1891 Dutch general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 9 June 1891,^[1] with a second round in 25 constituencies on 23 June.^[2] The Liberal Union emerged as the largest party, winning 54 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives.

1891 Dutch general election

← 1888 9 June 1891 (first round) 23 June 1891 (second round) 1894 →
All 100 seats in the House of Representatives 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	71.64% ( 9.77pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– LU Hendrik Goeman Borgesius 47.44 54 +9 ARP Abraham Kuyper 23.08 20 −7 Catholic 19.44 25 −1 Radicals Boelo Luitjen Tijdens [nl] 0.85 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency Cabinet before Cabinet after Mackay cabinet Coalition Van Tienhoven cabinet Liberal

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

Party		First round			Second round			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Liberal Union	167,611	47.44	41	31,606	41.88	13	54	+9
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	81,529	23.08	12	22,019	29.18	8	20	–7
	Catholics	68,695	19.44	21	16,428	21.77	4	25	–1
	Radicals	3,003	0.85	0	2,627	3.48	1	1	+1
	Social Democratic League	931	0.26	0	919	1.22	0	0	–1
	Other parties	31,514	8.92	0	1,869	2.48	0	0	–1
Total		353,283	100.00	74	75,468	100.00	26	100	0
Valid votes		212,559	99.06		75,468	98.79
Invalid votes		397	0.19		171	0.22
Blank votes		1,610	0.75		751	0.98
Total votes		214,566	100.00		76,390	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		299,519	71.64		91,010	83.94
Source: Kiesraad,[3][4] Huygens[2]

By district

    Social Democratic       Radical       Liberal       Conservative       Anti-Revolutionary       Catholic  

District results for the Dutch general election, 1891^[5]

