1937 Dutch general election

1937 Dutch general election

26 May 1937
All 100 seats in the House of Representatives 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	94.40% ( 0.10pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– RKSP Piet Aalberse 28.84 31 +3 SDAP Johan Willem Albarda 21.95 23 +1 ARP Hendrikus Colijn 16.40 17 +3 CHU Dirk Jan de Geer 7.46 8 −2 VDB Pieter Oud 5.90 6 0 NSB Anton Mussert 4.22 4 New LSP Willem Carel Wendelaar 3.95 4 −3 CPN Louis de Visser 3.35 3 −1 CDU Harm van Houten 2.09 2 +1 SGP Gerrit Hendrik Kersten 1.94 2 −1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Most voted-for party by municipality Cabinet before Cabinet after Third Colijn cabinet RKSP–ARP–CHU–LSP–VDB Fourth Colijn cabinet RKSP–ARP–CHU

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 26 May 1937. The Roman Catholic State Party remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 31 of the 100 seats. Due to the outbreak of World War II two years later, the next general elections were not held until 1946.

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