Country: | Netherlands |
Previous Election: | 1894 |
Next Election: | 1901 |
Seats For Election: | All 100 seats in the House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 51 |
Election Date: | 15 June 1897 (first round) 25 June 1897 (second round) |
Party1: | Anti-Revolutionary Party |
Leader1: | Abraham Kuyper |
Last Election1: | 15 |
Seats1: | 17 |
Percentage1: | 26.25 |
Party2: | Liberal Union (Netherlands) |
Leader2: | Hendrik Goeman Borgesius |
Seats2: | 35 |
Percentage2: | 21.80 |
Color3: | black |
Party3: | Catholic |
Party3 Link: | no |
Leader3: | Franciscus Dobbelmann[1] |
Last Election3: | 25 |
Seats3: | 22 |
Percentage3: | 20.26 |
Party4: | Christian Historical Voters' League |
Leader4: | Johannes Theodoor de Visser |
Last Election4: | 0 |
Seats4: | 6 |
Percentage4: | 10.67 |
Party5: | VL |
Party5 Link: | no |
Leader5: | Joan Röell |
Seats5: | 13 |
Percentage5: | 8.71 |
Party6: | Radical League |
Leader6: | Willem Treub |
Last Election6: | 3 |
Seats6: | 4 |
Percentage6: | 3.59 |
Leader7: | Pieter Jelles Troelstra |
Party7: | Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands) |
Last Election7: | 0 |
Seats7: | 3 |
Percentage7: | 2.98 |
Map: | TK_1897.svg |
Map Size: | 370px |
Cabinet | |
Before Election: | Röell cabinet |
Before Party: | Liberal |
After Election: | Pierson cabinet |
After Party: | Liberal |
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 15 June 1897,[2] with a second round in 50 constituencies on 25 June.[3] The Liberal Union remained the largest party, winning 35 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives.