1901 Dutch general election

1901 Dutch general election
Netherlands
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All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
ARP Abraham Kuyper 27.42 22 +5
LU Hendrik Goeman Borgesius 20.78 18 −17
Catholic Franciscus Dobbelmann[1] 15.72 25 +3
SDAP Pieter Jelles Troelstra 9.51 7 +4
VDB Hendrik Lodewijk Drucker 6.09 9 +5
VL Joan Röell 6.79 8 −5
CHK Alexander de Savornin Lohman 6.74 10 +4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in the Netherlands on 14 June 1901,[2] with a second round in some constituencies on 27 June.[3] The Catholic group became the largest in the House of Representatives, winning 25 of the 100 seats.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Anti-Revolutionary Party106,67027.4222+5
Liberal Union80,82520.7818–17
Catholics61,16015.7225+3
Social Democratic Workers' Party–Free Socialists36,9819.517+4
Free-thinking Democratic League28,3987.309+5
Free Liberals26,4236.798–5
Christian Historical Voters' League26,2336.7410+4
Other parties22,3305.741+1
Total389,020100.001000
Registered voters/turnout609,634–
Source: Mackie & Rose[4]

References

  1. ^ "Tweede Kamerfractie Rooms-Katholieken (RK)". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1395 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  3. ^ Daniele Caramani (2017). Elections in Western Europe 1815-1996. Springer. p. 704. ISBN 978-1-349-65508-3.
  4. ^ Thomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1982). The International Almanac of Electoral History. pp. 264–266.