1925 Dutch general election

1925 Dutch general election

1 July 1925
All 100 seats in the House of Representatives 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	86.77%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– AB Willem Hubert Nolens 28.63 30 −2 SDAP Pieter Jelles Troelstra 22.90 24 +4 ARP Hendrikus Colijn 12.23 13 −3 CHU Johannes Theodoor de Visser 9.90 11 0 LSP Hendrik Coenraad Dresselhuijs 8.74 9 −1 VDB Henri Marchant 6.07 7 +2 SGP Gerrit Hendrik Kersten 2.03 2 +1 PB Arend Braat 1.42 1 −1 RKVP Pius Arts 1.30 1 New CPN David Wijnkoop 1.19 1 −1 HGSP Casper Andries Lingbeek 0.98 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Cabinet before Cabinet after Second Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet AB–ARP–CHU First Colijn cabinet AB–ARP–CHU

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

Results

A 1925 SDAP election poster

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	General League			883,333	28.63	30	–2
	Social Democratic Workers' Party			706,689	22.90	24	+4
	Anti-Revolutionary Party			377,426	12.23	13	–3
	Christian Historical Union			305,587	9.90	11	0
	Liberal State Party		Liberal State Party	226,409	7.34	9	–1
			Liberal State Party (Staalman/Ter Hall)	43,155	1.40	0	New
		Total		269,564	8.74	9	–1
	Free-thinking Democratic League			187,183	6.07	7	+2
	Reformed Political Party			62,513	2.03	2	+1
	Peasants' League (Braat)			43,877	1.42	1	–1
	Roman Catholic People's Party			40,135	1.30	1	New
	Communist Party of the Netherlands			36,770	1.19	1	–1
	Hervormd Gereformeerde Staatspartij			30,258	0.98	1	+1
	Middle Class Party			23,176	0.75	0	0
	Peasants' League (De Boer)			18,762	0.61	0	New
	Protestant People's Party			15,263	0.49	0	0
	Christian Democratic Federation			13,944	0.45	0	0
	Patriotic Party			12,597	0.41	0	0
	Revolutionary Work Committee			12,477	0.40	0	New
	Democratic Party			11,102	0.36	0	0
	Socialist Party			8,226	0.27	0	0
	Rapaille Partij			4,875	0.16	0	0
	Austerity League			4,655	0.15	0	0
	Sport Party			4,402	0.14	0	New
	Free Thinkers			3,649	0.12	0	0
	Union of Actualists			2,253	0.07	0	New
	Party for Pension Interests			1,945	0.06	0	0
	Land Party			1,868	0.06	0	0
	Agricultural Party			1,150	0.04	0	New
	Union for Contributory State Pension			792	0.03	0	0
	New National Party			757	0.02	0	New
	Wild Party			294	0.01	0	New
	Rentetrekkers			206	0.01	0	New
	Free-thinkers Christian Party			134	0.00	0	New
Total				3,085,862	100.00	100	0
Valid votes				2,738,160	98.52
Invalid votes				37,964	1.37
Blank votes				3,275	0.12
Total votes				2,779,399	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				3,203,280	86.77
Source: Kiesraad

See also

• List of candidates in the 1925 Dutch general election