Dutch general election, 1918
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A general election of the House of Representatives of the Dutch Parliament was held in the Netherlands on July 3, 1918. It was the first election in which universal male suffrage was applied, and the first in which a system of proportional representation was used. Previously, voters voted per district according to a First-past-the-post voting system, but now voters voted on candidates on the party-lists.
The elections caused major changes in the political make-up of the Dutch house of representatives. The confessional ('rightwing') parties, the RKSP, the ARP and the CHU, together obtained 50 seats. Along with two Christian splinter-parties (The Christian-Democratic Party and the Christian-Social Party) they were able to form a majority of 52 seats.
The Liberals lost the most seats. While in 1917, two of the liberal parties, the Liberal Union and the League of Free-Liberals, had won 31 seats, they were now reduced to 10 seats. Together with three smaller liberal parties, the liberals now held 15 seats in the House of representatives.
On the leftwing, the SDAP won seven seats, climbing from 15 to 22 seats. This gain was smaller than hoped for however. Furthermore, the SDAP was joined by 4 small parties of 1 seat each on the political left. The SDAP also had the sole woman elected in the general elections of 1918, Suze Groeneweg.
Two Single-issue parties, one for petty officers, and one for farmers, took up the last two seats.
The large fragmentation of the House was due to the new electoral system with a low threshold. The smallest party, the VDW, managed to win a seat with only 6,830 votes.
[edit] National summary
| Parties | Lijsttrekker | Votes | Seats | +/- | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roomsch-Katholieke Bond van kiesvereenigingen | Wiel Nolens | 30 | +5 | ||
| Sociaal Democratische Arbeiders Partij | Pieter Jelles Troelstra | 22 | +7 | ||
| Anti-Revolutionaire Partij | Victor Rutgers | 13 | +2 | ||
| Christelijke-Historische Unie | Alexander de Savorin Lohman | 7 | -3 | ||
| Liberale Unie | Pieter Rink | 6 | -15 | ||
| Vrijzinnig Democratische Bond | Henri Marchant | 5 | -3 | ||
| Bond van Vrije Liberalen | Hendrik Dresselhuys | 4 | -6 | ||
| Economische Bond | Willem Treub | 3 | -3 | ||
| Sociaal-Democratische Partij | David Wijnkoop | 2 | +2 | ||
| Middenstandspartij | Abraham Staalman | 1 | +1 | ||
| Christen-Democratische Partij | Andries Staalman | 1 | +1 | ||
| Plattelandersbond | Michelle Larson | 1 | +1 | ||
| Socialistische Partij | Harm Kolthek | 1 | +1 | ||
| Bond van Christen-Socialisten | Willy Kruyt | 1 | +1 | ||
| Christelijk Sociale Partij | Adolf van der Laar | 1 | +1 | ||
| Neutrale Partij | Henri ter Hall | 1 | +1 | ||
| Verbond Democratisering Weermacht | Willem Wijk | 1 | +1 | ||
| Total (turnout ??.? %) | 1.341.744 | 100 | 0 | ??? | |
[edit] Parties
- Anti Revolutionary Party (Anti-Revolutionaire Partij)
- Agrarians' League (Plattelandersbond)
- Christian Democratic Party (Christen-Democratische Partij)
- Christian Historical Union (Christelijke-Historische Unie)
- Christian Social Party (Christelijk Sociale Partij)
- Economical League (Economische Bond), offshoot of the Freethinking Democratic League
- Freethinking Democratic League (Vrijzinnig Democratische Bond)
- League of Christian Socialists (Bond van Christen-Socialisten)
- League of Free Liberals (Bond van Vrije Liberalen)
- League for Democratization of the Army (Verbond Democratisering Weermacht)
- Liberal Union (Liberale Unie)
- Middle Class Party (Middenstandspartij)
- Neutral Party (Neutrale Partij)
- Roman Catholic League of Electoral Associations (Roomsch-Katholieke Bond van Kiesvereenigingen)
- Social Democratic Party (Sociaal-Democratische Partij), offshoot of the Social Democratic Workers' Party
- Social Democratic Workers' Party (Sociaal-Democratische Arbeiderspartij)
- Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij)
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