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: | RKSP–ARP–CHU–LSP–VDB |
After Election: | Fourth Colijn cabinet |
After Party: | RKSP–ARP–CHU |
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.