1929 Dutch Senate election
Elections for 25 out of 50 seats in the Senate of the Netherlands were held on 26 July 1929. All seats in electoral group I comprising the provinces of North Brabant, Zeeland, Utrecht and Limburg, and electoral group III comprising the provinces of North Holland and Friesland, were up for election.
Within each electoral group, Senators were elected by provincial councils using party-list proportional representation. Provincial councillors' votes were weighted to their province's population.[1]
The incumbent Coalition government retained a comfortable majority of 29 seats, down from 30, with the Anti-Revolutionary Party losing a seat in group III.
Results
| Party | Unweighted | Weighted | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Won | Not up | Total | +/− | |||
| Roman Catholic State Party | 128 | 42.38 | 14,283 | 43.20 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Social Democratic Workers' Party | 55 | 18.21 | 6,685 | 20.22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Christian Historical Union | 31 | 10.26 | 3,300 | 9.98 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Liberal State Party | 30 | 9.93 | 3,178 | 9.61 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 32 | 10.60 | 2,839 | 8.59 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −1 | ||
| Free-thinking Democratic League | 22 | 7.28 | 2,512 | 7.60 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | ||
| Reformed Political Party | 4 | 1.32 | 263 | 0.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 302 | 100.00 | 33,060 | 100.00 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Valid votes | 302 | 100.00 | 33,060 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Total votes | 302 | 100.00 | 33,060 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 319 | 94.67 | 35,009 | 94.43 | ||||||
| Source: Staatscourant[2] | ||||||||||
By electoral group
| Party | Unweighted | Weighted | Seats | +/– | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| Roman Catholic State Party | 107 | 58.15 | 11,068 | 63.63 | 8 | 0 | |
| Social Democratic Workers' Party | 20 | 10.87 | 1,734 | 9.97 | 1 | −1 | |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 17 | 9.24 | 1,308 | 7.52 | 1 | 0 | |
| Liberal State Party | 15 | 8.15 | 1,177 | 6.77 | 1 | 0 | |
| Christian Historical Union | 12 | 6.52 | 1,085 | 6.24 | 1 | 0 | |
| Free-thinking Democratic League | 9 | 4.89 | 759 | 4.36 | 1 | +1 | |
| Reformed Political Party | 4 | 2.17 | 263 | 1.51 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 184 | 100.00 | 17,394 | 100.00 | 13 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 184 | 100.00 | 17,394 | 100.00 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Total votes | 184 | 100.00 | 17,394 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 192 | 95.83 | 17,992 | 96.68 | |||
| Source: Staatscourant[2] | |||||||
| Party | Unweighted | Weighted | Seats | +/– | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| Social Democratic Workers' Party | 35 | 29.66 | 4,951 | 31.60 | 4 | +1 | |
| Roman Catholic State Party | 21 | 17.80 | 3,215 | 20.52 | 3 | 0 | |
| Christian Historical Union | 19 | 16.10 | 2,215 | 14.14 | 2 | 0 | |
| Liberal State Party | 15 | 12.71 | 2,001 | 12.77 | 1 | 0 | |
| Free-thinking Democratic League | 13 | 11.02 | 1,753 | 11.19 | 1 | 0 | |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 15 | 12.71 | 1,531 | 9.77 | 1 | −1 | |
| Total | 118 | 100.00 | 15,666 | 100.00 | 12 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 118 | 100.00 | 15,666 | 100.00 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Total votes | 118 | 100.00 | 15,666 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 127 | 92.91 | 17,017 | 92.06 | |||
| Source: Staatscourant[3] | |||||||
References
- ^ "Geschiedenis kiesstelsel Eerste Kamer". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ^ a b "PROCES-VERBAAL van de zitting van het Centraal Stembureau, bedoeld in artikel 115o der Kieswet". Staatscourant (in Dutch). The Hague. 30 July 1929. p. 1. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ^ "PROCES-VERBAAL van de zitting van het Centraal Stembureau, bedoeld in artikel 115o der Kieswet". Staatscourant (in Dutch). The Hague. 30 July 1929. p. 4. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
External links
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