1937 Dutch general election

1937 Dutch general election
	All 100 seats in the House of Representatives; 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	94.40% ( 0.10pp)
	Most voted-for party by municipality
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.^[1] The Roman Catholic State Party remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 31 of the 100 seats.^[2] 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 [nl]	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 [nl]	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^[3]

^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1413
^ "Tweede-Kamerverkiezingen - 26 mei 1937". Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen 1918-nu.