All Netherlands elections

1918 Dutch General Election

The first PR election

3 July 1918 · Pacification and the pillarised nation · 100 seats, 51 for a majority

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 3 July 1918. They were the first elections held after a series of reforms that introduced universal male suffrage and pure proportional representation, replacing the previous two-round system in single member constituencies.

Prime Minister before

Prime Minister (continued)

Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck

RKSP

Largest force

AB

30 of 100 seats

Turnout

The result

Share of the House of Representatives
ABWillem Hubert Nolens30+5
30.0%
SDAPPieter Jelles Troelstra22+7
22.0%
ARPAbraham Kuyper13+2
13.4%
CHUAlexander de Savornin Lohman7-2
6.5%
LUEduard Ellis van Raalte6-15
6.2%
VDBHenri Marchant5-3
5.3%
BVLAlibert Cornelis Visser van IJzendoorn4-6
3.8%
EBWillem Treub3
3.1%
SDPDavid Wijnkoop2+2
2.3%
MPAbraham Staalman1
0.9%
CDPAndries Staalman1+1
0.8%
PBFrederik Bos1
0.7%
SPHarm Kolthek1
0.7%
BCSWilly Kruyt1
0.6%
CSPAdolf Robbert van de Laar1
0.6%
NPHenri ter Hall1
0.5%
VDWWillem Wijk1
0.5%