1905 Dutch general election

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1905 Dutch general election
Netherlands
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28 June 1905 (second round)
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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

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[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  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.