District	Incumbent		Winner		Ref.
Alkmaar		Willem van der Kaay			[6]
Almelo		Willem Cremers			[7]
Amersfoort		Jan Schimmelpenninck van der Oye			[8]
Amsterdam		Willem Hendrik de Beaufort			[9]
		Jacob Theodoor Cremer			[10]
		Johan George Gleichman			[11]
		Abraham Hartogh			[12]
		Bernardus Hermanus Heldt			[13]
		Arnold Kerdijk			[14]
		Adriaan Gildemeester	Isaäc Abraham Levy		[15]
		Jan Rutgers van Rozenburg			[16]
		Johannes Tak van Poortvliet			[17]
Apeldoorn		Frederik van Bylandt			[18]
Appingedam		Jan Schepel			[19]
Arnhem		Willem Rooseboom	Pieter Rink		[20]
Assen		Warmold Albertinus van der Feltz			[21]
Bergen op Zoom		Lambert de Ram			[22]
Bergum		Okke Tietes Bosgra	Hubert Philippus de Kanter		[23]
Beverwijk		Jacob Boreel van Hogelanden			[24]
Bodegraven		Simon van Velzen			[25]
Breda		Louis Michiels van Verduynen			[26]
Breukelen		Willem Jan Roijaards van den Ham			[27]
Brielle		Gerardus Jacobus Goekoop			[28]
Delft		Henri Adolphe van de Velde			[29]
Den Bosch		Pierre Guillaume Jean van der Schrieck			[30]
Den Haag		Lodewijk van Kempen	Jan Conrad		[31]
		Henri Daniel Guyot			[32]
		Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck	Jacobus Pijnacker Hordijk		[33]
Den Helder		Simon Taco Land			[34]
Deventer		Albertus van Delden			[35]
Doetinchem		Jean Gustave Stanislas Bevers			[36]
Dokkum		Ulrich Herman Huber			[37]
Dordrecht		Hugo van Gijn			[38]
Druten		Jacobus Travaglino			[39]
Ede		Constant van Löben Sels			[40]
Eindhoven		Willem Mutsaers	Josephus Smits van Oyen		[41]
Elst		Godert Willem van Dedem			[42]
Emmen		Hendrik Jan Smidt			[43]
Enkhuizen		Jan Zijp			[44]
Enschede		Willem Jacob Geertsema			[45]
Franeker		Franciscus Lieftinck			[46]
Goes		Levinus Keuchenius			[47]
Gorinchem		Hendrik Seret			[48]
Gouda		Otto van Wassenaer van Catwijck	Meindert Boogaerdt		[49]
Grave		Jan Harte van Tecklenburg			[50]
Groningen		Samuel van Houten			[51]
		Jacob Dirk Veegens			[52]
Gulpen		Leonard Ruland	Iwan de Marchant et d'Ansembourg		[53]
Haarlem		Antonie Farncombe Sanders			[54]
Haarlemmermeer		Frederic Reekers			[55]
Harlingen		Walle Melis Oppedijk			[56]
Helmond		Petrus Vermeulen			[57]
Hilversum		Theodoor Philip Mackay			[58]
Hontenisse		Felix Walter			[59]
Hoorn		Willem Karel van Dedem	Petrus Boele Jacobus Ferf		[60]
Kampen		Titus van Asch van Wijck	Maarten Noordtzij		[61]
Katwijk		Johannes Hendricus Donner			[62]
Leeuwarden		Johannis Zaaijer			[63]
Leiden		Hendrik Johannes Bool			[64]
Lochem		Carel Marie Brantsen	Egbert Broer Kielstra		[65]
Loosduinen		Arnoldus van Berckel			[66]
Maastricht		Jan Hubert Joseph Schreinemacher			[67]
Meppel		Harm Smeenge			[68]
Middelburg		Christiaan Lucasse			[69]
Nijmegen		Franciscus Dobbelmann			[70]
Ommen		Jan van Alphen			[71]
Oostburg		Nicolaas Glinderman	Pieter Hennequin		[72]
Oosterhout		Theodorus Borret	Isaäc van den Berch van Heemstede		[73]
Rheden		Maximilien Kolkman			[74]
Ridderkerk		Theo Heemskerk	Arie Smit		[75]
Roermond		George Diepen			[76]
Rotterdam		George Hermann Hintzen			[77]
		Abraham van Karnebeek			[78]
		Henry David Levyssohn Norman			[79]
		Rudolf Pieter Mees			[80]
		Willem Adriaan Viruly Verbrugge			[81]
Schiedam		Allard van der Borch van Verwolde			[82]
Schoterland		Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis	Hendrik Pyttersen		[83]
Sittard		Jerôme Lambrechts			[84]
Sliedrecht		Barthold de Geer van Jutphaas			[85]
Sneek		Willem Gerard Brantsen van de Zijp			[86]
Steenwijk		Gerard Beelaerts van Blokland			[87]
Tiel		Herman Jacob Dijckmeester			[88]
Tilburg		Bernardus Marie Bahlmann			[89]
Utrecht		August Seyffardt	Hendrik Adriaan van Beuningen		[90]
		Joan Röell			[91]
Veendam		Hendrik Goeman Borgesius	Adriaan Louis Poelman		[92]
Veghel		Bernardus van Vlijmen			[93]
Venlo		Leopold Haffmans			[94]
Waalwijk		Antonius Franciscus Vos de Wael	Willem Mutsaers		[95]
Weert		Jean Clercx			[96]
Wijk bij Duurstede		Herman Schaepman	Willem Hendrik de Beaufort		[97]
Winschoten		Derk de Ruiter Zijlker	Boelo Luitjen Tijdens		[98]
Wolvega		Ruurd Klazer Okma	Wesselius Marcus Houwing		[99]
Zaandam		Willem de Meijier			[100]
Zevenbergen		Joannes van Nunen			[101]
Zierikzee		Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk			[102]
Zuidhorn		Geuchien Zijlma			[103]
Zutphen		Derck Engelberts	Hendrik Goeman Borgesius		[104]
Zwolle		Alexander van Dedem			[105]