1937 Dutch general election

none Netherlands 1933 1946 All 100 seats in the House of Representatives 51 26 May 1937 94.40% ( 0.10pp) Piet Aalberse Roman Catholic State Party 28 31 28.84 Johan Willem Albarda Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands) 22 23 21.95 Hendrikus Colijn Anti-Revolutionary Party 14 17 16.40 Dirk Jan de Geer Christian Historical Union 10 8 7.46 Pieter Oud Free-thinking Democratic League 6 6 5.90 Anton Mussert National Socialist Movement (Netherlands) New 4 4.22 Willem Carel Wendelaar Liberal State Party 7 4 3.95 Louis de Visser Communist Party of the Netherlands 4 3 3.35 Harm van Houten Christian Democratic Union (Netherlands) 1 2 2.09 Gerrit Hendrik Kersten Reformed Political Party 3 2 1.94 1937 Dutch general election.svg Most voted-for party by municipality Cabinet Third Colijn cabinet RKSP–ARP–CHU–LSP–VDB Fourth Colijn cabinet RKSP–ARP–CHU General elections were held in the Netherlands on 26 May 1937.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 978-3-8329-5609-7 The Roman Catholic State Party remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 31 of the 100 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1413 Due to the outbreak of World War II two years later, the next general elections were not held until 1946. The 1937 Senate election took place a day after the general election. Results Roman Catholic State Party 1170431 31 +3 Social Democratic Workers' Party 890661 23 +1 Anti-Revolutionary Party 665501 17 +3 Christian Historical Union 302829 8 –2 Free-thinking Democratic League 239502 6 0 National Socialist Movement 171137 4 New Liberal State Party 160260 4 –3 Communist Party of the Netherlands 136026 3 –1 Christian Democratic Union 85004 2 +1 Reformed Political Party 78619 2 –1 Revolutionary Socialist Party 32846 0 –1 Catholic Democratic Party (Netherlands) Catholic Democratic Party nl Katholiek Democratische Partij 27665 0 New #FADA5E Hervormd Gereformeerde Staatspartij 24543 0 –1 Actie Bouwman 21191 0 New Christian National Action nl Christelijk Nationale Actie 20487 0 New General Interest 9038 0 New Dutch People's Fascism "Black Front" 8178 0 New National Farmers', Horticulturists' and Middle Class Party 6891 0 –1 Alliance for National Reconstruction 6270 0 –1 #F4A460 National Socialist Dutch Workers Party 998 0 New black 154826 0 4462859 CBS,https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/cijfers/detail/37388 Verkiezingsuitslag en zetelverdeling Tweede Kamer, 1937 CBS Kiesraadhttps://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/TK19370526 Tweede Kamer 26 mei 1937 Kiesraad Dutch See also List of candidates in the 1937 Dutch general election Pillarisation References Category:General elections in the Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands General