1929 Dutch general election

3 July 1929
All 100 seats in the House of Representatives 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	92.7% ( 1.3 pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– RKSP Willem Hubert Nolens 29.6% 30 0 SDAP Johan Willem Albarda 23.8% 24 0 ARP Hendrikus Colijn 11.6% 12 −1 CHU Dirk Jan de Geer 10.5% 11 0 LSP Dirk Fock 7.4% 8 −1 VDB Henri Marchant 6.2% 7 0 SGP Gerrit Hendrik Kersten 2.3% 3 +1 CPN Louis de Visser 2.0% 2 +1 MPSL Floris Vos 1.2% 1 New HGSP Casper Lingbeek 1.1% 1 0 PB Arend Braat 1.0% 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Cabinet before Cabinet after First De Geer cabinet RKSP–ARP–CHU Third Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet RKSP–ARP–CHU

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General elections were held in the Netherlands on 3 July 1929.^[1] The Roman Catholic State Party remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 30 of the 100 seats.^[2]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Roman Catholic State Party	1,001,589	29.64	30	0
	Social Democratic Workers' Party	804,714	23.81	24	0
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	391,832	11.59	12	–1
	Christian Historical Union	354,548	10.49	11	0
	Liberal State Party	249,105	7.37	8	–1
	Free-thinking Democratic League	208,979	6.18	7	0
	Reformed Political Party	76,709	2.27	3	+1
	Communist Party Holland	67,541	2.00	2	+1
	Middle Party for City and Country	39,955	1.18	1	New
	Hervormd Gereformeerde Staatspartij	35,931	1.06	1	0
	Farmers' League Left	34,805	1.03	1	0
	Roman Catholic People's Party	23,804	0.70	0	–1
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	21,812	0.65	0	New
	Federative Union	17,509	0.52	0	New
	Christian Democratic Union	12,780	0.38	0	0
	Democratic Party	9,083	0.27	0	0
	Small Middle Class Party	4,295	0.13	0	New
	National Farmers' League	4,218	0.12	0	New
	Union of Nationalists	3,685	0.11	0	New
	Roman Catholic Farmers' Party	3,369	0.10	0	New
	General Welfare Party	2,256	0.07	0	New
	Social Democratic People's Party	2,156	0.06	0	New
	Christian Workers Party	1,724	0.05	0	New
	Van Nunen List	1,133	0.03	0	New
	Anti-Compulsory Voting Party	1,125	0.03	0	New
	Social Economic People's Party	940	0.03	0	New
	Main and Manual Workers	845	0.03	0	New
	Invalids' Party	715	0.02	0	New
	Verweij List	623	0.02	0	New
	People's Party	449	0.01	0	New
	Kiesvereniging Algemeen Belang	417	0.01	0	New
	Neutral People's Party	342	0.01	0	New
	Siedenburg List	314	0.01	0	New
	Free Christian Party	103	0.00	0	New
	International People's Party	98	0.00	0	New
Total		3,379,503	100.00	100	0
Valid votes		3,379,503	95.41
Invalid/blank votes		162,482	4.59
Total votes		3,541,985	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,821,612	92.68
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen

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