Dutch general election, 1929

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General elections were held in the Netherlands on 3 July 1929.[1] The Roman-Catholic State Party remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 30 of the 100 seats.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Roman-Catholic State Party1,001,58929.6300
Social Democratic Workers' Party804,71423.8240
Anti Revolutionary Party391,83211.612–1
Christian Historical Union354,54810.5110
Liberal State Party249,1057.48–1
Free-thinking Democratic League208,9796.270
Reformed Political Party76,7092.33+1
Communist Party Holland67,5412.02+1
Middle Party for City and Country39,9551.21New
Hervormd Gereformeerde Staatspartij35,9311.110
Farmers' League Left34,8051.010
General Welfare Party113,7953.40New
Anti-Compulsory Voting Party0New
Christian Democratic Union00
Christian Workers Party0New
Democratic Party00
Federative Union0New
Main and Manual Workers0New
International People's Party0New
Inavalids' Party0New
Kiesvereniging Algemeen Belang0New
Small Middle Class Party0New
Siedenburg List0New
Verweij List0New
Van Nunen List0New
National Farmers' League0New
Neutral People's Party0New
Revolutionary Socialist Party0New
Roman Catholic Farmers' Party0New
Roman Catholic People's Party0–1
Social Democratic People's Party0New
Social Economic People's Party0New
Union of Nationalists0New
People's Party0New
Free Christian Party0New
Invalid/blank votes162,482
Total3,541,9851001000
Registered voters/turnout3,821,61292.7
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular Vote
RKSP
 
29.64%
SDAP
 
23.81%
ARP
 
11.59%
CHU
 
10.49%
LSP
 
7.37%
VDB
 
6.18%
SGP
 
2.27%
CPH
 
2.00%
MPSL
 
1.18%
HGSP
 
1.06%
PB
 
1.03%
RKVP
 
0.70%
RSP
 
0.65%
Other
 
3.96%

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1395 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1412
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