1886 Dutch General Election
29 June 1886 · The census-suffrage kingdom · 86 seats, 44 for a majority
The other 78 were elected using two-round plurality block voting in 35 constituencies from 2 to 7 seats. To be elected in the first round, a candidate had to reach an electoral threshold of 50% of the number of valid votes cast, divided by the number of seats up for election in the district.
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
Jan Heemskerk
Independent
Largest force
LU
47 of 86 seats
Turnout
75.6%
The result
| Share of the House of Representatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LU | Hendrik Goeman Borgesius | 47 | — | — | — | — | |
| ARP | Abraham Kuyper | 19 | — | — | — | — | |
| Catholics | Bernardus Bahlmann & Herman Schaepman | 19 | — | — | — | — | |
| Conservative | Jan Reijnaud Corver Hooft | 1 | — | — | — | — |