rotterdam Henry David Levyssohn Norman [78]
Rudolf Pieter Mees [79]
George Hermann Hintzen [80]
Herman Cornelis Verniers van der Loeff [81]
Willem Adriaan Viruly Verbrugge [82]
Schiedam Jacob Gerard Patijn [83]
Schoterland Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis [6]
Sittard Jerôme Lambrechts [84]
Sliedrecht Barthold de Geer van Jutphaas [85]
Sneek Willem Gerard Brantsen van de Zijp [86]
Steenwijk Gerard Beelaerts van Blokland [87]
Tiel Herman Jacob Dijckmeester [88]
Tilburg Bernardus Marie Bahlmann [89]
Utrecht Joan Röell [90]
August Seyffardt [91]
Veendam Hendrik Goeman Borgesius [92]
Veghel Bernardus van Vlijmen [93]
Venlo Leopold Haffmans [94]
Waalwijk Antonius Franciscus Vos de Wael [95]
Weert Jean Clercx [96]
Wijk bij Duurstede Herman Schaepman [97]
Winschoten Derk de Ruiter Zijlker [98]
Wolvega Ruurd Klazer Okma [99]
Zaandam Willem de Meijier [56]
Zevenbergen Joannes van Nunen [100]
Zierikzee Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk [101]
Zuidhorn Eppo Cremers [102]
Zutphen Derck Engelberts [103]
Zwolle Alexander van Dedem [104]

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