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1888 Dutch general election

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FieldValue
countryNetherlands
previous_election1887
next_election1891
seats_for_electionAll 100 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats51
election_date6 March 1888 (first round)
20 March 1888 (second round)
turnout81.41% ( 26.27pp)
party1Liberal Union (Netherlands)
leader1Hendrik Goeman Borgesius
last_election148
seats145
percentage140.72
party2Anti-Revolutionary Party
leader2Abraham Kuyper
last_election219
seats227
percentage230.43
color3black
party3Catholic
party3_linkno
last_election319
seats326
percentage321.55
party4SDB
leader4Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis
last_election40
seats41
percentage40.68
colour5#437599
party5Conservative
party5_linkno
leader5Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck van Nijenhuis
last_election50
seats51
mapTweede Kamerverkiezingen 1888.svg
map_captionResults by constituency
titleCabinet
before_electionJan Heemskerk cabinet
before_partyConservative–Liberal
after_electionMackay cabinet
after_partyCoalition

20 March 1888 (second round)

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.

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.

The election was won by the confessional parties, leading to the first Coalition government, combining Anti-Revolutionaries and Catholics, led by Æneas, Baron Mackay, 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. 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.

Electoral system

Of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives, 79 were elected in single-member constituencies using the two-round system.

The other 21 were elected using two-round plurality block voting in 5 constituencies from 2 to 9 seats. To be elected in the first round, a candidate had to reach an electoral threshold of 50% of the number of valid votes cast, divided by the number of seats up for election in the district.

