Dutch general election, 1948
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93.7% |
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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 7 July 1948.[1] The Catholic People's Party remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 32 of the 100 seats.[2]
Following the elections, a broad four-party coalition government was formed between the Catholic People's Party, Labour Party, Christian Historical Union and People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. Combined these parties held 76% of the available seats in parliament.
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
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| Catholic People's Party | 1,531,154 | 31.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Labour Party | 1,263,058 | 25.6 | 27 | –2 |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 651,612 | 13.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Christian Historical Union | 453,226 | 9.2 | 9 | +1 |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 391,925 | 7.9 | 8 | +2 |
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | 382,001 | 7.7 | 8 | –2 |
| Reformed Political Party | 116,937 | 2.4 | 2 | 0 |
| Catholic National Party | 62,376 | 1.3 | 1 | New |
| Middle Class Party | 40,949 | 0.8 | 0 | New |
| Independent National Group | 22,175 | 0.5 | 0 | New |
| Old SDAP/Progressive Party for the World Government | 15,322 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
| Revolutionary Communist Party | 2,224 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | 156,623 | – | – | – |
| Total | 5,089,582 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 5,433,663 | 93.7 | – | – |
| Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen |
| Popular Vote |
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| KVP |
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31.04% |
| PvdA |
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25.60% |
| ARP |
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13.21% |
| CHU |
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9.19% |
| VVD |
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7.95% |
| CPN |
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7.74% |
| SGP |
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2.37% |
| KNP |
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1.26% |
| Other |
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1.64% |
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References
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396
ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1413