1909 Dutch general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 11 June 1909.[1] 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.[2]

1909 Dutch general election
Netherlands
11 June 1909

All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
ARP Abraham Kuyper 27.9% 25 +10
LU Hendrik Goeman Borgesius 17.8% 20 -14
SDAP Pieter Jelles Troelstra 13.9% 7 0
ABRKK Jan Loeff 12.7% 25 0
CHU Alexander de Savornin Lohman 10.6% 10 +2
VDB Hendrik Drucker 9.1% 9 -2
BVL Meinard Tydeman 5.6% 4 New
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Theo Heemskerk
ARP
Theo Heemskerk
ARP

Results

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

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1395 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1412
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