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1917 Dutch general election
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All 100 seats in the
House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
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| Turnout
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in the
Netherlands
on 15 June 1917 to elect members of the
House of Representatives
of the
Dutch Parliament
. The elections were held following
an agreement between the seven parties with seats in parliament
to allow a change in the constitution to introduce universal male
suffrage
and
proportional representation
. The parties cooperated to create a supermajority to pass the reforms. Voting did not take place in 50 constituencies where the incumbent ran unopposed. These seats were filled on 5 June.
In the other 50 constituencies with opposition candidates, voting was held on 15 June. The majoritarian two-round system was in effect and a second round was required in the Amsterdam II constituency, which was held on 22 June,
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and saw
Social Democratic Workers' Party
candidate
Adriaan Gerhard
re-elected.
1,078,205 citizens were eligible to vote of which 230,310 cast a vote, representing a turnout of 21%.
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Results
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