1905 Dutch general election

1905 Dutch general election
Netherlands
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All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
ARP Abraham Kuyper 24.66 15 −7
LU Hendrik Goeman Borgesius 20.01 25 +7
ABRKK Maximilien Kolkman 13.13 25 0
SDAP Pieter Jelles Troelstra 11.24 7 0
CHP Alexander de Savornin Lohman 10.76 8 −2
VDB Hendrik Lodewijk Drucker 8.84 11 +2
VL Meinard Tydeman [nl] 8.16 9 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Abraham Kuyper
ARP
Theo de Meester
LU
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General elections were held in the Netherlands on 16 June 1905,[1] with a second round in some constituencies on 28 June.[2] The Liberal Union and General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses emerged as the joint-largest parties, both winning 25 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Anti-Revolutionary Party143,84324.6615–7
Liberal Union116,74620.0125+7
General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses76,60513.13250
Social Democratic Workers' Party–Free Socialists65,56111.2470
Christian Historical Party62,77010.768–2
Free-thinking Democratic League51,5958.8411+2
Free Liberals47,6308.169+1
Other parties18,6383.190–1
Total583,388100.001000
Registered voters/turnout752,692
Source: Mackie & Rose[3]

See also

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. ^ Thomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1982). The International Almanac of Electoral History. pp. 264–266.
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