1937 Dutch general election

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1937 Dutch general election
Netherlands
← 1933 26 May 1937 1946 →
All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout94.40% (Increase 0.18pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
RKSP Piet Aalberse 28.87 31 +3
SDAP Johan Willem Albarda 28.87 23 +1
ARP Hendrikus Colijn 16.42 17 +3
CHU Dirk Jan de Geer 7.47 8 −2
VDB Pieter Oud 5.91 6 0
NSB Anton Mussert 4.22 4 New
LSP Willem Carel Wendelaar 3.95 4 −3
CPN Louis de Visser 3.36 3 −1
CDU Harm van Houten 2.10 2 +1
SGP Gerrit Hendrik Kersten 1.94 2 −1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Most voted-for party by municipality
Cabinet before Cabinet after
Third Colijn cabinet
RKSP–ARP–CHU–LSP–VDB		 Fourth Colijn cabinet
RKSP–ARP–CHU
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Azure, billetty Or a lion with a coronet Or armed and langued Gules holding in his dexter paw a sword Argent hilted Or and in the sinister paw seven arrows Argent pointed and bound together Or. The shield is crowned with the (Dutch) royal crown and supported by two lions Or armed and langued gules. They stand on a scroll Azure with the text (Or) "Je Maintiendrai" (French for "I will maintain".)
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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.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Roman Catholic State Party1,170,43128.8731+3
Social Democratic Workers' Party891,06121.9823+1
Anti-Revolutionary Party665,50116.4217+3
Christian Historical Union302,8297.478–2
Free-thinking Democratic League239,5025.9160
National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands171,1374.224New
Liberal State Party160,2603.954–3
Communist Party of the Netherlands136,0263.363–1
Christian Democratic Union85,0042.102+1
Reformed Political Party78,6191.942–1
Revolutionary Socialist Party31,8020.780–1
Catholic Democratic Party27,0760.670New
Hervormd Gereformeerde Staatspartij23,6930.580–1
Actie Bouwman21,1820.520New
Christian National Action19,1570.470New
General Interest8,7350.220New
Dutch People's Fascism "Black Front"8,0140.200New
National Farmers', Horticulturists' and Middle Class Party6,5480.160–1
Alliance for National Reconstruction6,0590.150–1
National Socialist Dutch Workers Party1,0680.030New
Total4,053,704100.001000
Valid votes4,058,04796.32
Invalid votes77,2391.83
Blank votes77,5871.84
Total votes4,212,873100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,462,85994.40
Source: Kiesraad[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1413
  3. ^ "Tweede Kamer 26 mei 1937". Kiesraad (in Dutch).