1924 Dutch East Indies Volksraad election

Electoral system

The Volksraad had a total of 48 members, half of which were elected and half appointed.[1] Seats were also assigned to ethnic groups, with 25 for the Dutch population (twelve elected, thirteen appointed), 20 for the native population (twelve elected, eight appointed) and three for the Chinese population (all of which were appointed).[1]

Results

Grouping Seats +/–
Moderate right-wing28+1
Moderate left-wing10–4
Left-wing50
Right-wing5+3
Total480
Source: Schmutzer[1]
gollark: ???
gollark: Also multiple marriages.
gollark: While we're at it, let's also allow transitive and nontransitive marriages, and unidirectional marriages, because why not.
gollark: Imagine how many government databases would have to be redesigned to store complex marriage graphs.
gollark: (I don't actually support this, it would be problematic, but I think there are good arguments that parents getting tons of control over raising children is actually problematic)

References

  1. Eduard J. M. Schmutzer (1977) Dutch colonial policy and the search for identity in Indonesia 1920-1931 Brill Archive, p68
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