1897 Dutch general election

1897 Dutch general election
Netherlands
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All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
ARP Abraham Kuyper 26.25 17 +2
LU Hendrik Goeman Borgesius 21.80 35
Catholic Franciscus Dobbelmann [nl][1] 20.26 22 −3
CHK Johannes Theodoor de Visser 10.67 6 +6
VL Joan Röell 8.71 13
RL Willem Treub 3.59 4 +1
SDAP Pieter Jelles Troelstra 2.98 3 +3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Cabinet before Cabinet after
Röell cabinet
Liberal		 Pierson cabinet
Liberal
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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 seven arrows stand for the seven provinces of the Union of Utrecht.] 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 15 June 1897,[2] with a second round in 50 constituencies on 25 June.[3] The Liberal Union remained the largest party, winning 35 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives.

  1. ^ "Tweede Kamerfractie Rooms-Katholieken (RK)". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1395 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  3. ^ Verkiezingen Huygens Instituut