1922 Dutch General Election
The first election with women's votes5 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
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Prime Minister (continued)
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck
RKSP
Largest force
AB
32 of 100 seats
Turnout
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The result
AB
Willem Hubert Nolens · 29.9% of votes · +2 seats
32
seats
SDAP
Pieter Jelles Troelstra · 19.4% of votes · -2 seats
20
seats
ARP
Hendrikus Colijn · 13.7% of votes · +3 seats
16
seats
CHU
Johannes Theodoor de Visser · 10.9% of votes · +4 seats
11
seats
LSP
Hendrik Coenraad Dresselhuijs · 9.3% of votes
10
seats
VDB
Henri Marchant · 4.6% of votes · 0 seats
5
seats
CPH
David Wijnkoop · 1.8% of votes · 0 seats
2
seats
PB
Arend Braat · 1.6% of votes · +1 seats
2
seats
LP
Samuel van Houten · 1.0% of votes
1
seats
SGP
Gerrit Hendrik Kersten · 0.9% of votes · +1 seats
1
seats