1853 Dutch general election
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General elections were held in the Netherlands on 17 May 1853.[1] They followed the dissolution of the House of Representatives as a result of a government crisis caused by the restoration of the episcopal hierarchy.
The result of the elections was a defeat for Prime Minister Johan Rudolph Thorbecke and his liberals. Only the province of Groningen and Twente remained a liberal stronghold. The conservative Van Hall-Donker Curtius cabinet thus received ample support in the House of Representatives and Floris Adriaan van Hall became Prime Minister. However, the restoration of the episcopal hierarchy that had caused the government crisis was not reversed, although the Roman Catholic Church was restricted in its freedom of movement by the introduction of the Law on Church Societies.[2]