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	92.68% ( 1.33pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– RKSP Willem Hubert Nolens 29.64 30 0 SDAP Johan Willem Albarda 23.81 24 0 ARP Hendrikus Colijn 11.59 12 −1 CHU Dirk Jan de Geer 10.49 11 0 LSP Dirk Fock 7.37 8 −1 VDB Henri Marchant 6.18 7 0 SGP Gerrit Hendrik Kersten 2.27 3 +1 CPN Louis de Visser 2.00 2 +1 MPSL Floris Vos 1.18 1 New HGS Casper Andries Lingbeek 1.06 1 0 PB Arend Braat 1.03 1 0 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	1,001,589	29.64	30	0
	Social Democratic Workers' Party	804,714	23.81	24	0
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	391,832	11.59	12	–1
	Christian Historical Union	354,548	10.49	11	0
	Liberal State Party	249,105	7.37	8	–1
	Free-thinking Democratic League	208,979	6.18	7	0
	Reformed Political Party	76,709	2.27	3	+1
	Communist Party Holland	67,541	2.00	2	+1
	Middle Party for City and Country	39,955	1.18	1	New
	Hervormd Gereformeerde Staatspartij	35,931	1.06	1	0
	Farmers' League Left	34,805	1.03	1	0
	Roman Catholic People's Party	23,804	0.70	0	–1
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	21,812	0.65	0	New
	Federative Union	17,509	0.52	0	New
	Christian Democratic Union	12,780	0.38	0	0
	Democratic Party	9,083	0.27	0	0
	Small Middle Class Party	4,295	0.13	0	New
	National Farmers' League	4,218	0.12	0	New
	Union of Nationalists	3,685	0.11	0	New
	Roman Catholic Farmers' Party	3,369	0.10	0	New
	General Welfare Party	2,256	0.07	0	New
	Social Democratic People's Party	2,156	0.06	0	New
	Christian Workers Party	1,724	0.05	0	New
	Van Nunen List	1,133	0.03	0	New
	Anti-Compulsory Voting Party	1,125	0.03	0	New
	Social Economic People's Party	940	0.03	0	New
	Main and Manual Workers	845	0.03	0	New
	Invalids' Party	715	0.02	0	New
	Verweij List	623	0.02	0	New
	People's Party	449	0.01	0	New
	Kiesvereniging Algemeen Belang	417	0.01	0	New
	Neutral People's Party	342	0.01	0	New
	Siedenburg List	314	0.01	0	New
	Free Christian Party	103	0.00	0	New
	International People's Party	98	0.00	0	New
Total		3,379,503	100.00	100	0
Valid votes		3,379,503	95.41
Invalid/blank votes		162,482	4.59
Total votes		3,541,985	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,821,612	92.68
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen

See also

• List of candidates in the 1929 Dutch general election