Dutch general election, 1959

Dutch general election, 1959
Netherlands
12 March 1959
Turnout 95.6%

Party Leader % Seats ±
KVP Carl Romme 31.6% 49 0
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% 3 0
PSP Henk Lankhorst, Nico van der Veen 1.8% 2 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Seats
Prime Minister before Prime Minister
Louis Beel
KVP		 Jan de Quay
KVP

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 Party1,895,91431.6490
Labour Party1,821,28530.448–2
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy732,65812.219+6
Anti-Revolutionary Party563,0919.414–1
Christian Historical Union486,4298.112–1
Communist Party of the Netherlands144,5422.43–4
Reformed Political Party129,6782.230
Pacifist Socialist Party110,4991.82New
Reformed Political League39,9720.700
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%

References

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