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1909 Dutch general election

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1909 Dutch general election
Netherlands
← 1905 11 June 1909 (first round)
23 June 1909 (second round)
1913 →

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
AB Jan Loeff [nl] 12.77 25 0
CHU Alexander de Savornin Lohman 10.62 10 +2
VDB Hendrik Lodewijk Drucker 9.06 9 −2
BVL Meinard Tydeman [nl] 5.60 4 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Cabinet before Cabinet after
De Meester cabinet
Liberal
Theo Heemskerk cabinet
Coalition

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 11 June 1909,[1] with a second round in some constituencies on 23 June.[2] The Anti-Revolutionary Party and the General League of Roman Catholic Electoral Associations emerged as the largest parties, each winning 25 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives.[3]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Anti-Revolutionary Party166,27027.9025+10
Liberal Union106,08617.8020
Social Democratic Workers' Party82,85513.9070
General League76,08712.77250
Christian Historical Union63,30610.6210+2
Free-thinking Democratic League54,0079.069–2
Liberal Democratic League33,3645.604
Other parties13,9852.3500
Total595,960100.001000
Registered voters/turnout843,487
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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  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. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1412