Results

By district

Social Democratic
Liberal
Conservative
Anti-Revolutionary
Catholic

DistrictWinnerRef.AlkmaarAlmeloAmersfoortAmsterdamApeldoornAppingedamArnhemAssenBergen op ZoomBergumBeverwijkBodegravenBredaBreukelenBrielleDelftDen BoschDen HaagDen HelderDeventerDoetinchemDokkumDordrechtDrutenEdeEindhovenElstEmmenEnkhuizenEnschedeFranekerGoesGorinchemGoudaGraveGroningenGulpenHaarlemHaarlemmermeerHarlingenHelmondHilversumHontenisseHoornKampenKatwijkLeeuwardenLeidenLochemLoosduinenMaastrichtMeppelMiddelburgNijmegenOmmenOostburgOosterhoutRhedenRidderkerkRoermondRotterdamSchiedamSchoterlandSittardSliedrechtSneekSteenwijkTielTilburgUtrechtVeendamVeghelVenloWaalwijkWeertWijk bij DuurstedeWinschotenWolvegaZaandamZevenbergenZierikzeeZuidhornZutphenZwolle
Willem van der Kaay
Willem Cremers
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Jan Schimmelpenninck van der Oye
Jacob Theodoor Cremer
Adriaan Gildemeester
Johan George Gleichman
Abraham Hartogh
Bernardus Hermanus Heldt
Arnold Kerdijk
Jan Rutgers van Rozenburg
Johannes Tak van Poortvliet
Willem Hendrik de Beaufort
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Frederik van Bylandt
Jan Schepel
Willem Rooseboom
Warmold Albertinus van der Feltz
Lambert de Ram
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Okke Tietes Bosgra
Jacob Boreel van Hogelanden
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Simon van Velzen
Louis Michiels van Verduynen
Willem Jan Roijaards van den Ham
Gerardus Jacobus Goekoop
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Jan Christiaan Fabius
Pierre Guillaume Jean van der Schrieck
Lodewijk Gerard Greeve
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Lodewijk van Kempen
Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck
Simon Taco Land
Albertus van Delden
Jean Gustave Stanislas Bevers
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Ulrich Herman Huber
Johannes Barendinus van Osenbruggen
Frederic Reekers
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Levinus Keuchenius
Antonius van Baar
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Godert Willem van Dedem
Hendrik Jan Smidt
Dirk Visser van Hazerswoude
Willem Jacob Geertsema
Franciscus Lieftinck
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Alexander de Savornin Lohman
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Hendrik Seret
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Karel Antonie Godin de Beaufort
Jan Harte van Tecklenburg
Samuel van Houten
Jacob Dirk Veegens
Leonard Ruland
Antonie Farncombe Sandersurl=https://www.parlement.com/id/vg09ll3d40zc/w_de_meijiertitle=W. de Meijierwebsite=Parlement & Politieklanguage=Dutchaccessdate=12 September 2017}}
Frederic Reekers
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Walle Melis Oppedijk
Petrus Vermeulenurl=https://www.parlement.com/id/vg09llbysgzt/p_j_f_vermeulentitle=Dr. P.J.F. Vermeulenwebsite=Parlement & Politieklanguage=Dutchaccessdate=12 September 2017}}
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Theodoor Philip Mackay
Felix Walter
Willem Karel van Dedem
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Titus van Asch van Wijck
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Johannes Hendricus Donner
Johannis Zaaijer
Hendrik Johannes Bool
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Alex Schimmelpenninck van der Oye
Arnoldus van Berckel
Gustave Ruijs van Beerenbroek
Harm Smeenge
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Christiaan Lucasse
Anthonie Ernst Reuther
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Jan van Alphen
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Nicolaas Glinderman
Theodorus Borret
Maximilien Kolkman
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Theo Heemskerk
Hubert Joachim Brouwers
Henry David Levyssohn Norman
Rudolf Pieter Mees
George Hermann Hintzen
Herman Cornelis Verniers van der Loeff
Willem Adriaan Viruly Verbrugge
Jacob Gerard Patijn
Labour Party (Netherlands)}}"Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis
Jerôme Lambrechts
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Barthold de Geer van Jutphaas
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Willem Gerard Brantsen van de Zijp
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Gerard Beelaerts van Blokland
Herman Jacob Dijckmeester
Bernardus Marie Bahlmann
Joan Röell
August Seyffardt
Hendrik Goeman Borgesius
Bernardus van Vlijmen
Leopold Haffmans
Antonius Franciscus Vos de Wael
Jean Clercx
Herman Schaepman
Derk de Ruiter Zijlker
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Ruurd Klazer Okma
Willem de Meijier
Joannes van Nunen
Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk
Eppo Cremers
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Derck Engelberts
Anti-Revolutionary Party}}"Alexander van Dedem

