Dutch Election Data, 1888-1917

This data collection contains voting information from percentagized election returns for each of the nine general elections to the Lower House (Tweede Kamer) of the Dutch Parliament in the period 1888-1917, as well as information on religious composition for all of the 100 municipalities of the Netherlands. Variables computed from the basic election statistics on the basis of a left-right dimension of the political parties provide information on the number and percentage of votes cast for the Conservatives, the Liberals, the Radicals, the Social-Democrats, the Anti-Revolutionary Party, the Catholics, and the other left-wing and right-wing parties. Additional variables provide information on age, the number of registered voters, and the total number of votes cast. Religious variables provide information on the percentage of the population associated with specific denominations, such as the Dutch Reformed Church, the Wallon Church, the New Lutheran Church, the Remonstrant Church, the Mennonite Church, the Christian Reformed Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Old Roman Catholic Church, the Jewish religion, and other churches and sects, including those with no religious association.

本数据集收录了荷兰议会下议院（Tweede Kamer）自1888年至1917年间九次普选的按比例计算的选举结果中的投票信息，以及荷兰全国100个市政区的宗教构成数据。基于政党政治左右维度对基本选举统计数据进行计算得出的变量，提供了保守派、自由派、激进派、社会民主党、反革命党、天主教徒以及其他左翼和右翼政党所获得的选票数量及百分比信息。额外变量提供了有关年龄、登记选民数量以及总投票数的详细信息。宗教变量则揭示了与特定教派（如荷兰改革宗教会、瓦隆教会、新路德教会、再浸信会、门诺派教会、基督教改革教会、罗马天主教教会、老罗马天主教教会、犹太教以及其他教会和教派，包括无宗教信仰者）相关的population比例信息。