1888 Dutch general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 6 March 1888.[1] The Liberal Union emerged as the largest party, winning 46 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives.[2]

1888 Dutch general election

6 March 1888
Turnout	81.7%
Party Leader % Seats ± LU Hendrik Goeman Borgesius 40.7% 46 -2 ARP Abraham Kuyper 31.4% 27 +8 Catholic N/A 20.7% 25 +6 Conservative N/A 4.4% 1 +1 SDB Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis 0.9% 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Jan Heemskerk Conservative Aeneas Mackay Jr. ARP

Background

This was the first election held after the constitutional revision of 1887, achieved by Minister of the Interior Jan Heemskerk, which had several effects on the parliamentary system. Firstly, this revision fixed the number of seats in the House of Representatives at 100. Secondly, it abolished multi-seat electoral districts except in large cities in favour of single-seat districts, thus allowing for better representation of geographically concentrated political minorities. Thirdly, the revision ensured all members of the House of Representatives would be elected simultaneously every four years, replacing the previous system of staggered elections. Finally, the change greatly extended suffrage and allowed for gradual further extension by law.[3]

The election was won by the confessional parties, leading to the first Coalition government, combining Anti-Revolutionaries and Catholics, led by Æneas, Baron Mackay,[4] thus heralding a period of Antithesis as championed by Abraham Kuyper, in which government alternated between secular liberals on the left and confessional Anti-Revolutionaries and Catholics on the right.[5] The election also saw the first socialist elected into the House of Representatives, with Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, leader of the Social Democratic League, being elected in a rural Frisian district.[6]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Liberal Union	96,157	40.7	46	–2
Anti-Revolutionary Party	74,048	31.4	27	+8
Catholic Party	48,922	20.7	25	+6
Radicals	4,686	2.0	0	0
Social Democratic League	2,020	0.9	1	+1
Conservatives	10,335	4.4	1	+1
Invalid/blank votes	2,617	–	–	–
Total	238,785	100	100	+14
Registered voters/turnout	292,339	81.7	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By district

  Social Democratic     Liberal     Conservative     Anti-Revolutionary     Catholic  

District results for the Dutch general election, 1888[7]

District	Winner		Ref.
Alkmaar		Willem van der Kaay	[8]
Almelo		Willem Cremers	[9]
Amersfoort		Jan Schimmelpenninck van der Oye	[10]
Amsterdam		Jacob Theodoor Cremer	[11]
		Adriaan Gildemeester	[12]
		Johan George Gleichman	[13]
		Abraham Hartogh	[14]
		Bernardus Hermanus Heldt	[15]
		Arnold Kerdijk	[16]
		Jan Rutgers van Rozenburg	[17]
		Johannes Tak van Poortvliet	[18]
		Willem Hendrik de Beaufort	[19]
Apeldoorn		Frederik van Bylandt	[20]
Appingedam		Jan Schepel	[21]
Arnhem		Willem Rooseboom	[22]
Assen		Warmold Albertinus van der Feltz	[23]
Bergen op Zoom		Lambert de Ram	[24]
Bergum		Okke Tietes Bosgra	[25]
Beverwijk		Jacob Boreel van Hogelanden	[26]
Bodegraven		Simon van Velzen	[27]
Breda		Louis Michiels van Verduynen	[28]
Breukelen		Willem Jan Roijaards van den Ham	[29]
Brielle		Gerardus Jacobus Goekoop	[30]
Delft		Jan Christiaan Fabius	[31]
Den Bosch		Pierre Guillaume Jean van der Schrieck	[32]
Den Haag		Lodewijk Gerard Greeve	[33]
		Lodewijk van Kempen	[34]
		Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck	[35]
Den Helder		Simon Taco Land	[36]
Deventer		Albertus van Delden	[37]
Doetinchem		Jean Gustave Stanislas Bevers	[38]
Dokkum		Ulrich Herman Huber	[39]
Dordrecht		Johannes Barendinus van Osenbruggen	[40]
Druten		Frederic Reekers	[41]
Ede		Levinus Keuchenius	[42]
Eindhoven		Antonius van Baar	[43]
Elst		Godert Willem van Dedem	[44]
Emmen		Hendrik Jan Smidt	[45]
Enkhuizen		Dirk Visser van Hazerswoude	[46]
Enschede		Willem Jacob Geertsema	[47]
Franeker		Franciscus Lieftinck	[48]
Goes		Alexander de Savornin Lohman	[49]
Gorinchem		Hendrik Seret	[50]
Gouda		Karel Antonie Godin de Beaufort	[51]
Grave		Jan Harte van Tecklenburg	[52]
Groningen		Samuel van Houten	[53]
		Jacob Dirk Veegens	[54]
Gulpen		Leonard Ruland	[55]
Haarlem		Antonie Farncombe Sanders	[56]
Haarlemmermeer		Frederic Reekers	[57]
Harlingen		Walle Melis Oppedijk	[58]
Helmond		Petrus Vermeulen	[59]
Hilversum		Theodoor Philip Mackay	[60]
Hontenisse		Felix Walter	[61]
Hoorn		Willem Karel van Dedem	[62]
Kampen		Titus van Asch van Wijck	[63]
Katwijk		Johannes Hendricus Donner	[64]
Leeuwarden		Johannis Zaaijer	[65]
Leiden		Hendrik Johannes Bool	[66]
Lochem		Alex Schimmelpenninck van der Oye	[67]
Loosduinen		Arnoldus van Berckel	[59]
Maastricht		Gustave Ruijs van Beerenbroek	[68]
Meppel		Harm Smeenge	[69]
Middelburg		Christiaan Lucasse	[70]
Nijmegen		Anthonie Ernst Reuther	[71]
Ommen		Jan van Alphen	[72]
Oostburg		Nicolaas Glinderman	[73]
Oosterhout		Theodorus Borret	[74]
Rheden		Maximilien Kolkman	[75]
Ridderkerk		Theo Heemskerk	[76]
Roermond		Hubert Joachim Brouwers	[77]
Rotterdam		Henry David Levyssohn Norman	[78]
		Rudolf Pieter Mees	[79]
		George Hermann Hintzen	[80]
		Herman Cornelis Verniers van der Loeff	[81]
		Willem Adriaan Viruly Verbrugge	[82]
Schiedam		Jacob Gerard Patijn	[83]
Schoterland		Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis	[6]
Sittard		Jerôme Lambrechts	[84]
Sliedrecht		Barthold de Geer van Jutphaas	[85]
Sneek		Willem Gerard Brantsen van de Zijp	[86]
Steenwijk		Gerard Beelaerts van Blokland	[87]
Tiel		Herman Jacob Dijckmeester	[88]
Tilburg		Bernardus Marie Bahlmann	[89]
Utrecht		Joan Röell	[90]
		August Seyffardt	[91]
Veendam		Hendrik Goeman Borgesius	[92]
Veghel		Bernardus van Vlijmen	[93]
Venlo		Leopold Haffmans	[94]
Waalwijk		Antonius Franciscus Vos de Wael	[95]
Weert		Jean Clercx	[96]
Wijk bij Duurstede		Herman Schaepman	[97]
Winschoten		Derk de Ruiter Zijlker	[98]
Wolvega		Ruurd Klazer Okma	[99]
Zaandam		Willem de Meijier	[56]
Zevenbergen		Joannes van Nunen	[100]
Zierikzee		Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk	[101]
Zuidhorn		Eppo Cremers	[102]
Zutphen		Derck Engelberts	[103]
Zwolle		Alexander van Dedem	[104]

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