1888 Dutch general election

1888 Dutch general election
6 March 1888 (first round)
20 March 1888 (second round)
All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout81.41% ( 26.27pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
LU Hendrik Goeman Borgesius 40.72 45 −3
ARP Abraham Kuyper 30.43 27 +8
Catholic 21.55 26 +7
SDB Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis 0.68 1 +1
Conservative Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck van Nijenhuis 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by constituency
Cabinet before Cabinet after
Jan Heemskerk cabinet
Conservative–Liberal		 Mackay cabinet
Coalition

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 6 March 1888, with a second round in 25 constituencies on 20 March. The Liberal Union emerged as the largest party, winning 46 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives.

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