1937 Dutch general election

1937 Dutch general election
26 May 1937
All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout94.40% ( 0.18pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
RKSP Piet Aalberse 28.87 31 +3
SDAP Johan Willem Albarda 21.98 23 +1
ARP Hendrikus Colijn 16.42 17 +3
CHU Dirk Jan de Geer 7.47 8 −2
VDB Pieter Oud 5.91 6 0
NSB Anton Mussert 4.22 4 New
LSP Willem Carel Wendelaar 3.95 4 −3
CPN Louis de Visser 3.36 3 −1
CDU Harm van Houten 2.10 2 +1
SGP Gerrit Hendrik Kersten 1.94 2 −1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Most voted-for party by municipality
Cabinet before Cabinet after
Third Colijn cabinet
RKSP–ARP–CHU–LSP–VDB		 Fourth Colijn cabinet
RKSP–ARP–CHU

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

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