1925 Dutch general election

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1925 Dutch general election
Netherlands
← 1922 1 July 1925 1929 →
Turnout91.4%
Party Leader % Seats +/–
ABRKK Willem Hubert Nolens 28.6% 30 −2
SDAP Pieter Jelles Troelstra 22.9% 24 +4
ARP Hendrikus Colijn 12.2% 13 −3
CHU Johannes de Visser 9.9% 11 0
LSP Hendrik Coenraad Dresselhuijs 8.7% 9 −1
VDB Henri Marchant 6.1% 7 +2
SGP Gerrit Hendrik Kersten 2.0% 2 +1
PB Arend Braat 2.0% 1 −1
CPN David Wijnkoop 1.2% 1 −1
RKVP Pius Aarts 1.2% 1 New
HGSP Casper Lingbeek 1.0% 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck
ABRKK
Hendrikus Colijn
ARP

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 1 July 1925.[1] The General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 30 of the 100 seats.[2]

Results

A 1925 SDAP election poster
Party Votes % Seats +/–
General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses 883,333 28.6 30 –2
Social Democratic Workers' Party 706,689 22.9 24 +4
Anti-Revolutionary Party 377,426 12.2 13 –3
Christian Historical Union 305,587 9.9 11 0
Liberal State Party 269,564 8.7 9 –1
Free-thinking Democratic League 187,183 6.1 7 +2
Farmers' League Left 62,639 2.0 1 –1
Reformed Political Party 62,513 2.0 2 +1
Communist Party Holland 36,770 1.2 1 –1
Roman Catholic People's Party 36,571 1.2 1 New
Hervormd Gereformeerde Staatspartij 30,258 1.0 1 +1
Union of Actualists 127,329 4.1 0 New
Austerity League 0 0
Christian Democratic Union 0 0
Democratic Party 0 0
Land Party 0 0
Agriculture Party 0 New
Middle Class Party 0 New
New National Party 0 New
Party for Pension Interests 0 0
Contributory State Pension 0 New
Protestant People's Party 0 0
Rapaille Partij 0 0
Rentetrekkers 0 New
Revolutionary Work Committee 0 New
Socialist Party 0 0
Sport Party 0 New
Patriotic Party 0 New
Free Thinkers 0 New
Free-thinkers Christian Party 0 New
Wild Party 0 New
Invalid/blank votes 150,729
Total 3,236,591 100 100 0
Registered voters/turnout 3,543,058 91.4
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular Vote
RKSP
28.63%
SDAP
22.90%
ARP
12.23%
CHU
9.90%
VB
8.74%
VDB
6.07%
SGP
2.03%
PB
1.42%
CPH
1.19%
RKVP
1.19%
HGSP
0.98%
NMP
0.75%
Other
3.98%

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1395 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1412