1909 Dutch general election

1909 Dutch general election

11 June 1909 (first round) 23 June 1909 (second round)

All 100 seats in the House of Representatives 51 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader % Seats +/– ARP Abraham Kuyper 27.90 25 +10 LU Hendrik Goeman Borgesius 17.80 20 −14 SDAP Pieter Jelles Troelstra 13.90 7 0 ABRKK Jan Loeff 12.77 25 0 CHU Alexander de Savornin Lohman 10.62 10 +2 VDB Hendrik Lodewijk Drucker 9.06 9 −2 BVL Meinard Tydeman 5.60 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

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 11 June 1909, with a second round in some constituencies on 23 June. 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.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	166,270	27.90	25	+10
	Liberal Union	106,086	17.80	20	–
	Social Democratic Workers' Party	82,855	13.90	7	0
	General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses	76,087	12.77	25	0
	Christian Historical Union	63,306	10.62	10	+2
	Free-thinking Democratic League	54,007	9.06	9	–2
	Liberal Democratic League	33,364	5.60	4	–
	Other parties	13,985	2.35	0	0
Total		595,960	100.00	100	0
Registered voters/turnout		843,487	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver