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	28.84	31	+3
	Social Democratic Workers' Party	890,661	21.95	23	+1
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	665,501	16.40	17	+3
	Christian Historical Union	302,829	7.46	8	–2
	Free-thinking Democratic League	239,502	5.90	6	0
	National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands	171,137	4.22	4	New
	Liberal State Party	160,260	3.95	4	–3
	Communist Party of the Netherlands	136,026	3.35	3	–1
	Christian Democratic Union	85,004	2.09	2	+1
	Reformed Political Party	78,619	1.94	2	–1
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	32,846	0.81	0	–1
	Catholic Democratic Party	27,665	0.68	0	New
	Hervormd Gereformeerde Staatspartij	24,543	0.60	0	–1
	Actie Bouwman	21,191	0.52	0	New
	Christian National Action	20,487	0.50	0	New
	General Interest	9,038	0.22	0	New
	Dutch People's Fascism "Black Front"	8,178	0.20	0	New
	National Farmers', Horticulturists' and Middle Class Party	6,891	0.17	0	–1
	Alliance for National Reconstruction	6,270	0.15	0	–1
	National Socialist Dutch Workers Party	998	0.02	0	New
Total		4,058,077	100.00	100	0
Valid votes		4,058,077	96.32
Invalid/blank votes		154,826	3.68
Total votes		4,212,903	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,462,859	94.40
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen

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