1959 Dutch general election

1959 Dutch general election

← 1956 12 March 1959 1963 →
All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	95.6% ( 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 KVP–ARP–CHU De Quay cabinet KVP–VVD–ARP–CHU

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]