General elections were held in the
Netherlands
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on 17 and 25 June 1913.
[ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1395 ] Despite receiving the fourth highest number of votes, the
General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses
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emerged as the largest party, winning 25 of the 100 seats in the
House of Representatives
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.
[Nohlen & Stöver, p1412] After the election, the independent liberal
Pieter Cort van der Linden
Pieter Wilhelm Adrianus Cort van der Linden (14 May 1846 – 15 July 1935) was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 29 August 1913 to 9 September 1918.
Biography
He was the last prime minister to lead a libe ...
became
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
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, leading a cabinet of
Liberals,
Free-thinking Democrats,
Christian Historicals and other independent liberals.
Results
By district
Social Democratic
Free-thinking Democratic
Liberal
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** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
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* Social liberalism
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Free Liberal
Christian Historical
Anti-Revolutionary
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Roman Catholic
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Notes
References
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1913 in the Netherlands
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1913 elections in the Netherlands
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