1937 Dutch general election

1937 Dutch general election
Netherlands
← 1933 26 May 1937 1946 →

All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout94.40% (Decrease 0.10pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/–
RKSP Piet Aalberse 28.84 31 +3
SDAP Johan Willem Albarda 21.95 23 +1
ARP Hendrikus Colijn 16.40 17 +3
CHU Dirk Jan de Geer 7.46 8 −2
VDB Pieter Oud 5.90 6 0
NSB Anton Mussert 4.22 4 New
LSP Willem Carel Wendelaar 3.95 4 −3
CPN Louis de Visser 3.35 3 −1
CDU Harm van Houten 2.09 2 +1
SGP Gerrit Hendrik Kersten 1.94 2 −1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Most voted-for party by municipality
Cabinet before Cabinet after
Third Colijn cabinet
RKSPARPCHULSPVDB
Fourth Colijn cabinet
RKSPARPCHU

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 26 May 1937.[1] The Roman Catholic State Party remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 31 of the 100 seats.[2] Due to the outbreak of World War II two years later, the next general elections were not held until 1946.

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1413

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