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1959 Dutch general election Turnout 95.6% ( 0.1 pp )
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results
below .
Seats
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
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 [ ]
^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1413
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