1926 Dutch Senate election
Elections for 25 out of 50 seats in the Senate of the Netherlands were held on 30 July 1926. All seats in electoral group II comprising the provinces of Gelderland, Overijssel, Groningen and Drenthe, and electoral group IV comprising the province of South Holland, were up for election.
Within each electoral group, Senators were elected by provincial councils using party-list proportional representation. Provincial councillors' votes were weighted to their province's population.[1]
The incumbent Coalition government retained a comfortable majority of 30 seats, down from 31. The Anti-Revolutionary Party lost one seat to the Liberal State Party in group IV.
Results
| Party | Unweighted | Weighted | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Won | Not up | Total | +/− | |||
| Social Democratic Workers' Party | 57 | 22.09 | 7,309 | 22.09 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Roman Catholic State Party | 51 | 19.77 | 6,796 | 20.54 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 49 | 18.99 | 6,446 | 19.48 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −1 | ||
| Christian Historical Union | 37 | 14.34 | 4,786 | 14.46 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Liberal State Party | 40 | 15.50 | 4,762 | 14.39 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +1 | ||
| Free-thinking Democratic League | 20 | 7.75 | 2,360 | 7.13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Reformed Political Party | 4 | 1.55 | 631 | 1.91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 258 | 100.00 | 33,090 | 100.00 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Valid votes | 258 | 100.00 | 33,090 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Total votes | 258 | 100.00 | 33,090 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 271 | 95.20 | 34,786 | 95.12 | ||||||
| Source: Staatscourant[2] | ||||||||||
By electoral group
| Party | Unweighted | Weighted | Seats | +/– | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| Roman Catholic State Party | 37 | 20.56 | 3,883 | 23.02 | 3 | 0 | |
| Social Democratic Workers' Party | 39 | 21.67 | 3,565 | 21.14 | 3 | 0 | |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 32 | 17.78 | 2,910 | 17.25 | 2 | 0 | |
| Christian Historical Union | 26 | 14.44 | 2,498 | 14.81 | 2 | 0 | |
| Liberal State Party | 29 | 16.11 | 2,474 | 14.67 | 2 | 0 | |
| Free-thinking Democratic League | 15 | 8.33 | 1,320 | 7.83 | 1 | 0 | |
| Reformed Political Party | 2 | 1.11 | 215 | 1.27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 180 | 100.00 | 16,865 | 100.00 | 13 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 180 | 100.00 | 16,865 | 100.00 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Total votes | 180 | 100.00 | 16,865 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 189 | 95.24 | 17,730 | 95.12 | |||
| Source: Staatscourant[2] | |||||||
| Party | Unweighted | Weighted | Seats | +/– | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| Social Democratic Workers' Party | 18 | 23.08 | 3,744 | 23.08 | 3 | 0 | |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 17 | 21.79 | 3,536 | 21.79 | 2 | −1 | |
| Roman Catholic State Party | 14 | 17.95 | 2,912 | 17.95 | 2 | 0 | |
| Christian Historical Union | 11 | 14.10 | 2,288 | 14.10 | 2 | 0 | |
| Liberal State Party | 11 | 14.10 | 2,288 | 14.10 | 2 | +1 | |
| Free-thinking Democratic League | 5 | 6.41 | 1,040 | 6.41 | 1 | 0 | |
| Reformed Political Party | 2 | 2.56 | 416 | 2.56 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 78 | 100.00 | 16,224 | 100.00 | 12 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 78 | 100.00 | 16,224 | 100.00 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Total votes | 78 | 100.00 | 16,224 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 82 | 95.12 | 17,056 | 95.12 | |||
| Source: Staatscourant[3] | |||||||
References
- ^ "Geschiedenis kiesstelsel Eerste Kamer". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ^ a b "PROCES-VERBAAL van de zitting van het Centraal Stembureau, bedoeld in artikel 115o der Kieswet". Staatscourant (in Dutch). The Hague. 4 August 1926. p. 1. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ^ "PROCES-VERBAAL van de zitting van het Centraal Stembureau, bedoeld in artikel 115o der Kieswet". Staatscourant (in Dutch). The Hague. 4 August 1926. p. 8. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
External links
- Media related to 1926 Dutch Senate election at Wikimedia Commons