References

References

  1. [[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1395 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1412
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  8. "Tweede Kamer 20 maart 1888".
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  11. "Mr. W. van der Kaay".
  12. "Mr. W.C.J.J. Cremers".
  13. "J.E.N. baron Schimmelpenninck van der Oye".
  14. "J.Th. Cremer".
  15. "A. Gildemeester".
  16. "Mr. J.G. Gleichman".
  17. "Mr. A.F.K. Hartogh".
  18. "B.H. Heldt".
  19. "Mr. A. (Nol) Kerdijk".
  20. "Jhr.Mr. J.W.H. Rutgers van Rozenburg".
  21. "Mr. J.P.R. Tak van Poortvliet".
  22. "Mr. W.H. de Beaufort".
  23. "Mr. W.K.F.P. (Frederik) graaf van Bylandt".
  24. "J. Schepel".
  25. "W. Rooseboom".
  26. "W.A. baron van der Feltz".
  27. "L.D.J.L. (Lambert) de Ram".
  28. "O.T. Bosgra".
  29. "Jhr.Mr. J.W.G. Boreel van Hogelanden".
  30. "S. van Velzen jr.".
  31. "Mr. L.P.M.H. baron Michiels van Verduynen".
  32. "Mr. W.J. Roijaards van den Ham".
  33. "Mr. G.J. Goekoop".
  34. "J.Ch. Fabius".
  35. "P.G.J. van der Schrieck".
  36. "Mr. L.G. Greeve".
  37. "L.J.S. van Kempen".
  38. "Mr. R.J. graaf Schimmelpenninck van Nijenhuis".
  39. "S.T. Land".
  40. "Mr. A. van Delden".
  41. "Mr. J.G.S. Bevers".
  42. "Mr. U.H. Huber".
  43. "Mr. J.B. van Osenbruggen".
  44. "Mr. F.J.M.A. Reekers".
  45. "Mr. L.W.Ch. Keuchenius".
  46. "Mr. A.J.H. van Baar".
  47. "Mr. G.W. baron van Dedem".
  48. "Mr. H.J. Smidt".
  49. "Mr. D. Visser van Hazerswoude".
  50. "W.J. Geertsema".
  51. "F. Lieftinck".
  52. "Jhr.Mr. A.F. de Savornin Lohman".
  53. "H. Seret".
  54. "Jhr.Mr. K.A. Godin de Beaufort".
  55. "Mr. J.J.I. (Jan) Harte van Tecklenburg".
  56. "Mr. S. (Sam) van Houten".
  57. "Mr. J.D. Veegens".
  58. "L.F.H.C. Ruland".
  59. "W. de Meijier".
  60. "Mr. F.J.M.A. Reekers".
  61. "W.M. Oppedijk".
  62. "Dr. P.J.F. Vermeulen".
  63. "Mr. Th.Ph. baron Mackay".
  64. "Mr. F.J.F.M. (Felix) Walter".
  65. "Mr. W.K. baron van Dedem".
  66. "Jhr.Mr. T.A.J. (Titus) van Asch van Wijck".
  67. "J.H. Donner".
  68. "Dr. J. Zaaijer Azn.".
  69. "H.J. Bool".
  70. "A. (Alex) baron Schimmelpenninck van der Oye".
  71. "Jhr.Mr. G.L.M.H. (Gustave) Ruijs van Beerenbroek".
  72. "Mr. H. (Harm) Smeenge".
  73. "Mr. Ch. Lucasse".
  74. "A.E. Reuther".
  75. "J. (Jan) van Alphen".
  76. "N. Glinderman".
  77. "Mr. Th.L.M.H. Borret".
  78. "Mr. M.J.C.M. Kolkman".
  79. "Mr. Th. (Theo) Heemskerk".
  80. "Mr. H.J. Brouwers".
  81. "Mr. H.D. Levyssohn Norman".
  82. "Dr. R.P. Mees R.Azn.".
  83. "G.H. Hintzen".
  84. "Mr. H.C. Verniers van der Loeff".
  85. "W.A. Viruly Verbrugge".
  86. "Mr. J.G. Patijn".
  87. "Mr. H.F. (Jérôme) Lambrechts".
  88. "Dr.Mr. B.J. Lintelo baron de Geer van Jutphaas".
  89. "Mr. W.G. baron Brantsen van de Zijp".
  90. "Jhr.Mr. G.J.Th. Beelaerts van Blokland".
  91. "Mr. H.J. Dijckmeester".
  92. "Mr. B.M. Bahlmann".
  93. "Jhr.Mr. J. Röell".
  94. "A.L.W. Seyffardt".
  95. "Mr.Dr. H. (Hendrik) Goeman Borgesius".
  96. "B.R.F. van Vlijmen".
  97. "Mr. J.H.L. (Leopold) Haffmans".
  98. "Mr. A.F. Vos de Wael".
  99. "Mr. J.M.L.H. Clercx".
  100. "Dr. H.J.A.M. (Herman) Schaepman".
  101. "Mr. D. de Ruiter Zijlker".
  102. "R.K. Okma".
  103. "J.P.Th. van Nunen".
  104. "J.J. van Kerkwijk".
  105. "Mr. E.J.J.B. (Eppo) Cremers".
  106. "Mr. D. Engelberts".
  107. "A. baron van Dedem".
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