1937 Dutch general election explained

Country:Netherlands
Previous Election:1933
Next Election:1946
Seats For Election:All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
Majority Seats:51
Election Date:26 May 1937
Turnout:94.40% (0.10pp)
Leader1:Piet Aalberse
Party1:Roman Catholic State Party
Last Election1:28
Seats1:31
Percentage1:28.84
Leader2:Johan Willem Albarda
Party2:Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands)
Last Election2:22
Seats2:23
Percentage2:21.95
Leader3:Hendrikus Colijn
Party3:Anti-Revolutionary Party
Last Election3:14
Seats3:17
Percentage3:16.40
Leader4:Dirk Jan de Geer
Party4:Christian Historical Union
Last Election4:10
Seats4:8
Percentage4:7.46
Leader5:Pieter Oud
Party5:Free-thinking Democratic League
Last Election5:6
Seats5:6
Percentage5:5.90
Leader6:Anton Mussert
Party6:NSB
Last Election6:New
Seats6:4
Percentage6:4.22
Colour6:saddlebrown
Leader7:Willem Carel Wendelaar
Party7:Liberal State Party
Last Election7:7
Seats7:4
Percentage7:3.95
Leader8:Louis de Visser
Party8:Communist Party of the Netherlands
Last Election8:4
Seats8:3
Percentage8:3.35
Leader9:Harm van Houten
Party9:Christian Democratic Union (Netherlands)
Last Election9:1
Seats9:2
Percentage9:2.09
Leader10:Gerrit Hendrik Kersten
Party10:Reformed Political Party
Last Election10:3
Seats10:2
Percentage10:1.94
Map:TK Samenstelling 1937.jpg
Cabinet
Before Election:Third Colijn cabinet
Before Party:RKSPARPCHULSPVDB
After Election:Fourth Colijn cabinet
After Party:RKSPARPCHU

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 26 May 1937.[1] The Roman Catholic State Party remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 31 of the 100 seats.[2] Due to the outbreak of World War II two years later, the next general elections were not held until 1946.

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1413