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1917 Dutch General Election
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 5 and 15 June 1917 to elect members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, House of Representatives of the States General of the Netherlands, Dutch Parliament. The elections were held following an agreement between the seven political parties with seats in parliament to allow a change in the constitution to introduce universal male suffrage and proportional representation. Polling was held for 50 constituencies with only one candidate on 5 June, in which 50 MPs were elected. In the other 50 constituencies with opposition candidates, voting was held on 15 July. A second round was required in Amsterdam, where Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands), Social Democratic Workers' Party candidate Adriaan Gerhard was re-elected. 1,078,205 citizens were eligible to vote of which 230,310 cast a vote, representing a turnout of 21.36%. Results References {{Dutch general elections General elections in the Netherlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Dutch General Election
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 17 and 25 June 1913. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1395 Despite receiving the fourth highest number of votes, the General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses emerged as the largest party, winning 25 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives.Nohlen & Stöver, p1412 After the election, the independent liberal Pieter Cort van der Linden became Prime Minister of the Netherlands, leading a cabinet of Liberals, Free-thinking Democrats, Christian Historicals and other independent liberals. Results By district Social Democratic Free-thinking Democratic Liberal Free Liberal Christian Historical Anti-Revolutionary Roman Catholic Notes References {{Dutch general elections General elections in the Netherlands Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
