1888 Dutch General Election
The first confessional cabinet20 March 1888 · The census-suffrage kingdom · 100 seats, 51 for a majority
This was the first election held after the constitutional revision of 1887, achieved by Minister of the Interior Jan Heemskerk, which had several effects on the parliamentary system. Firstly, this revision fixed the number of seats in the House of Representatives at 100.
Held in wartime. This election took place while the country was engaged in Aceh War (1873–1904). Conflicts →
Prime Minister before
—
Prime Minister (continued)
Aeneas Mackay
ARP
Largest force
LU
45 of 100 seats
Turnout
81.4%
The result
LU
Hendrik Goeman Borgesius · 40.7% of votes · -3 seats
45
seats
ARP
Abraham Kuyper · 30.4% of votes · +8 seats
27
seats
Catholic
21.6% of votes · +7 seats
26
seats
SDB
Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis · 0.7% of votes · +1 seats
1
seats
Conservative
Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck van Nijenhuis · +1 seats
1
seats