1959 Dutch general election

1959 Dutch general election

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Turnout	95.6% ( 0.1 pp)
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 2.2% 3 0 PSP , 1.8% 2 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Seats Prime Minister before Prime Minister after 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 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

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