1891 Dutch general election
{{Short description|none}}
{{Infobox legislative election
| country = Netherlands
| previous_election = 1888
| next_election = 1894
| seats_for_election = All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
| majority_seats = 51
| election_date = 9 June 1891 (first round)
23 June 1891 (second round)
| turnout = 71.64% ({{decrease}} 9.77pp)
| party1 = Liberal Union (Netherlands)
| leader1 = Hendrik Goeman Borgesius
| last_election1 = 45
| seats1 = 54
| percentage1 = 47.44
| party2 = Anti-Revolutionary Party
| leader2 = Abraham Kuyper
| last_election2 = 27
| seats2 = 20
| percentage2 = 23.08
| color3 = black
| party3 = Catholic
| party3_link = no
| leader3 =
| last_election3 = 26
| seats3 = 25
| percentage3 = 19.44
| colour4 = #FFFF00
| party4 = Radicals
| party4_link = no
| leader4 = {{ill|Boelo Luitjen Tijdens|nl}}
| last_election4 = 0
| seats4 = 1
| percentage4 = 0.85
| map = TK_1891.svg
| map_caption = Results by constituency
| title = Cabinet
| before_election = Mackay cabinet
| before_party = Coalition
| after_election = Van Tienhoven cabinet
| after_party = Liberal
}}{{Politics of the Netherlands}}
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 9 June 1891,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1395 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} with a second round in 25 constituencies on 23 June. The Liberal Union emerged as the largest party, winning 54 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives.
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
{{Election results
|image=File:1891 Dutch General Election.svg
|colour1={{Party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}
|party1=Liberal Union
|votes1= 167611
|votes1_2= 31606
|seats1=41
|seats1_2=13
|totseats1=54
|sc1=+9
|colour2={{Party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}
|party2=Anti-Revolutionary Party
|votes2= 81529
|votes2_2= 22019
|seats2=12
|seats2_2=8
|totseats2=20
|sc2=–7
|colour3=black
|party3=Catholics
|votes3= 68695
|votes3_2= 16428
|seats3=21
|seats3_2=4
|totseats3=25
|sc3=–1
|color4=yellow
|party4=Radicals
|votes4= 3003
|votes4_2= 2627
|seats4=0
|seats4_2=1
|totseats4=1
|sc4=+1
|color5={{Party color|Social Democratic League}}
|party5=Social Democratic League
|votes5= 931
|votes5_2= 919
|seats5=0
|seats5_2=0
|totseats5=0
|sc5=–1
|party6=Other parties
|votes6= 31514
|votes6_2= 1869
|seats6=0
|seats6_2=0
|totseats6=0
|sc6=–1
|total_sc=0
|valid= 212559
|blank= 1610
|invalid= 397
|electorate=299519
|blank2= 751
|invalid2= 171
|electorate2=91010
|source=Kiesraad,{{Cite web |title=Tweede Kamer 9 juni 1891 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/TK18910609 |website=Kiesraad |language=Dutch}}{{Cite web |title=Tweede Kamer 23 juni 1891 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/TK18910609/198349 |website=Kiesraad |language=Dutch}} Huygens{{Cite web |title=Verkiezingen |url=https://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/verkiezingentweedekamer/databank/chronologisch/index_html?beginjaar=1891&eindjaar=1891 |website=Huygens Instituut}}
}}
=By district=
{{spaces|3}} Social Democratic
{{spaces|3}} Radical
{{spaces|3}} Liberal
{{spaces|3}} Conservative
{{spaces|3}} Anti-Revolutionary
{{spaces|3}} Catholic
class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;line-height:14px;text-align:center"
|+ District results for the Dutch general election, 1891{{Cite web |url=http://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/Voor1918/Verkiezingsuitslagen.aspx?VerkiezingsTypeId=1 |title=Verkiezingsuitslagen Tweede Kamer 1848 - 1917 |language=Dutch |access-date=2017-09-16 |archive-date=2017-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216065151/http://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/Voor1918/Verkiezingsuitslagen.aspx?VerkiezingsTypeId=1 |url-status=dead }} | |||
District | colspan=2 | Incumbent | colspan=2 | Winner | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Alkmaar
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Willem van der Kaay | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Almelo
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | colspan=2 | Willem Cremers | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
Amersfoort
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | colspan=2 | Jan Schimmelpenninck van der Oye | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | |||
rowspan=9| Amsterdam
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Willem Hendrik de Beaufort | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" |
| colspan=2 | Jacob Theodoor Cremer | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" |
| colspan=2 | Johan George Gleichman | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" |
| colspan=2 | Abraham Hartogh | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" |
| colspan=2 | Bernardus Hermanus Heldt | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" |
| colspan=2 | Arnold Kerdijk | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" |
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" |
| colspan=2 | Jan Rutgers van Rozenburg | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" |
| colspan=2 | Johannes Tak van Poortvliet | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Apeldoorn
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | colspan=2 | Frederik van Bylandt | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | |||
Appingedam
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Jan Schepel | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Arnhem
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Assen
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Warmold Albertinus van der Feltz | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Bergen op Zoom
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | colspan=2 | Lambert de Ram | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
Bergum
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Beverwijk
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Jacob Boreel van Hogelanden | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Bodegraven
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | colspan=2 | Simon van Velzen | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | |||
Breda
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | colspan=2 | Louis Michiels van Verduynen | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
Breukelen
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Willem Jan Roijaards van den Ham | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Brielle
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Gerardus Jacobus Goekoop | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Delft
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | colspan=2 | Henri Adolphe van de Velde | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | |||
Den Bosch
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | colspan=2 | Pierre Guillaume Jean van der Schrieck | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
rowspan=3| Den Haag
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" |
| colspan=2 | Henri Daniel Guyot | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
style="width:5px; background:#437599" |
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Den Helder
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Simon Taco Land | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Deventer
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Albertus van Delden | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Doetinchem
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | colspan=2 | Jean Gustave Stanislas Bevers | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
Dokkum
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | colspan=2 | Ulrich Herman Huber | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | |||
Dordrecht
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Hugo van Gijn | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Druten
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | colspan=2 | Jacobus Travaglino | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
Ede
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | colspan=2 | Constant van Löben Sels | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | |||
Eindhoven
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
