1917 Dutch East Indies Volksraad Election

16 October 1917 · The colonial Volksraad · 22 seats, 20 for a majority

The Volksraad was created by a law passed on 16 December 1916 in order to further the possibility of self-government. It had a total of 38 members, half of which were to be elected and half appointed.

A colonial advisory council of the Dutch East Indies: partly appointed, elected on a tiny franchise weighted toward Europeans. Recorded here as the colonial prelude, not as an Indonesian election.

President before

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President (continued)

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Largest force

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Turnout

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The surviving record for this contest does not include a party-by-party results table; the story above is what the sources support.