19331946

1937 Dutch General Election

Colijn against the storm

26 May 1937 · Pacification and the pillarised nation · 100 seats, 51 for a majority

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 26 May 1937. The Roman Catholic State Party remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 31 of the 100 seats.

Prime Minister before

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Prime Minister (continued)

Hendrikus Colijn

ARP

Largest force

RKSP

31 of 100 seats

Turnout

94.4%

The result

RKSP
Piet Aalberse · 28.8% of votes · +3 seats
31
seats
SDAP
Johan Willem Albarda · 21.9% of votes · +1 seats
23
seats
ARP
Hendrikus Colijn · 16.4% of votes · +3 seats
17
seats
CHU
Dirk Jan de Geer · 7.5% of votes · -2 seats
8
seats
VDB
Pieter Oud · 5.9% of votes · 0 seats
6
seats
NSB
Anton Mussert · 4.2% of votes
4
seats
LSP
Willem Carel Wendelaar · 4.0% of votes · -3 seats
4
seats
CPN
Louis de Visser · 3.4% of votes · -1 seats
3
seats
CDU
Harm van Houten · 2.1% of votes · +1 seats
2
seats
SGP
Gerrit Hendrik Kersten · 1.9% of votes · -1 seats
2
seats