1901 Dutch general election

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1901 Dutch general election
Netherlands
← 1897 14 June 1901 (first round)
27 June 1901 (second round)
1905 →

All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
ARP Abraham Kuyper 27.42 22 +5
LU Hendrik Goeman Borgesius 20.78 35 +17
Catholic 15.72 25 +3
SDAP Pieter Jelles Troelstra 9.51 7 +4
VDB Hendrik Lodewijk Drucker 6.09 9 +5
VL Joan Röell 6.79 8 −5
CHK Alexander de Savornin Lohman 6.74 10 +4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Nicolaas Pierson
LU
Abraham Kuyper
ARP

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 14 June 1901,[1] with a second round in some constituencies on 27 June.[2] The Catholic group became the largest in the House of Representatives, winning 25 of the 100 seats.

Results[edit]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Anti-Revolutionary Party106,67027.4222+5
Liberal Union80,82520.7818–17
Catholics61,16015.7225+3
Social Democratic Workers' Party–Free Socialists36,9819.517+4
Free-thinking Democratic League28,3987.309+5
Free Liberals26,4236.798–5
Christian Historical Voters' League26,2336.7410+4
Other parties22,3305.741+1
Total389,020100.001000
Registered voters/turnout609,634
Source: Mackie & Rose[3]

References[edit]

  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. ^ Thomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1982). The International Almanac of Electoral History. pp. 264–266.