1927 Dutch East Indies Volksraad election

Dutch East Indies 1924 1931 37 of the 60 seats in the Volksraad 31 1927 yes yes Moderate right-wing 28 36 #0096FF Moderate left-wing 10 9 #EE4B2B Left-wing 5 9 #B00000 Right-wing #0A00CC 5 6 1927 Dutch East Indies Volksraadgebouw Arrangement.svg Composition of the Volksraad following the 1927 election Elections to the Volksraad were held in the Dutch East Indies in 1927. Electoral system The Volksraad had a total of 60 members, 37 of which were elected and 21 appointed. Schmutzer Eduard J. M. Dutch colonial policy and the search for identity in Indonesia 1920-1931 Brill 1977 The Netherlands 68 9789004054011 Seats were also assigned to ethnic groups, with 30 for the Dutch population (15 elected, 15 appointed), 25 for the native population (19 elected, 4 appointed) and five for the Chinese population (3 elected, 2 appointed). Results thumb|Portrait of W.H. van Helsdingen, Chairman of the Volksraad in 1927. Later replaced by Meyer Ranneft in 1929. thumb|The new Governor-General Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer leaves the Volksraad building where the transfer of administration took place together with the recently resigned G.G. B.C. de Jonge (1937) thumb|Governor-General De Graaf answers the speech of the chairman of the Volksraad Meyer Ranneft, who comes to offer congratulations "from the population" in 1929. Most radical Indonesians withdrew from the Volksraad in 1923. Grouping Moderate right-wing 36 +8 Moderate left-wing 9 –1 Left-wing 9 +4 Right-wing 6 +1 +12 Schmutzer References Dutch Category:Dutch East Indies Volksraad elections Volksraad