1929 Dutch general election

1929 Dutch general election

3 July 1929
All 100 seats in the House of Representatives 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	89.61% ( 2.84pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– RKSP Willem Hubert Nolens 29.38 30 0 SDAP Johan Willem Albarda 24.03 24 0 ARP Hendrikus Colijn 11.72 12 −1 CHU Dirk Jan de Geer 10.59 11 0 LSP Dirk Fock 7.32 8 −1 VDB Henri Marchant 6.09 7 0 SGP Gerrit Hendrik Kersten 2.25 3 +1 MPSL Floris Vos 1.15 1 New CPN Louis de Visser 1.13 1 0 HGS Casper Andries Lingbeek 1.09 1 0 PB Arend Braat 1.02 1 0 CPH-CC David Wijnkoop 0.93 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Cabinet before Cabinet after First De Geer cabinet RKSP–ARP–CHU Third Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet RKSP–ARP–CHU

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 3 July 1929. The Roman Catholic State Party remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 30 of the 100 seats.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Roman Catholic State Party	931,832	29.38	30	0
	Social Democratic Workers' Party	762,281	24.03	24	0
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	371,698	11.72	12	–1
	Christian Historical Union	335,800	10.59	11	0
	Liberal State Party	232,187	7.32	8	–1
	Free-thinking Democratic League	193,031	6.09	7	0
	Reformed Political Party	71,420	2.25	3	+1
	Middle Party for City and Country	36,382	1.15	1	New
	Communist Party of the Netherlands (de Visser)	35,696	1.13	1	0
	Hervormd Gereformeerde Staatspartij	34,442	1.09	1	0
	Farmers' League Left	32,301	1.02	1	0
	Communist Party of the Netherlands (Wijnkoop)	29,355	0.93	1	New
	Roman Catholic People's Party	21,894	0.69	0	–1
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	20,869	0.66	0	New
	Federative Union	15,704	0.50	0	New
	Christian Democratic Union	12,407	0.39	0	0
	Democratic Party	8,650	0.27	0	0
	Small Middle Class Party	4,072	0.13	0	New
	National Farmers' League	4,032	0.13	0	New
	Union of Nationalists	3,459	0.11	0	New
	Roman Catholic Farmers' Party	2,658	0.08	0	New
	Social Democratic People's Party	2,045	0.06	0	New
	General Welfare Party	1,958	0.06	0	New
	Christian Workers Party	1,602	0.05	0	New
	Van Nunen List	1,133	0.04	0	New
	Main and Manual Workers	845	0.03	0	New
	Social Economic People's Party	774	0.02	0	New
	Invalids' Party	715	0.02	0	New
	Verweij List	623	0.02	0	New
	People's Party	449	0.01	0	New
	Anti-Compulsory Voting Party	444	0.01	0	New
	Kiesvereniging Algemeen Belang	417	0.01	0	New
	Neutral People's Party	342	0.01	0	New
	Siedenburg List	279	0.01	0	New
	Free Christian Party	103	0.00	0	New
	International People's Party	98	0.00	0	New
Total		3,171,997	100.00	100	0
Valid votes		3,168,258	98.54
Invalid votes		42,678	1.33
Blank votes		4,299	0.13
Total votes		3,215,235	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,588,106	89.61
Source: Kiesraad

See also

• List of candidates in the 1929 Dutch general election