General elections were held in the Netherlands on 30 November and 4 December 1848.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1395 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.Nohlen & Stöver, p1380 Voting was restricted to men over the age of 23, and who paid a certain level of taxation. This limited the franchise to 55,728 people,Nohlen & Stöver, p1396 roughly 11% of the male population over 23, or 2.5% of the total population of the country.Nohlen & Stöver, p1384 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. The districts had one MP for every 45,000 inhabitants.
As there were no official political parties until 1879,Nohlen & Stöver, p1393 all candidates were nominally independents.
Results
By district
District Member elected Province Group Ref. Alkmaar North Holland Thorbeckian liberal Almelo Overijssel Pragmatic liberal Amersfoort Utrecht Pragmatic liberal Amsterdam I North Holland Pragmatic liberal Amsterdam II North Holland Pragmatic liberal Amsterdam III North Holland Pragmatic liberal Amsterdam IV North Holland Pragmatic liberal Amsterdam V North Holland Thorbeckian liberal Appingedam Groningen Thorbeckian liberal Arnhem Gelderland Pragmatic liberal Assen Drenthe Conservative Bergen op Zoom North Brabant Thorbeckian liberal Breda North Brabant Thorbeckian liberal Brielle South Holland Thorbeckian liberal Delft South Holland Pragmatic liberal Den Bosch North Brabant Conservative liberal Den Haag I South Holland Pragmatic liberal Den Haag II South Holland Pragmatic liberal Deventer Overijssel Pragmatic liberal Doetinchem Gelderland Pragmatic liberal Dokkum Friesland Thorbeckian liberal Dordrecht South Holland Pragmatic liberal Edam North Holland Pragmatic liberal Eindhoven North Brabant Pragmatic liberal Elst Utrecht Pragmatic liberal Enschede Overijssel Pragmatic liberal Franeker Friesland Conservative Goes Zeeland Thorbeckian liberal Gorinchem South Holland Pragmatic liberal Gouda South Holland Thorbeckian liberal Grave North Brabant Pragmatic liberal Groningen Groningen Thorbeckian liberal Haarlem North Holland Pragmatic liberal Harderwijk Gelderland Anti-revolutionary Heerenveen Friesland Pragmatic liberal Heerlen Limburg Pragmatic liberal Helmond North Brabant Thorbeckian liberal Heusden North Brabant Conservative Hoogeveen Drenthe Ultraconservative Hoorn North Holland Conservative Kampen Overijssel Pragmatic liberal Leeuwarden Friesland Pragmatic liberal Leiden South Holland Thorbeckian liberal Leiderdorp South Holland Pragmatic liberal Maastricht Limburg Conservative (Catholic) Middelburg Zeeland Pragmatic liberal Nijmegen Gelderland Conservative (Catholic) Onderdendam Groningen Pragmatic liberal Ridderkerk South Holland Pragmatic liberal Roermond Limburg Pragmatic liberal Rotterdam I South Holland Pragmatic liberal Rotterdam II South Holland Pragmatic liberal Ruurlo Gelderland Pragmatic liberal Schiedam South Holland Thorbeckian liberal Sittard Limburg Pragmatic liberal Sluis Zeeland Thorbeckian liberal Sneek Friesland Pragmatic liberal Tilburg North Brabant Conservative (Catholic) Utrecht Utrecht Pragmatic liberal Venlo Limburg Conservative (Catholic) Winschoten Groningen Thorbeckian liberal IJsselstein Utrecht Conservative Zaandam North Holland Pragmatic liberal Zaltbommel Gelderland Pragmatic liberal Zevenbergen North Brabant Thorbeckian liberal Zierikzee Zeeland Thorbeckian liberal Zutphen Gelderland Thorbeckian liberal Zwolle Overijssel Thorbeckian liberal
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