1959 Dutch general election

1959 Dutch general election

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All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	95.57% ( 0.07pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– KVP Carl Romme 31.60 49 0 PvdA Jaap Burger 30.36 48 −2 VVD Pieter Oud 12.21 19 +6 ARP Jelle Zijlstra 9.39 14 −1 CHU Henk Beernink 8.11 12 −1 CPN Paul de Groot 2.41 3 −4 SGP Pieter Zandt 2.16 3 0 PSP Henk Lankhorst, Nico van der Veen 1.84 2 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Most voted-for party by municipality Cabinet before Cabinet after Second Beel cabinet KVP–ARP–CHU De Quay cabinet KVP–VVD–ARP–CHU

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]

Results

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	732,658	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	39,423	0.66	0	New
	Brug Group  [ nl ]	34,723	0.58	0	New
	Positive Christian National Union	1,317	0.02	0	New
Total		5,999,531	100.00	150	0
Valid votes		5,999,531	97.66
Invalid/blank votes		143,878	2.34
Total votes		6,143,409	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,427,864	95.57
Source: CBS, [3] Nohlen & Stöver

By province

Results by province ^[4]

Province	KVP	PvdA	VVD	ARP	CHU	CPN	SGP	PSP	Others
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

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1413
3. "Verkiezingsuitslag en zetelverdeling Tweede Kamer, 1959". CBS.
4. "Tweede Kamer 12 maart 1959". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 November 2023.