1937 Dutch general election
26 May 1937
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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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.
The 1937 Senate election took place a day after the general election.
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 154,826 | 3.68 | |||
| Total votes | 4,212,903 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,462,859 | 94.40 | |||
| Source: CBS,[3] Kiesraad[4] | |||||
See also
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1413
- ^ "Verkiezingsuitslag en zetelverdeling Tweede Kamer, 1937". CBS.
- ^ "Tweede Kamer 26 mei 1937". Kiesraad (in Dutch).