All Netherlands elections

1922 Dutch General Election

The first election with women's votes

5 July 1922 · Pacification and the pillarised nation · 100 seats, 51 for a majority

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 5 July 1922. They were the first elections held under universal suffrage, which became reality after the acceptance of a proposal by Henri Marchant in 1919 that gave women full voting rights.

Prime Minister before

Prime Minister (continued)

Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck

RKSP

Largest force

AB

32 of 100 seats

Turnout

The result

Share of the House of Representatives
ABWillem Hubert Nolens32+2
29.9%
SDAPPieter Jelles Troelstra20-2
19.4%
ARPHendrikus Colijn16+3
13.7%
CHUJohannes Theodoor de Visser11+4
10.9%
LSPHendrik Coenraad Dresselhuijs10
9.3%
VDBHenri Marchant50
4.6%
CPHDavid Wijnkoop20
1.8%
PBArend Braat2+1
1.6%
LPSamuel van Houten1
1.0%
SGPGerrit Hendrik Kersten1+1
0.9%