1926 Dutch Senate election

none 1926 Dutch Senate election The Netherlands no 1923 1929 25 of the 50 seats in the Senate 26 30 July 1926 Roman Catholic State Party 16 16 20.54 Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands) 11 11 22.09 Anti-Revolutionary Party 8 7 19.48 Christian Historical Union 7 7 14.46 Liberal State Party 5 6 14.39 Free-thinking Democratic League 3 3 7.13 President of the Senate Jan Joseph Godfried van Voorst tot Voorst AB Jan Joseph Godfried van Voorst tot Voorst AB thumb|Elected Senators Elections for 25 out of 50 seats in the Senate of the Netherlands were held on 30 July 1926. All seats in electoral group II comprising the provinces of Gelderland, Overijssel, Groningen and Drenthe, and electoral group IV comprising the province of South Holland, were up for election. Within each electoral group, Senators were elected by provincial councils using party-list proportional representation. Provincial councillors' votes were weighted to their province's population.https://parlement.com/geschiedenis-kiesstelsel-eerste-kamer#p3 Geschiedenis kiesstelsel Eerste Kamer Parlement.com nl 23 August 2025 The incumbent Coalition government retained a comfortable majority of 30 seats, down from 31. The Anti-Revolutionary Party lost one seat to the Liberal State Party in group IV. Results 1926 Senate election Unweighted Weighted Won Not up Total +/− Social Democratic Workers' Party 57 7309 6 5 11 0 Roman Catholic State Party 51 6796 5 11 16 0 Anti-Revolutionary Party 49 6446 4 3 7 −1 Christian Historical Union 37 4786 4 3 7 0 Liberal State Party 40 4762 4 2 6 +1 Free-thinking Democratic League 20 2360 2 1 3 0 Reformed Political Party 4 631 0 0 0 0 0 0 271 0 34786 Staatscourant4 August 1926 PROCES-VERBAAL van de zitting van het Centraal Stembureau, bedoeld in artikel 115o der Kieswet. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB08:000181960:mpeg21:a0025 Staatscourant nl The Hague 1 30 August 2025 By electoral group 1926 Senate election in electoral group II Unweighted Weighted Roman Catholic State Party 37 3883 3 0 Social Democratic Workers' Party 39 3565 3 0 Anti-Revolutionary Party 32 2910 2 0 Christian Historical Union 26 2498 2 0 Liberal State Party 29 2474 2 0 Free-thinking Democratic League 15 1320 1 0 Reformed Political Party 2 215 0 0 0 0 189 0 17730 Staatscourant 1926 Senate election in electoral group IV Unweighted Weighted Social Democratic Workers' Party 18 3744 3 0 Anti-Revolutionary Party 17 3536 2 −1 Roman Catholic State Party 14 2912 2 0 Christian Historical Union 11 2288 2 0 Liberal State Party 11 2288 2 +1 Free-thinking Democratic League 5 1040 1 0 Reformed Political Party 2 416 0 0 0 0 82 0 17056 Staatscourant4 August 1926 PROCES-VERBAAL van de zitting van het Centraal Stembureau, bedoeld in artikel 115o der Kieswet. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB08:000181960:mpeg21:p020 Staatscourant nl The Hague 8 30 August 2025 References External links Senate 1926