1917 Dutch general election

1917 Dutch general election

15 June 1917 (first round) 22 June 1917 (second round)
All 100 seats in the House of Representatives 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	38.00%
Party Leader Seats +/– AB Willem Hubert Nolens 25 0 LU Theo de Meester 21 0 SDAP Pieter Jelles Troelstra 15 −1 ARP Abraham Kuyper 11 0 BVL Meinard Tydeman 10 0 CHU Alexander de Savornin Lohman 9 0 VDB Henri Marchant 8 +1 Ind CHU C. J. A. Bichon van Ijsselmonde 1 0 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

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 only in the Amsterdam II constituency, which was held on 22 June, and saw Social Democratic Workers' Party candidate Adriaan Gerhard re-elected.

Results

Party		First round			Second round			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Liberal Union	43,524	19.47	21				21	0
	Social Democratic Workers' Party	41,775	18.68	14	1,292	59.00	1	15	–1
	Free-thinking Democratic League	22,040	9.86	8				8	+1
	Anti-Constitutional Revision	19,830	8.87	0				0	0
	League of Free Liberals	19,191	8.58	10				10	0
	Christian Historical Union	17,547	7.85	9				9	0
	Social Democratic Party	13,603	6.08	0				0	0
	General League	12,933	5.78	25				25	0
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	9,333	4.17	11				11	0
	CSt	4,341	1.94	0				0	0
	PP	3,344	1.50	0				0	0
	Independent Christian Historical	3,276	1.47	1				1	0
	Christian Democratic Party	2,989	1.34	0				0	0
	AS	2,421	1.08	0				0	0
	Shopkeepers' Candidate	627	0.28	0				0	0
	Independent	6,805	3.04	0	898	41.00	0	0	0
Total		223,579	100.00	99	2,190	100.00	1	100	–
Valid votes		223,579	97.08		2,190	97.20
Invalid/blank votes		6,733	2.92		63	2.80
Total votes		230,312	100.00		2,253	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		606,163	38.00		5,731	39.31
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