Dutch general election, 1909
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A general election of the House of Representatives of the Dutch Parliament
was held in the Netherlands
in 1909.
States-General of the Netherlands
The States-General of the Netherlands is the bicameral legislature of the Netherlands, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The parliament meets in at the Binnenhof in The Hague. The archaic Dutch word "staten" originally related to the feudal classes in which medieval...
was held in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
in 1909.
National summary
| Party | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-Revolutionaire Partij | 27.9 | 25 |
| Liberale Unie | 17.8 | 20 |
| Sociaal Democratische Arbeiders Partij | 13.9 | 7 |
| Roomsch-Katholieke Bond van Kiesvereenigingen | 13.1 | 25 |
| Christelijk-Historische Unie | 10.6 | 10 |
| Vrijzinnig Democratische Bond | 9.1 | 9 |
| Bond van Vrije Liberalen | 5.6 | 4 |
| Total | - | 100 |
Parties
- Anti Revolutionary Party (Anti-Revolutionaire Partij)
- Christian Historical Union (Christelijke-Historische Unie), merger of the Free Anti Revolutionary Party, the Christian Historical Voters' League and the Frisian Christian Historical Union
- Freethinking Democratic League (Vrijzinnig Democratische Bond)
- League of Free Liberals (Bond van Vrije Liberalen)
- Liberal Union (Liberale Unie)
- Roman Catholic League of Electoral Associations (Roomsch-Katholieke Bond van Kiesverenigingen)
- Social Democratic Workers' Party (Sociaal-Democratische Arbeiderspartij)