General elections were held in the Netherlands on 22 January 1868.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1395

Electoral system Of the 75 seats in the House of Representatives, 8 were elected in single-member constituencies using the two-round system.

The other 67 were elected using two-round plurality block voting in 31 constituencies from 2 to 6 seats. To be elected in the first round, a candidate had to reach an electoral threshold of 50% of the number of valid votes cast, divided by the number of seats up for election in the district.

Results

By district District Members elected Group Ref. Alkmaar Liberal Incumbent. Conservative Almelo Conservative Thorbeckian liberal Amersfoort Conservative Conservative Amsterdam Conservative liberal Conservative Conservative Conservative liberal Conservative Thorbeckian liberal Appingedam Liberal Thorbeckian liberal Arnhem Thorbeckian liberal Incumbent member for Groningen. Thorbeckian liberal Assen Thorbeckian liberal Liberal Boxmeer Pragmatic liberal Breda Thorbeckian liberal Thorbeckian liberal Delft Conservative Conservative Den Bosch Conservative (Catholic) Conservative (Catholic) Den Haag Conservative Conservative Deventer Thorbeckian liberal Thorbeckian liberal Dokkum Thorbeckian liberal Liberal Dordrecht Thorbeckian liberal Liberal Eindhoven Thorbeckian liberal Conservative (Catholic) Goes Anti-revolutionary Gorinchem Conservative Conservative Gouda Conservative Conservative Groningen Liberal Haarlem Conservative Conservative Hoorn Conservative Conservative Leeuwarden Liberal Liberal Leiden Conservative Anti-revolutionary Maastricht Thorbeckian liberal Thorbeckian liberal Middelburg Thorbeckian liberal Thorbeckian liberal Nijmegen Conservative (Catholic) Pragmatic liberal Roermond Thorbeckian liberal Conservative (Catholic) Rotterdam Liberal Liberal Liberal Sneek Liberal Liberal Steenwijk Liberal Tiel Conservative Tilburg Conservative (Catholic) Conservative (Catholic) Utrecht Conservative Conservative Winschoten Liberal Zierikzee Liberal Zuidhorn Pragmatic liberal Zutphen Thorbeckian liberal Thorbeckian liberal Zwolle Anti-revolutionary Liberal

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