Dutch general election, 1918

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A general election of the Tweede Kamer of the Dutch Parliament was held in the Netherlands in 1918. It was the first election under universal male suffrage and proportional representation.

[edit] National summary

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

[edit] Parties

  • 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)