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

11 June 1909
Turnout70.7%
Party Leader % Seats ±
ARP Abraham Kuyper 27.9% 25 +10
ABRKK Jan Loeff 13.9% 25 0
LU Hendrik Goeman Borgesius 17.8% 20 -14
CHU Alexander de Savornin Lohman 10.6% 10 +2
VDB Hendrik Drucker 9.1% 9 -2
SDAP Pieter Jelles Troelstra 13.9% 7 0
BVL Meinard Tydeman 5.6% 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
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Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Anti-Revolutionary Party166,27027.925+10
Liberal Union106,08617.820
Social Democratic Workers' Party82,85513.970
General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses76,08713.9250
Christian Historical Union63,30610.610+2
Free-thinking Democratic League54,0079.19–2
Liberal Democratic League33,3645.64
Other parties13,9852.300
Invalid/blank votes
Total596,0601001000
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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