1917 Dutch general election

1917 Dutch general election
Netherlands
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All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout21.36%
Party Leader Seats +/–
AB Willem Hubert Nolens 24 −1
LU Theo de Meester 21 −1
SDAP Pieter Jelles Troelstra 15 0
ARP Abraham Kuyper 12 +1
BVL Meinard Tydeman [nl] 10 0
CHU Alexander de Savornin Lohman 9 −1
VDB Henri Marchant 8 +1
Other parties – 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Cabinet before Cabinet after
Cort van der Linden cabinet
Liberal		 Cort van der Linden 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 1917 to elect members of the House of Representatives of the Dutch Parliament. The elections were held following the Pacification of 1917, an agreement between the seven parties with seats in parliament to allow a change in the constitution to introduce universal manhood suffrage and proportional representation. The parties cooperated to create a supermajority to pass the reforms. Voting did not take place in 50 constituencies where the incumbent ran unopposed. These seats were filled on 5 June.

In the other 50 constituencies with opposition candidates, voting was held on 15 June. The majoritarian two-round system was in effect and a second round was required in the Amsterdam II constituency, which was held on 22 June,[1] and saw Social Democratic Workers' Party candidate Adriaan Gerhard re-elected.

1,078,205 citizens were eligible to vote of which 230,310 cast a vote, representing a turnout of 21%.[2]

  1. ^ "Verkiezingen". Huygens Instituut.
  2. ^ "Tweede Kamer 15 juni 1917". Kiesraad (in Dutch).