1897 Dutch general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 15 June 1897.[1] The Liberal Democratic League remained the largest party, winning 48 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives.[2]

15 June 1897

Turnout

71.8%

Party	Leader	%	Seats	±
LU	Hendrik Goeman Borgesius	30.5%	48	-9
Catholic	N/A	20.3%	22	-3
ARP	Abraham Kuyper	26.2%	17	+2
VAR	Johannes de Visser	10.7%	5	New
VDB	Willem Treub	3.6%	4	+1
SDAP	Pieter Jelles Troelstra	3.0%	3	New
CHK	Johannes de Visser	5.7%	1	New

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before		Prime Minister after
	Joan Röell LU	Nicolaas Pierson LU

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Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Liberal Democratic League	126,199	30.5	48	–9
Anti-Revolutionary Party	108,581	26.2	17	+2
General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses	83,826	20.3	22	–3
Christian Historicals	44,159	10.7	6	+6
Radical League	14,863	3.6	4	+1
Social Democratic Workers' Party	12,312	3.0	3	+3
Other parties	23,774	5.7	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total	413,714	100	100	0
Registered voters/turnout	576,598		–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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

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