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1927 Dutch East Indies Volksraad election

Field	Value
country	Dutch East Indies
previous_election	1924
next_election	1931
seats_for_election	37 of the 60 seats in the Volksraad
majority_seats	31
election_date	1927
noleader	yes
nopercentage	yes
party1	Moderate right-wing
last_election1	28
seats1	36
color1	#0096FF
party2	Moderate left-wing
last_election2	10
seats2	9
color2	#EE4B2B
party3	Left-wing
last_election3	5
seats3	9
color3	#B00000
party4	Right-wing
color4	#0A00CC
last_election4	5
seats4	6
map	1927 Dutch East Indies Volksraadgebouw Arrangement.svg
map_caption	Composition of the Volksraad following the 1927 election

Elections to the Volksraad were held in the Dutch East Indies in 1927.

Electoral system

The Volksraad had a total of 60 members, 37 of which were elected and 21 appointed. Seats were also assigned to ethnic groups, with 30 for the Dutch population (15 elected, 15 appointed), 25 for the native population (19 elected, 4 appointed) and five for the Chinese population (3 elected, 2 appointed).

Results

Portrait of W.H. van Helsdingen, Chairman of the Volksraad in 1927. Later replaced by [[Meyer Ranneft]] in 1929.

De Graaf]] answers the speech of the chairman of the Volksraad [[Meyer Ranneft]], who comes to offer congratulations "from the population" in 1929. Most radical Indonesians withdrew from the Volksraad in 1923.

References

Schmutzer, Eduard J. M.. (1977). "Dutch colonial policy and the search for identity in Indonesia 1920-1931". Brill.

Wikipedia Source

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