1848 Dutch general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 30 November and 4 December 1848. 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. 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, roughly 11% of the male population over 23, or 2.5% of the total population of the country. 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, 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
Middelburg		Zeeland	Pragmatic liberal
Nijmegen		Gelderland	Conservative
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
Utrecht		Utrecht	Pragmatic liberal
Venlo		Limburg	Conservative
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