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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in the Netherlands on 12 March 1959. [1] The Catholic People's Party emerged as the largest party, winning 49 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives. [2]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Catholic People's Party | 1,895,914 | 31.60 | 49 | 0 | |
| Labour Party | 1,821,285 | 30.36 | 48 | –2 | |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 732,758 | 12.21 | 19 | +6 | |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 563,091 | 9.39 | 14 | –1 | |
| Christian Historical Union | 486,429 | 8.11 | 12 | –1 | |
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | 144,542 | 2.41 | 3 | –4 | |
| Reformed Political Party | 129,678 | 2.16 | 3 | 0 | |
| Pacifist Socialist Party | 110,499 | 1.84 | 2 | New | |
| Reformed Political League | 39,972 | 0.67 | 0 | 0 | |
| Farmers' Party | 37,774 | 0.63 | 0 | New | |
| Brug Group | 34,723 | 0.58 | 0 | New | |
| Party for Agriculture and the Middle Class | 1,649 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
| Positive Christian National Union | 1,317 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 5,999,631 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 5,999,631 | 97.66 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 143,879 | 2.34 | |||
| Total votes | 6,143,510 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,425,458 | 95.61 | |||
| Source: Kiesraad | |||||
| Province | KVP | PvdA | VVD | ARP | CHU | CPN | SGP | PSP | Others |
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 Drenthe | 6.9 | 42.5 | 18.4 | 15.3 | 11.5 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 2.6 |
 Friesland | 6.9 | 38.7 | 10.4 | 21.9 | 16.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
 Gelderland | 31.9 | 29.1 | 11.0 | 9.1 | 12.2 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 1.8 |
 Groningen | 5.8 | 40.7 | 16.0 | 16.8 | 9.3 | 4.8 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 4.7 |
 Limburg | 79.5 | 15.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
 North Brabant | 74.0 | 15.2 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
 North Holland | 23.4 | 33.1 | 16.8 | 7.5 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 2.9 |
 Overijssel | 28.1 | 30.0 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 12.9 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 3.1 |
 South Holland | 18.5 | 36.4 | 15.4 | 11.3 | 9.0 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
 Southern IJsselmeer Polders | 24.4 | 24.7 | 9.7 | 20.0 | 15.4 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
 Utrecht | 25.5 | 29.7 | 13.8 | 12.3 | 10.6 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
 Zeeland | 21.1 | 29.3 | 11.1 | 12.5 | 14.9 | 0.4 | 8.8 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
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