1959 Dutch general election

1959 Dutch general election
Netherlands
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All 150 seats in the House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout95.6% (Increase 0.1 pp)
Party Leader Vote % 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
Cabinet before Cabinet after
Second Beel cabinet
KVPARPCHU
De Quay cabinet
KVPVVDARPCHU

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]

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