General elections were held in the

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on 5 July 1922.

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1395 They were the first elections held under

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, which became reality after the acceptance of a proposal by

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in 1919 that gave women full voting rights. Almost all major parties had a woman elected. The number of female representatives increased from one to seven. Only the

Anti-Revolutionary Party The Anti-Revolutionary Party ( nl, Anti-Revolutionaire Partij, ARP) was a Protestant conservative and Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1879 by Abraham Kuyper, a neo-Calvinist theologian and m ...

principally excluded women from the House of Representatives. Another amendment to the electoral law increased the

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from 0.5% to 0.75%,Nohlen & Stöver, p1385 after six parties had won seats with less than 0.75% of the vote in the previous elections. The

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remained the largest party, increasing from 30 to 32 seats, whilst the

increased from 13 to 16 seats, and the

Christian Historical Union The Christian Historical Union ( nl, Christelijk-Historische Unie, CHU) was a Protestant Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands. The CHU is one of the predecessors of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), into which it merged in ...

went from 7 to 11 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1412 The left-wing

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and the Christian Social Party both lost their sole seats, disappearing from the House, while the

Reformed Political Party The Reformed Political Party ( nl, Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij, SGP) is a conservative CalvinistThese sources describe the SGP as a Calvinist political party: * * * * * political party in the Netherlands. The term ''Reformed'' is not a refere ...

(SGP) won a seat. The SGP, an orthodox Protestant party established in 1918, was opposed to the co-operation of the Protestant ARP and CHU with the Catholics. The Social Democratic Workers' Party lost two seats, whilst left-wing splinter parties also suffered losses, and went from four to two seats. Several liberal groups had merged in 1921 to form the

Liberal State Party The Liberal State Party, "the Freedom League" ( nl, Liberale Staatspartij "de Vrijheidsbond", LSP), was a conservative liberal political party in the Netherlands from 1921 to 1948. It is historically linked to the People's Party for Freedom and D ...

, but lost further seats as they were reduced from fifteen to only ten. However, a new

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led by the 85-year-old

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, won a seat. Van Houten himself did not take the seat, which was instead occupied by his representative,

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. The

Free-thinking Democratic League The Free-thinking Democratic League ( nl, Vrijzinnig Democratische Bond, VDB) was a progressive liberal political party in the Netherlands. Established in 1901, it played a relatively large role in Dutch politics, supplying one Prime Minister, Wi ...

maintained, against most expectations, their five seats, whilst of the remaining splinter parties, only the

Peasants' League The Peasants' League (in Dutch: ''Plattelandersbond'', PB) was a Politics of the Netherlands, Dutch agrarianism, agrarian political party. The League played only a minor role in Dutch politics. Party history The party was founded on February 17, ...

was able to survive, rising from one to two seats. After a relatively short formation, the

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was formed, with largely the same composition as the previous one.

Results

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