1927 Dutch East Indies Volksraad Election

1927 · The colonial Volksraad · 37 seats, 31 for a majority

The Volksraad had a total of 60 members, 37 of which were elected and 21 appointed. Seats were also assigned to ethnic groups, with 30 for the Dutch population (15 elected, 15 appointed), 25 for the native population (19 elected, 4 appointed) and five for the Chinese population (3 elected, 2 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.

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President (continued)

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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.