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1937 Dutch general election
1937 Dutch general election|
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All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority | | Turnout | 94.40% ( 0.10pp) |
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. ![]() Most voted-for party by municipality |
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General elections were held in the Netherlands on 26 May 1937.[1] The Roman Catholic State Party remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 31 of the 100 seats.[2] Due to the outbreak of World War II two years later, the next general elections were not held until 1946.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Roman Catholic State Party | 1,170,431 | 28.84 | 31 | +3 | | Social Democratic Workers' Party | 890,661 | 21.95 | 23 | +1 | | Anti-Revolutionary Party | 665,501 | 16.40 | 17 | +3 | | Christian Historical Union | 302,829 | 7.46 | 8 | –2 | | Free-thinking Democratic League | 239,502 | 5.90 | 6 | 0 | | National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands | 171,137 | 4.22 | 4 | New | | Liberal State Party | 160,260 | 3.95 | 4 | –3 | | Communist Party of the Netherlands | 136,026 | 3.35 | 3 | –1 | | Christian Democratic Union | 85,004 | 2.09 | 2 | +1 | | Reformed Political Party | 78,619 | 1.94 | 2 | –1 | | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 32,846 | 0.81 | 0 | –1 | | Catholic Democratic Party [nl] | 27,665 | 0.68 | 0 | New | | Hervormd Gereformeerde Staatspartij | 24,543 | 0.60 | 0 | –1 | | Actie Bouwman | 21,191 | 0.52 | 0 | New | | Christian National Action [nl] | 20,487 | 0.50 | 0 | New | | General Interest | 9,038 | 0.22 | 0 | New | | Dutch People's Fascism "Black Front" | 8,178 | 0.20 | 0 | New | | National Farmers', Horticulturists' and Middle Class Party | 6,891 | 0.17 | 0 | –1 | | Alliance for National Reconstruction | 6,270 | 0.15 | 0 | –1 | | National Socialist Dutch Workers Party | 998 | 0.02 | 0 | New | | Total | 4,058,077 | 100.00 | 100 | 0 | | | Valid votes | 4,058,077 | 96.32 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 154,826 | 3.68 | |
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| Total votes | 4,212,903 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 4,462,859 | 94.40 | |
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| Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen[3] |
References
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![Azure, billetty Or a lion with a coronet Or armed and langued Gules holding in his dexter paw a sword Argent hilted Or and in the sinister paw seven arrows Argent pointed and bound together Or. [The seven arrows stand for the seven provinces of the Union of Utrecht.] The shield is crowned with the (Dutch) royal crown and supported by two lions Or armed and langued gules. They stand on a scroll Azure with the text (Or) "Je Maintiendrai" (French for "I will maintain".)](File:State_coat_of_arms_of_the_Netherlands.svg)
