Country: | Netherlands |
Nopercentage: | yes |
Previous Election: | 1913 |
Next Election: | 1918 |
Seats For Election: | All 100 seats in the House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 51 |
Election Date: | 15 June 1917 (first round) 22 June 1917 (second round) |
Turnout: | 21.36% |
Party1: | General League of Roman Catholic Electoral Associations |
Leader1: | Willem Hubert Nolens |
Last Election1: | 25 |
Seats1: | 24 |
Party2: | Liberal Union (Netherlands) |
Leader2: | Theo de Meester |
Last Election2: | 22 |
Seats2: | 21 |
Party3: | Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands) |
Leader3: | Pieter Jelles Troelstra |
Last Election3: | 15 |
Seats3: | 15 |
Party4: | Anti-Revolutionary Party |
Leader4: | Abraham Kuyper |
Last Election4: | 11 |
Seats4: | 12 |
Party5: | League of Free Liberals |
Last Election5: | 10 |
Seats5: | 10 |
Party6: | Christian Historical Union |
Leader6: | Alexander de Savornin Lohman |
Last Election6: | 10 |
Seats6: | 9 |
Party7: | Free-thinking Democratic League |
Leader7: | Henri Marchant |
Last Election7: | 7 |
Seats7: | 8 |
Party8: | Other parties |
Leader8: | – |
Last Election8: | New |
Seats8: | 1 |
Cabinet | |
Before Election: | Cort van der Linden cabinet |
Before Party: | Liberal |
After Election: | Cort van der Linden cabinet |
After Party: | Liberal |
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 15 June 1917 to elect members of the House of Representatives of the Dutch Parliament. The elections were held following the Pacification of 1917, an agreement between the seven parties with seats in parliament to allow a change in the constitution to introduce universal manhood suffrage and proportional representation. The parties cooperated to create a supermajority to pass the reforms. Voting did not take place in 50 constituencies where the incumbent ran unopposed. These seats were filled on 5 June.
In the other 50 constituencies with opposition candidates, voting was held on 15 June. The majoritarian two-round system was in effect and a second round was required in the Amsterdam II constituency, which was held on 22 June,[1] and saw Social Democratic Workers' Party candidate Adriaan Gerhard re-elected.
1,078,205 citizens were eligible to vote of which 230,310 cast a vote, representing a turnout of 21%.[2]