Dutch general election, 1946

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After the German occupation, the party system changed by mergers and reorganisations

Party	%	Seats
Katholieke Volkspartij	30.8	32
Partij van de Arbeid	28.3	29
Anti-Revolutionaire Partij	12.9	13
Communistische Partij Nederland	10.6	10
Christelijke-Historische Unie	7.8	8
Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie	6.4	6
Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij	2.1	2
Total	-	100

Anti Revolutionary Party (Anti-Revolutionaire Partij)
Christian Historical Union (Christelijke-Historische Unie)
Communist Party of the Netherlands (Communistische Partij Nederland), a continuation of the Communist Party of Holland
Freedom party (Partij voor de Vrijheid), a continuation of the Liberal State Party
Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid), a merger of the Social Democratic Workers'Party, the Freethinking Democratic League and the Christian Democratic Union
Political Reformed Party (Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij)
Catholic People's Party (Katholieke Volkspratij), a continuation of the Roman Catholic State Party