# 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

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Independents | | | 68 |
| Total | Total | | | 68 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 44,805 | – | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 55,728 | 80.40 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |||||

### By district

| District | Member elected | Province | Group |
| Alkmaar | Samuel Antony de Moraaz | North Holland | Thorbeckian liberal |
| Almelo | Dirk Donker Curtius | Overijssel | Pragmatic liberal |
| Amersfoort | Simon van Walchren | Utrecht | Pragmatic liberal |
| Amsterdam I | Michel Henry Godefroi | North Holland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Amsterdam II | Cornelis Backer | North Holland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Amsterdam III | Floris Adriaan van Hall | North Holland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Amsterdam IV | Johannes Sebastiaan van Naamen | North Holland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Amsterdam V | Jan Heemskerk Bzn. | North Holland | Thorbeckian liberal |
| Appingedam | Rembertus Westerhoff | Groningen | Thorbeckian liberal |
| Arnhem | Johan Nedermeyer van Rosenthal | Gelderland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Assen | Louis van Heiden Reinestein | Drenthe | Conservative |
| Bergen op Zoom | Karel Adrianus Meeussen | North Brabant | Thorbeckian liberal |
| Breda | Lambertus Dominicus Storm | North Brabant | Thorbeckian liberal |
| Brielle | Sebastiaan Hendrik Anemaet | South Holland | Thorbeckian liberal |
| Delft | Willem Wintgens | South Holland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Den Bosch | Johannes Luyben | North Brabant | Conservative liberal |
| Den Haag I | Willem Boreel van Hogelanden | South Holland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Den Haag II | Pieter Carel Schooneveld | South Holland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Deventer | Carel Storm van 's Gravesande | Overijssel | Pragmatic liberal |
| Doetinchem | Joannes van Nispen van Sevenaer | Gelderland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Dokkum | Isaäc ter Bruggen Hugenholtz | Friesland | Thorbeckian liberal |
| Dordrecht | Johannes Servaas Lotsy | South Holland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Edam | Willem Jan Cornelis van Hasselt | North Holland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Eindhoven | Johannes Franciscus van der Heijde | North Brabant | Pragmatic liberal |
| Elst | Adriaan Walraven Engelen | Utrecht | Pragmatic liberal |
| Enschede | Maximiliaan Jacob de Man | Overijssel | Pragmatic liberal |
| Franeker | Jacob Dirks | Friesland | Conservative |
| Goes | Philip Johannes Bachiene | Zeeland | Thorbeckian liberal |
| Gorinchem | Abraham Boxman | South Holland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Gouda | Gijsbertus Martinus van der Linden | South Holland | Thorbeckian liberal |
| Grave | Johannes Hengst | North Brabant | Pragmatic liberal |
| Groningen | Berend Wichers | Groningen | Thorbeckian liberal |
| Haarlem | Willem Hendrik van Voorst | North Holland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Harderwijk | Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer | Gelderland | Anti-revolutionary |
| Heerenveen | Nicolaas van Heloma | Friesland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Heerlen | Louis de Villers de Pité | Limburg | Pragmatic liberal |
| Helmond | Johannes Baptista Bots | North Brabant | Thorbeckian liberal |
| Heusden | Cornelis Schiffer | North Brabant | Conservative |
| Hoogeveen | Lodewijk Napoleon van Randwijck | Drenthe | Ultraconservative |
| Hoorn | Eko Theodorus Scheltinga Winterberg | North Holland | Conservative |
| Kampen | Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist | Overijssel | Pragmatic liberal |
| Leeuwarden | Binse Albarda | Friesland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Leiden | Johan Rudolph Thorbecke | South Holland | Thorbeckian liberal |
| Leiderdorp | Gerardus Wouter Verweij Mejan | South Holland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Maastricht | Eduardus Josephus Hubertus Borret | Limburg | Conservative (Catholic) |
| Middelburg | Jan Jacob Slicher van Domburg | Zeeland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Nijmegen | Gustaaf Dommer van Poldersveldt | Gelderland | Conservative (Catholic) |
| Onderdendam | Geert Reinders | Groningen | Pragmatic liberal |
| Ridderkerk | Willem Wijnaendts | South Holland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Roermond | Johan Lodewijk Matthias Leclercq | Limburg | Pragmatic liberal |
| Rotterdam I | Engel Pieter de Monchy | South Holland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Rotterdam II | Abram van Rijckevorsel | South Holland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Ruurlo | Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt | Gelderland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Schiedam | Karel Arnoldus Poortman | South Holland | Thorbeckian liberal |
| Sittard | Johannes Jacobus Lambrechts | Limburg | Pragmatic liberal |
| Sluis | Daniël van Eck | Zeeland | Thorbeckian liberal |
| Sneek | Pieter Jacob Costerus | Friesland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Tilburg | Jacobus Arnoldus Mutsaers | North Brabant | Conservative (Catholic) |
| Utrecht | Jan Karel van Goltstein | Utrecht | Pragmatic liberal |
| Venlo | Pieter Lodewijk de Lom de Berg | Limburg | Conservative (Catholic) |
| Winschoten | Jan Freerks Zijlker | Groningen | Thorbeckian liberal |
| IJsselstein | Elisa Cornelis Unico van Doorn | Utrecht | Conservative |
| Zaandam | Hendrik Jan Smit | North Holland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Zaltbommel | Edmond Willem van Dam van Isselt | Gelderland | Pragmatic liberal |
| Zevenbergen | Franciscus Johannes Jespers | North Brabant | Thorbeckian liberal |
| Zierikzee | Gerrit Adriaan Fokker | Zeeland | Thorbeckian liberal |
| Zutphen | Willem Hendrik Dullert | Gelderland | Thorbeckian liberal |
| Zwolle | Bartholomeus Sloet tot Oldhuis | Overijssel | Thorbeckian liberal |