1868 Dutch general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 22 January 1868.^[1]

Electoral system

Of the 75 seats in the House of Representatives, 8 were elected in single-member constituencies using the two-round system.

The other 67 were elected using two-round plurality block voting in 31 constituencies from 2 to 6 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

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Liberals			36
	Conservatives			20
	Conservative Liberals			10
	Catholics			5
	Anti-Revolutionaries			4
Total				75
Total votes		65,532	–
Registered voters/turnout		100,110	65.46
Source: Bromley & Kossman,[2] Nohlen & Stöver

By district

District	Members elected	Group	Ref.
Alkmaar	Jacob Leonard de Bruyn Kops	Liberal	[3]
	Cornelis van Foreest[Note 1]	Conservative	[4]
Almelo	Jacob Kalff	Conservative	[5]
	Gijsbertus Martinus van der Linden	Thorbeckian liberal	[6]
Amersfoort	Jan Karel van Goltstein[Note 1]	Conservative	[7]
	E.L. van Hardenbroek van Lockhorst[Note 1]	Conservative	[8]
Amsterdam	Michel Henry Godefroi[Note 1]	Conservative liberal	[9]
	Herman Albrecht Insinger[Note 1]	Conservative	[10]
	Gerlach Cornelis Joannes van Reenen[Note 1]	Conservative	[11]
	Menso Johannes Pijnappel[Note 1]	Conservative liberal	[12]
	Jan Jacob Rochussen	Conservative	[13]
	Jan Heemskerk Bzn.[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[14]
Appingedam	Derk de Ruiter Zijlker	Liberal	[15]
	Rembertus Westerhoff[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[16]
Arnhem	L.A.J.W. Sloet van de Beele	Thorbeckian liberal	[17]
	Willem Hendrik Dullert[Note 2]	Thorbeckian liberal	[18]
Assen	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[19]
	Lucas Oldenhuis Gratama[Note 1]	Liberal	[20]
Boxmeer	H.C.F. Kerstens[Note 1]	Pragmatic liberal	[21]
Breda	Norbertus Reinerus Henricus Guljé[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[22]
	P.J.J. Hollingerus Pijpers[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[23]
Delft	Johannes van Kuijk	Conservative	[24]
	Johannes Leonardus Nierstrasz	Conservative	[25]
Den Bosch	J.M.B.J. van der Does de Willebois	Conservative (Catholic)	[26]
	F.J.E. van Zinnicq Bergmann[Note 1]	Conservative (Catholic)	[27]
Den Haag	François de Casembroot[Note 1]	Conservative	[28]
	Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn	Conservative	[29]
Deventer	Albertus van Delden[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[30]
	Gerard Dumbar[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[31]
Dokkum	Philippus van Blom[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[32]
	Sybrand van Beyma thoe Kingma[Note 1]	Liberal	[33]
Dordrecht	Pieter Blussé van Oud-Alblas[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[34]
	Pieter Philip van Bosse	Liberal	[35]
Eindhoven	Johannes Baptista Bots[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[36]
	Petrus Johannes Antonius Smitz	Conservative (Catholic)	[37]
Goes	Pieter Hendrik Saaymans Vader[Note 1]	Anti-revolutionary	[38]
Gorinchem	Warnardus Cornelis Mathildus Begram[Note 1]	Conservative	[39]
	Gerrit Simons[Note 1]	Conservative	[40]
Gouda	Willem Maurits de Brauw[Note 1]	Conservative	[41]
	Mari Aert Frederic Henri Hoffmann[Note 1]	Conservative	[42]
Groningen	Johan Herman Geertsema	Liberal	[43]
Haarlem	Willem van der Hucht[Note 1]	Conservative	[44]
	Daniël Koorders	Conservative	[45]
Hoorn	Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper	Conservative	[46]
	Willem van Goltstein van Oldenaller[Note 1]	Conservative	[47]
Leeuwarden	J.K.H. de Roo van Alderwerelt[Note 1]	Liberal	[48]
	Sybrand Hingst[Note 1]	Liberal	[49]
Leiden	P.H. Taets van Amerongen tot Natewisch[Note 1]	Conservative	[50]
	Otto van Wassenaer van Catwijck[Note 1]	Anti-revolutionary	[51]
Maastricht	Ch.A. de Bieberstein Rogalla Zawadsky[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[52]
	P.Th. van der Maesen de Sombreff[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[53]
Middelburg	Daniël van Eck[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[54]
	Gerrit Adriaan Fokker	Thorbeckian liberal	[55]
Nijmegen	Christianus Joannes Antonius Heydenrijck[Note 1]	Conservative (Catholic)	[56]
	Joannes van Nispen van Sevenaer[Note 1]	Pragmatic liberal	[57]
Roermond	Karel Lodewijk Joseph Cornelis	Thorbeckian liberal	[58]
	Leopold Haffmans	Conservative (Catholic)	[59]
Rotterdam	François Willem Cornelis Blom[Note 1]	Liberal	[60]
	Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte[Note 1]	Liberal	[61]
	Willem Adriaan Viruly Verbrugge[Note 1]	Liberal	[62]
Sneek	Antony Moens[Note 1]	Liberal	[63]
	Schelte Wybenga[Note 1]	Liberal	[64]
Steenwijk	Carel Marius Storm van 's-Gravesande[Note 1]	Liberal	[65]
Tiel	Willem Frederik Carel van Lidth de Jeude[Note 1]	Conservative	[66]
Tilburg	Ferdinandus Hendricus Hubertus Borret	Conservative (Catholic)	[67]
	J.B.A.J.M. Verheyen[Note 1]	Conservative (Catholic)	[68]
Utrecht	Evert du Marchie van Voorthuysen[Note 1]	Conservative	[69]
	Nicolaas Pieter Jacob Kien[Note 1]	Conservative	[70]
Winschoten	Willem Jonckbloet	Liberal	[71]
Zierikzee	Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk[Note 1]	Liberal	[72]
Zuidhorn	Geert Reinders[Note 1]	Pragmatic liberal	[73]
Zutphen	Jacob Dam[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[74]
	Lambertus Eduard Lenting	Thorbeckian liberal	[75]
Zwolle	Jan Willem Gefken	Anti-revolutionary	[76]
	Albertus van Naamen van Eemnes[Note 1]	Liberal	[77]

Notes

1. Incumbent.
2. Incumbent member for Groningen.