Historic composition of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands

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The Historic composition of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands gives an overview of the composition of the House of Representatives (lower house) of the Dutch parliament. It shows the composition after elections, splits from parties are not included.

1815 to 1887

The House of Representatives of the Netherlands was created in 1815 when the United Kingdom of the Netherlands was created. Initially it consisted of 110 members, chosen by the States-Provincial. Each year, one third of the members were up for reelection, and each member was elected for three years. In 1830, the southern provinces declared their independence in the Belgian Revolution, to become Belgium. Initially the Netherlands did not accept this, but the 55 members of the House of Representatives chosen by these provinces were no longer present at meetings, so the de facto membership was reduced to 55 members.^[1] After the Treaty of London in 1839, the Dutch government accepted the separation of Belgium, and became the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In 1840 the constitution was changed; all southern provinces except the eastern half of the province of Limburg (with three representatives) had left the Kingdom of the Netherlands, so the size House of Representatives was fixed at 58 members.^[1]

Following the revolutions of 1848, the constitution was changed. Elections for half of the house were held every two years, and each member held his seat for four years.^[2] The total membership was set at one member for each 45000 Dutch citizens;^[3] so the house increased to 68 members; in 1859 it grew further to 72 members.^[1]

1888 to 1946

The constitution of 1887 changed the system; election were held every 4 years for all members at the same time,^[2] using a district system, and the total membership was set at 100 members.^[3]

In 1919, the constitution was changed: the districts system was abandoned, and proportional representation was used.^[3]

Party Name	1888	1891	1894	1897	1901	1905	1909	1913	1917	1918	1922	1925	1929	1933	1937
Conservative	1
RKSP	25	25	25	22	25	25	25	25	24	30	32	30	30	28	31
RKVP/KDP												1		1
ARP	27	21	15	17	23	15	25	11	12	13	16	13	12	14	17
Vrij AR				5	7
CHP						7
CHU							10	10	9	7	11	11	11	10	8
CDP										1
CDU														1	2
SGP											1	2	3	3	2
HGSP												1	1	1
BVL				13	8	9	4	10	10	4
Liberale Unie	46	53	57	35	18	25	20	19	21	6
EB										3
LSP											10	9	8	7	4
RB		1	3	4
VDB					9	11	9	7	8	5	5	7	7	6	6
SDAP				2	6	6	7	18	15	22	20	24	24	22	23
SDP/CPH/CPN										2	2	1	2*	4	3
RSP/RSAP														1
SP										1
PB										1	2	1	1	1
NSB															4
SDB	1
Independent Socialist				1	1	1
CHK				1	1
FB					1	1
Independent AR					1
BCS										1
VDW										1
NP										1
CSP										1
MP										1
LP											1
MPS&L													1
VNH														1
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

*: In 1929 the CPH entered with two lists, which both won one seat.

1946 to 1998

Party Name	1946	1948	1952	1956	1959	1963	1967	1971	1972	1977	1981	1982	1986	1989	1994
KVP	32	32	30	49	49	50	42	35	27
ARP	13	13	12	15	14	13	15	13	14
CHU	8	9	9	13	12	13	12	10	7
CDA										49	48	45	54	54	34
PvdA	29	27	30	50	48	43	37	39	43	53	44	47	52	49	37
VVD	6	8	9	13	19	16	17	16	22	28	26	36	27	22	31
D66							7	11	6	8	17	6	9	12	24
SGP	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
GPV						1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2
RPF											2	2	1	1	3
PSP					2	4	4	2	2	1	3	3	1
PPR								2	7	3	3	2	2
CPN	10	8	6	7	3	4	5	6	7	2	3	3
EVP												1
GroenLinks														6	5
SP															2
CD														1	3
CP												1
AOV															6
Unie 55+															1
DS '70								8	6	1
Boerenpartij						3	7	1	3	1
RKPN									1
NMP								2
KNP		1	2
Total	100	100	100	150	150	150	150	150	150	150	150	150	150	150	150

Note: in 1956 the House of Representatives was enlarged from 100 to 150 members.

1998 to now

Party Name	1998	2002	2003	2006	2010	2012
VVD	38	24	28	22	31	41
PvdA	45	23	42	33	30	38
PVV				9	24	15
SP	5	9	9	25	15	15
CDA	29	43	44	41	21	13
D66	14	7	6	3	10	12
ChristenUnie		4	3	6	5	5
GroenLinks	11	10	8	7	10	4
SGP	3	2	2	2	2	3
PvdD				2	2	2
50PLUS						2
LPF		26	8
LN		2
RPF	3
GPV	2
Total	150	150	150	150	150	150

References

1 2 3 Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal (1815-1861), Historici.nl]
1 2 ontwikkeling Grondwet artikel 85, www.europa-nu.nl
1 2 3 Ontwikkeling Grondwet artikel 81, www.europa-nu.nl

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