1925 Dutch general election

1925 Dutch general election

1 July 1925
All 100 seats in the House of Representatives 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	91.35%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– AB Willem Hubert Nolens 28.63 30 −2 SDAP Pieter Jelles Troelstra 22.90 24 +4 ARP Hendrikus Colijn 12.23 13 −3 CHU Johannes Theodoor de Visser 9.90 11 0 LSP Hendrik Coenraad Dresselhuijs 8.74 9 −1 VDB Henri Marchant 6.07 7 +2 SGP Gerrit Hendrik Kersten 2.03 2 +1 PB Arend Braat 1.42 1 −1 CPN David Wijnkoop 1.19 1 −1 RKVP Pius Arts 1.19 1 New HGSP Casper Andries Lingbeek 0.98 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Cabinet before Cabinet after Second Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet AB–ARP–CHU First Colijn cabinet AB–ARP–CHU

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 1 July 1925. The General League of Roman Catholic Electoral Associations remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 30 of the 100 seats.

Results

A 1925 SDAP election poster

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	General League	883,333	28.63	30	–2
	Social Democratic Workers' Party	706,689	22.90	24	+4
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	377,426	12.23	13	–3
	Christian Historical Union	305,587	9.90	11	0
	Liberal State Party	269,564	8.74	9	–1
	Free-thinking Democratic League	187,183	6.07	7	+2
	Reformed Political Party	62,513	2.03	2	+1
	Peasants' League	43,877	1.42	1	–1
	Communist Party Holland	36,770	1.19	1	–1
	Roman Catholic People's Party	36,571	1.19	1	New
	Hervormd Gereformeerde Staatspartij	30,258	0.98	1	+1
	Middle Class Party	23,176	0.75	0	0
	Peasants' League–De Boer	18,762	0.61	0	New
	Protestant People's Party	15,499	0.50	0	0
	Christian Democratic Federation	13,944	0.45	0	0
	Revolutionary Work Committee	12,655	0.41	0	New
	Patriotic Party	12,597	0.41	0	0
	Socialist Party	11,790	0.38	0	0
	Democratic Party	11,102	0.36	0	0
	Rapaille Partij	4,697	0.15	0	0
	Austerity League	4,655	0.15	0	0
	Sport Party	4,402	0.14	0	New
	Free Thinkers	3,649	0.12	0	0
	Union of Actualists	2,253	0.07	0	New
	Party for Pension Interests	1,945	0.06	0	0
	Land Party	1,868	0.06	0	0
	Agricultural Party	1,150	0.04	0	New
	New National Party	757	0.02	0	New
	Union for Contributory State Pension	556	0.02	0	0
	Wild Party	294	0.01	0	New
	Rentetrekkers	206	0.01	0	New
	Free-thinkers Christian Party	134	0.00	0	New
Total		3,085,862	100.00	100	0
Valid votes		3,085,862	95.34
Invalid/blank votes		150,729	4.66
Total votes		3,236,591	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,543,058	91.35
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen

See also

• List of candidates in the 1925 Dutch general election