General elections were held in the Netherlands on 17 June 1913,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1395 with a second round in some constituencies on 25 June. Despite receiving the third highest number of votes in the first round,Nohlen & Stöver, p1402 the General League of Roman Catholic Electoral Associations emerged as the largest party, winning 25 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives.Nohlen & Stöver, p1412 After the election, the independent liberal Pieter Cort van der Linden became Prime Minister of the Netherlands, leading a cabinet of Liberals, Free-thinking Democrats, Christian Historicals and other independent liberals.
Electoral system The 100 seats in the House of Representatives were elected in single-member constituencies using the two-round system.
Results
Several candidates ran in multiple districts. When they won in more than one seat they picked which seat to take. As a result, several by-elections took place shortly after the general election. By district