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All 100 seats in the House of Representatives 51 seats needed for a majority
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
LU
Hendrik Goeman Borgesius
40.72
46
−2
ARP
Abraham Kuyper
31.35
27
+8
Catholic
20.71
25
+6
SDB
Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis
0.86
1
+1
Conservative
Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck
1
+1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in the Netherlands on 6 March 1888,[1] with a second round in 25 constituencies on 20 March.[2] The Liberal Union emerged as the largest party, winning 46 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives.[3]
^Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1395 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^Verkiezingen Huygens Instituut
^Nohlen & Stöver, p1412
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