Dutch general election, 1918

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The 1918 elections were the first elections under universal male suffrage and proportional representation.

Party	%	Seats
Roomsch-Katholieke Bond van kiesvereenigingen	30.0	30
Sociaal Democratische Arbeiders Partij	22.0	22
Anti-Revolutionaire Partij	13.4	13
Christelijke-Historische Unie	6.5	7
Liberale Unie	6.2	6
Vrijzinnig Democratische Bond	5.3	5
Bond van Vrije Liberalen	3.8	3
Economische Bond	3.1	3
Sociaal-Democratische Partij	2.3	2
Middenstandspartij	0.8	1
Christen-Democratische Partij	0.8	1
Plattelandersbond	0.7	1
Socialistische Partij	0.7	1
Bond van Christen-Socialisten	0.6	1
Christelijk Sociale Partij	0.6	1
Neutrale Partij	0.5	1
Verbond Democratisering Weermacht	0.5	1
Total	-	100

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)