1848 Dutch general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 30 November and 4 December 1848.[1] Held immediately after the Constitutional Reform of 1848, they were the first direct elections to the House of Representatives, and were the first to elect a States General to which government ministers would be responsible.[2] Voting was restricted to men over the age of 23, and who paid a certain level of taxation.[3] This limited the franchise to 55,728 people,[4] roughly 11% of the male population over 23, or 2.5% of the total population of the country.[3] Candidates were elected in districts in a two-round system; if no candidate received over 50% of the vote in the first round, the top two candidates would face a run-off.[3] The districts had one MP for every 45,000 inhabitants.[3]

As there were no official political parties until 1879,[5] all candidates were nominally independents.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Independents68
Total68
Total votes44,805
Registered voters/turnout55,72880.40
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By district

District Member elected Province Group Ref.
Alkmaar Samuel Antony de Moraaz North Holland Thorbeckian liberal [6]
Almelo Dirk Donker Curtius Overijssel Pragmatic liberal [7]
Amersfoort Simon van Walchren Utrecht Pragmatic liberal [8]
Amsterdam I Michel Henry Godefroi North Holland Pragmatic liberal [9]
Amsterdam II Cornelis Backer North Holland Pragmatic liberal [10]
Amsterdam III Floris Adriaan van Hall North Holland Pragmatic liberal [11]
Amsterdam IV Johannes Sebastiaan van Naamen North Holland Pragmatic liberal [12]
Amsterdam V Jan Heemskerk Bzn. North Holland Thorbeckian liberal [13]
Appingedam Rembertus Westerhoff Groningen Thorbeckian liberal [14]
Arnhem Johan Nedermeyer van Rosenthal Gelderland Pragmatic liberal [15]
Assen Louis van Heiden Reinestein Drenthe Conservative [16]
Bergen op Zoom Karel Adrianus Meeussen North Brabant Thorbeckian liberal [17]
Breda Lambertus Dominicus Storm North Brabant Thorbeckian liberal [18]
Brielle Sebastiaan Hendrik Anemaet South Holland Thorbeckian liberal [19]
Delft Willem Wintgens South Holland Pragmatic liberal [20]
Den Bosch Johannes Luyben North Brabant Conservative liberal [21]
Den Haag I Willem Boreel van Hogelanden South Holland Pragmatic liberal [22]
Den Haag II Pieter Carel Schooneveld South Holland Pragmatic liberal [23]
Deventer Carel Storm van 's Gravesande Overijssel Pragmatic liberal [24]
Doetinchem Joannes van Nispen van Sevenaer Gelderland Pragmatic liberal [25]
Dokkum Isaäc ter Bruggen Hugenholtz Friesland Thorbeckian liberal [26]
Dordrecht Johannes Servaas Lotsy South Holland Pragmatic liberal [27]
Edam Willem Jan Cornelis van Hasselt North Holland Pragmatic liberal [28]
Eindhoven Johannes Franciscus van der Heijde North Brabant Pragmatic liberal [29]
Elst Adriaan Walraven Engelen Utrecht Pragmatic liberal [30]
Enschede Maximiliaan Jacob de Man Overijssel Pragmatic liberal [31]
Franeker Jacob Dirks Friesland Conservative [32]
Goes Philip Johannes Bachiene Zeeland Thorbeckian liberal [33]
Gorinchem Abraham Boxman South Holland Pragmatic liberal [34]
Gouda Gijsbertus Martinus van der Linden South Holland Thorbeckian liberal [35]
Grave Johannes Hengst North Brabant Pragmatic liberal [36]
Groningen Berend Wichers Groningen Thorbeckian liberal [37]
Haarlem Willem Hendrik van Voorst North Holland Pragmatic liberal [38]
Harderwijk Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer Gelderland Anti-revolutionary [39]
Heerenveen Nicolaas van Heloma Friesland Pragmatic liberal [40]
Heerlen Louis de Villers de Pité Limburg Pragmatic liberal [41]
Helmond Johannes Baptista Bots North Brabant Thorbeckian liberal [42]
Heusden Cornelis Schiffer North Brabant Conservative [43]
Hoogeveen Lodewijk Napoleon van Randwijck Drenthe Ultraconservative [44]
Hoorn Eko Theodorus Scheltinga Winterberg North Holland Conservative [45]
Kampen Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist Overijssel Pragmatic liberal [46]
Leeuwarden Binse Albarda Friesland Pragmatic liberal [47]
Leiden Johan Rudolph Thorbecke South Holland Thorbeckian liberal [48]
Leiderdorp Gerardus Wouter Verweij Mejan South Holland Pragmatic liberal [49]
Maastricht Eduardus Josephus Hubertus Borret Limburg Conservative (Catholic) [50]
Middelburg Jan Jacob Slicher van Domburg Zeeland Pragmatic liberal [51]
Nijmegen Gustaaf Dommer van Poldersveldt Gelderland Conservative (Catholic) [52]
Onderdendam Geert Reinders Groningen Pragmatic liberal [53]
Ridderkerk Willem Wijnaendts South Holland Pragmatic liberal [54]
Roermond Johan Lodewijk Matthias Leclercq Limburg Pragmatic liberal [55]
Rotterdam I Engel Pieter de Monchy South Holland Pragmatic liberal [56]
Rotterdam II Abram van Rijckevorsel South Holland Pragmatic liberal [57]
Ruurlo Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt Gelderland Pragmatic liberal [58]
Schiedam Karel Arnoldus Poortman South Holland Thorbeckian liberal [59]
Sittard Johannes Jacobus Lambrechts Limburg Pragmatic liberal [60]
Sluis Daniël van Eck Zeeland Thorbeckian liberal [61]
Sneek Pieter Jacob Costerus Friesland Pragmatic liberal [62]
Tilburg Jacobus Arnoldus Mutsaers North Brabant Conservative (Catholic) [63]
Utrecht Jan Karel van Goltstein Utrecht Pragmatic liberal [64]
Venlo Pieter Lodewijk de Lom de Berg Limburg Conservative (Catholic) [65]
Winschoten Jan Freerks Zijlker Groningen Thorbeckian liberal [66]
IJsselstein Elisa Cornelis Unico van Doorn Utrecht Conservative [67]
Zaandam Hendrik Jan Smit North Holland Pragmatic liberal [68]
Zaltbommel Edmond Willem van Dam van Isselt Gelderland Pragmatic liberal [69]
Zevenbergen Franciscus Johannes Jespers North Brabant Thorbeckian liberal [70]
Zierikzee Gerrit Adriaan Fokker Zeeland Thorbeckian liberal [71]
Zutphen Willem Hendrik Dullert Gelderland Thorbeckian liberal [72]
Zwolle Bartholomeus Sloet tot Oldhuis Overijssel Thorbeckian liberal [73]

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  3. ^ a b c d Nohlen & Stöver, p1384
  4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1396
  5. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1393
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