Dutch general election, 1959

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Dutch general election, 1959
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  1956 12 March 1959 1963  
Turnout 95.6%

PartyLeader%Seats±
KVP Carl Romme 31.6%490
PvdA Jaap Burger 30.4%48-2
VVD Pieter Oud 12.2%19+6
ARP Jelle Zijlstra 9.4%14-1
CHU Henk Beernink 8.1%12-1
CPN Paul de Groot 2.4%3-4
SGP Pieter Zandt 2.2%30
PSP Henk Lankhorst, Nico van der Veen 1.8%2New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Seats
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Louis Beel 1945 (1).jpg Louis Beel
KVP
Jan de Quay
KVP
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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]

Netherlands Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe

The Netherlands is a country located mainly in Northwestern Europe. The European portion of the Netherlands consists of twelve separate provinces that border Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, with maritime borders in the North Sea with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. Together with three island territories in the Caribbean Sea—Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba— it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The official language is Dutch, but a secondary official language in the province of Friesland is West Frisian.

Catholic Peoples Party Dutch political party

The Catholic People's Party was a Catholic Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1945 as a continuation of the Roman Catholic State Party, which was a continuation of the General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses. During its entire existence, the party was in government. In 1980 the party merged with the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) to form the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Catholic People's Party 1,895,91431.6490
Labour Party 1,821,28530.448–2
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 732,65812.219+6
Anti-Revolutionary Party 563,0919.414–1
Christian Historical Union 486,4298.112–1
Communist Party of the Netherlands 144,5422.43–4
Reformed Political Party 129,6782.230
Pacifist Socialist Party 110,4991.82New
Reformed Political League 39,9720.700
Farmers' Party/Party for Agriculture and the Middle Class39,4230.70New
Brug Group34,7230.60New
Positive Christian National Union1,3170.00New
Invalid/blank votes143,878
Total6,143,4091001500
Registered voters/turnout6,427,86495.6
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen
Popular Vote
KVP
31.60%
PvdA
30.36%
VVD
12.21%
ARP
9.39%
CHU
8.11%
CPN
2.41%
SGP
2.16%
PSP
1.84%
GPV
0.67%
BP/PLM
0.66%
Other
0.60%

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1413