Elst
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | colspan=2 | Godert Willem van Dedem | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | |||
Emmen
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Hendrik Jan Smidt | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Enkhuizen
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Jan Zijp | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Enschede
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Willem Jacob Geertsema | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Franeker
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Franciscus Lieftinck | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Goes
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | colspan=2 | Levinus Keuchenius | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | |||
Gorinchem
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | colspan=2 | Hendrik Seret | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | |||
Gouda
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | Otto van Wassenaer van Catwijck | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Grave
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | colspan=2 | Jan Harte van Tecklenburg | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
rowspan=2| Groningen
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Samuel van Houten | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" |
| colspan=2 | Jacob Dirk Veegens | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Gulpen
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | Iwan de Marchant et d'Ansembourg | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
Haarlem
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Antonie Farncombe Sanders | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Haarlemmermeer
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | colspan=2 | Frederic Reekers | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
Harlingen
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | colspan=2 | Walle Melis Oppedijk | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | |||
Helmond
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | colspan=2 | Petrus Vermeulen | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
Hilversum
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | colspan=2 | Theodoor Philip Mackay | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | |||
Hontenisse
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | colspan=2 | Felix Walter | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
Hoorn
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Kampen
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | |||
Katwijk
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | colspan=2 | Johannes Hendricus Donner | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | |||
Leeuwarden
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Johannis Zaaijer | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Leiden
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Hendrik Johannes Bool | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Lochem
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Loosduinen
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | colspan=2 | Arnoldus van Berckel | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
Maastricht
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | colspan=2 | Jan Hubert Joseph Schreinemacher | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
Meppel
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Harm Smeenge | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Middelburg
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | colspan=2 | Christiaan Lucasse | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | |||
Nijmegen
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | colspan=2 | Franciscus Dobbelmann | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
Ommen
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | colspan=2 | Jan van Alphen | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | |||
Oostburg
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Oosterhout
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | Isaäc van den Berch van Heemstede | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
Rheden
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | colspan=2 | Maximilien Kolkman | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
Ridderkerk
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Roermond
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | colspan=2 | George Diepen | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
rowspan=5| Rotterdam
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | George Hermann Hintzen | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" |
| colspan=2 | Abraham van Karnebeek | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" |
| colspan=2 | Henry David Levyssohn Norman | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" |
| colspan=2 | Rudolf Pieter Mees | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" |
| colspan=2 | Willem Adriaan Viruly Verbrugge | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Schiedam
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | colspan=2 | Allard van der Borch van Verwolde | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | |||
Schoterland
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Social Democratic League}}" | | Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Sittard
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | colspan=2 | Jerôme Lambrechts | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
Sliedrecht
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | colspan=2 | Barthold de Geer van Jutphaas | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | |||
Sneek
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | colspan=2 | Willem Gerard Brantsen van de Zijp | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | |||
Steenwijk
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | colspan=2 | Gerard Beelaerts van Blokland | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | |||
Tiel
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Herman Jacob Dijckmeester | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Tilburg
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | colspan=2 | Bernardus Marie Bahlmann | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
rowspan=2| Utrecht
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | Hendrik Adriaan van Beuningen | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" |
| colspan=2 | Joan Röell | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Veendam
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Veghel
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | colspan=2 | Bernardus van Vlijmen | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
Venlo
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | colspan=2 | Leopold Haffmans | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
Waalwijk
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | Antonius Franciscus Vos de Wael | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
Weert
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | colspan=2 | Jean Clercx | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
Wijk bij Duurstede
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Winschoten
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Radical League}}" | | |||
Wolvega
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Zaandam
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Willem de Meijier | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Zevenbergen
| style="width:5px; background:black" | | colspan=2 | Joannes van Nunen | style="width:5px; background:black" | | |||
Zierikzee
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Zuidhorn
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | colspan=2 | Geuchien Zijlma | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Zutphen
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}}" | | |||
Zwolle
| style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | | colspan=2 | Alexander van Dedem | style="width:5px; background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}" | |
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