1937 Dutch general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 26 May 1937.[1] The Roman Catholic State Party remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 31 of the 100 seats.[2]

1937 Dutch general election

26 May 1937
Turnout	94.4%
Party Leader % Seats ± RKSP Piet Aalberse 28.8% 31 +3 SDAP Johann Willem Albarda 21.9% 23 +1 ARP Hendrikus Colijn 16.4% 17 +3 CHU Dirk Jan de Geer 7.5% 8 -2 VDB Pieter Oud 5.9% 6 0 NSB Anton Mussert 4.2% 4 New LSP Willem Carel Wendelaar 3.9% 4 -3 CPN Louis de Visser 3.4% 3 -1 CDU Harm van Houten 2.1% 2 +1 SGP Gerrit Hendrik Kersten 1.9% 2 -1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Hendrikus Colijn ARP Hendrikus Colijn ARP

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Roman Catholic State Party	1,170,431	28.8	31	+3
Social Democratic Workers' Party	890,661	21.9	23	+1
Anti-Revolutionary Party	665,501	16.4	17	+3
Christian Historical Union	302,829	7.5	8	–2
Free-thinking Democratic League	239,502	5.9	6	0
National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands	171,137	4.2	4	New
Liberal State Party	160,260	3.9	4	–3
Communist Party of the Netherlands	136,026	3.4	3	–1
Christian Democratic Union	85,004	2.1	2	+1
Reformed Political Party	78,619	1.9	2	–1
Revolutionary Socialist Party	32,846	0.9	0	–1
Catholic Democratic Party	27,665	0.7	0	New
Hervormd Gereformeerde Staatspartij	24,543	0.7	0	–1
Actie Bouwman	21,192	0.6	0	New
Christian National Action	20,486	0.6	0	New
Public Interest	14567	0.4	0	New
National Farmers', Horticulturists' and Middle Class Party	6,891	0.2	0	–1
Alliance for National Reconstruction	6,270	0.2	0	–1
Dutch People's Fascism	2,649	0.1	0	New
National Socialist Dutch Workers Party	998	0.0	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	154,826	–	–	–
Total	4,212,903	100	100	0
Registered voters/turnout	4,462,859	94.4	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Directory of small political parties 1918-1967

Popular Vote RKSP   28.84% SDAP   21.95% ARP   16.40% CHU   7.46% VDB   5.90% NSB   4.22% LSP   3.95% CPN   3.35% CDU   2.09% SGP   1.94% RSP   0.81% KDP   0.68% HGSP   0.60% Other   1.80%

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1413