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1937 Dutch general election All 100 seats in the House of Representatives 51 seats needed for a majorityTurnout 94.40% ( 0.10pp )
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Most voted-for party by municipality
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 26 May 1937.[1] The Roman Catholic State Party remained the largest party in the House of Representatives , winning 31 of the 100 seats.[2] Due to the outbreak of World War II two years later, the next general elections were not held until 1946 .
Results
Party Votes % Seats +/– Roman Catholic State Party 1,170,431 28.84 31 +3 Social Democratic Workers' Party 890,661 21.95 23 +1 Anti-Revolutionary Party 665,501 16.40 17 +3 Christian Historical Union 302,829 7.46 8 –2 Free-thinking Democratic League 239,502 5.90 6 0 National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands 171,137 4.22 4 New Liberal State Party 160,260 3.95 4 –3 Communist Party of the Netherlands 136,026 3.35 3 –1 Christian Democratic Union 85,004 2.09 2 +1 Reformed Political Party 78,619 1.94 2 –1 Revolutionary Socialist Party 32,846 0.81 0 –1 Catholic Democratic Party 27,665 0.68 0 New Hervormd Gereformeerde Staatspartij 24,543 0.60 0 –1 Actie Bouwman 21,191 0.52 0 New Christian National Action 20,487 0.50 0 New General Interest 9,038 0.22 0 New Dutch People's Fascism "Black Front" 8,178 0.20 0 New National Farmers', Horticulturists' and Middle Class Party 6,891 0.17 0 –1 Alliance for National Reconstruction 6,270 0.15 0 –1 National Socialist Dutch Workers Party 998 0.02 0 New Total 4,058,077 100.00 100 0 Valid votes 4,058,077 96.32 Invalid/blank votes 154,826 3.68 Total votes 4,212,903 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 4,462,859 94.40 Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen
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