All Netherlands elections

1887 Dutch General Election

14 September 1887 · 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

Prime Minister (continued)

Jan Heemskerk

Independent

Largest force

LU

48 of 86 seats

Turnout

55.1%

The result

Share of the House of Representatives
LUHendrik Goeman Borgesius48
ARPAbraham Kuyper19
CatholicsBernardus Bahlmann & Herman Schaepman19