1860 Dutch general election

Partial general elections were held in the Netherlands on 12 and 26 June 1860 to elect 36 of the 72 seats in the House of Representatives.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1395 Electoral system Of the 72 seats in the House of Representatives, 9 were elected in single-member constituencies using the two-round system.

The other 63 were elected using two-round plurality block voting in 29 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 Incumbent. Conservative Almelo Thorbeckian liberal Amersfoort Conservative Amsterdam Liberal Pragmatic liberal Pragmatic liberal Appingedam Thorbeckian liberal Arnhem Anti-revolutionary Assen Conservative Boxmeer Pragmatic liberal Breda Pragmatic liberal Delft Conservative Den Bosch Thorbeckian liberal Den Haag Thorbeckian liberal Deventer Thorbeckian liberal Dokkum Pragmatic liberal Dordrecht Thorbeckian liberal Eindhoven Thorbeckian liberal Goes Pragmatic liberal Gorinchem Anti-revolutionary Gouda Conservative Groningen Thorbeckian liberal Hoorn Conservative Leeuwarden Conservative Leiden Conservative Maastricht Thorbeckian liberal Middelburg Thorbeckian liberal Nijmegen Conservative (Catholic) Roermond Pragmatic liberal Rotterdam Thorbeckian liberal Sneek AmbiguousNoted as a conservative and a pragmatic liberal Steenwijk Pragmatic liberal Tilburg Thorbeckian liberal Utrecht Conservative Zutphen Pragmatic liberal Zwolle Conservative

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