General elections were held in the Netherlands on 3 July 1918.[1] They were the first elections held after a series of reforms that introduced universal male suffrage and pure proportional representation, replacing the previous two-round system in single member constituencies.[2] This change was known as the Great Pacification, which also included the introduction of state financing of religious schools, and led to the start of consociational democracy.[3]
The liberal parties 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, liberals now held only 15 seats in the House of representatives.
The elections were the first in which Dutch women could run for office, despite still not being allowed to vote. Suze Groeneweg was elected as the first female member of the House of Representatives.[4]
Resultsedit
A man writing political slogans on a wooden fence in Amsterdam
1918, dutch, general, election, general, elections, were, held, netherlands, july, 1918, they, were, first, elections, held, after, series, reforms, that, introduced, universal, male, suffrage, pure, proportional, representation, replacing, previous, round, sy. General elections were held in the Netherlands on 3 July 1918 1 They were the first elections held after a series of reforms that introduced universal male suffrage and pure proportional representation replacing the previous two round system in single member constituencies 2 This change was known as the Great Pacification which also included the introduction of state financing of religious schools and led to the start of consociational democracy 3 1918 Dutch general election 1917 3 July 1918 1922 All 100 seats in the House of Representatives51 seats needed for a majorityParty Leader Seats ABRKK Willem Hubert Nolens 30 03 30 6 SDAP Pieter Jelles Troelstra 21 95 22 7 ARP Abraham Kuyper 13 43 13 1 CHU Alexander de Savornin Lohman 6 56 7 2 LU Eduard Ellis van Raalte 6 19 6 15 VDB Henri Marchant 5 27 5 3 BVL Alibert Cornelis Visser van IJzendoorn 3 80 4 6 EB Willem Treub 3 11 3 New SDP David Wijnkoop 2 31 2 New MP Abraham Staalman 0 94 1 New CDP Andries Staalman 0 79 1 New PB Michelle Larson 0 68 1 New SP Harm Kolthek 0 67 1 New BCS Willy Kruyt 0 63 1 New CSP Adolf van der Laar 0 61 1 New NP Henri ter Hall 0 53 1 New VDW Willem Wijk 0 51 1 New This lists parties that won seats See the complete results below Prime Minister before Prime Minister afterPieter Cort van der LindenLU Charles Ruijs de BeerenbrouckABRKK The change in the electoral system led to major changes in the political makeup of the House of Representatives The confessional right wing parties the General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses the Anti Revolutionary Party and the Christian Historical Union together won 50 seats Along with two Christian splinter parties the Christian Democratic Party and the Christian Social Party they were able to gain a majority of 52 seats The liberal parties 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 liberals now held only 15 seats in the House of representatives The fragmentation of the House was caused by the low electoral threshold of just 0 5 with the smallest party the Alliance for the Democratisation of the Army managing to win a seat with only 6 828 votes The elections were the first in which Dutch women could run for office despite still not being allowed to vote Suze Groeneweg was elected as the first female member of the House of Representatives 4 Results edit nbsp A man writing political slogans on a wooden fence in Amsterdam nbsp PartyVotes Seats General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses402 96230 0330 5Social Democratic Workers Party294 49521 9522 7Anti Revolutionary Party180 18713 4313 2Christian Historical Union88 0396 567 3Liberal Union83 0846 196 16Free thinking Democratic League70 6745 275 3League of Free Liberals50 9993 804 6Economic League41 6913 113 Social Democratic Party31 0102 312 Middle Class Party12 6740 941 Christian Democratic Party10 6530 791 Peasants League9 0890 681 Socialist Party8 9510 671 League of Christian Socialists8 4150 631 Christian Social Party8 1530 611 Neutral Party7 1530 531 Alliance for the Democratisation of the Army6 8280 511 General State Party6 7110 500 Police Party6 1600 460 Reformed Political Party5 1800 390 General Freedom Party2 6910 200 Van der Zwaag Group2 6490 200 Alberda Group7350 050 Kuiper Group5680 040 Amsterdamese Police and Firefighting Party4170 030 National League of Protestant Voters3780 030 People s Welfare Party3010 020 Neutral and Colonial League2370 020 People s Party2360 020 Stoffel Group2350 020 Braam Group1890 010 Total1 341 744100 001000Registered voters turnout1 517 380 Source KiesraadReferences edit Dieter Nohlen amp Philip Stover 2010 Elections in Europe A data handbook p1395 ISBN 978 3 8329 5609 7 Nohlen amp Stover pp1384 1385 Nohlen amp Stover p1385 1 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1918 Dutch general election amp oldid 1186835369, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
