1937 Dutch general election

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]

26 May 1937

Turnout

94.4%

Party	Leader	%	Seats	±
RKSP	Piet Aalberse	28.8%	31	+3
SDAP	Johann Willem Albarda	21.9%	23	+1
ARP	Hendrikus Colijn	16.4%	17	+3
CHU	Dirk Jan de Geer	7.5%	8	-2
VDB	Pieter Oud	5.9%	6	0
NSB	Anton Mussert	4.2%	4	New
LSP	Willem Carel Wendelaar	3.9%	4	-3
CPN	Louis de Visser	3.4%	3	-1
CDU	Harm van Houten	2.1%	2	+1
SGP	Gerrit Hendrik Kersten	1.9%	2	-1

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before		Prime Minister after
	Hendrikus Colijn ARP	Hendrikus Colijn ARP

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Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Roman Catholic State Party	1,170,431	28.84	31	+3
	Social Democratic Workers' Party	890,661	21.95	23	+1
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	665,501	16.40	17	+3
	Christian Historical Union	302,829	7.46	8	–2
	Free-thinking Democratic League	239,502	5.90	6	0
	National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands	171,137	4.22	4	New
	Liberal State Party	160,260	3.95	4	–3
	Communist Party of the Netherlands	136,026	3.35	3	–1
	Christian Democratic Union	85,004	2.09	2	+1
	Reformed Political Party	78,619	1.94	2	–1
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	32,846	0.81	0	–1
	Catholic Democratic Party	27,665	0.68	0	New
	Hervormd Gereformeerde Staatspartij	24,543	0.60	0	–1
	Actie Bouwman	21,191	0.52	0	New
	Christian National Action	20,487	0.50	0	New
	General Interest	9,038	0.22	0	New
	Dutch People's Fascism "Black Front"	8,178	0.20	0	New
	National Farmers', Horticulturists' and Middle Class Party	6,891	0.17	0	–1
	Alliance for National Reconstruction	6,270	0.15	0	–1
	National Socialist Dutch Workers Party	998	0.02	0	New
Total		4,058,077	100.00	100	0

Valid votes		4,058,077	96.32
Invalid/blank votes		154,826	3.68
Total votes		4,212,903	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,462,859	94.40
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p1413

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