Dutch general election, 1952

Dutch general election, 1952
Netherlands
25 June 1952

All 100 seats to the House of Representatives
51 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 95.0%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Willem Drees Carl Romme Jan Schouten
Party PvdA KVP ARP
Leader since 1946 1946 1945
Last election 27 seats, 25.6% 32 seats, 31.0% 13 seats, 13.1%
Seats won 30 30 12
Seat change Increase3 Decrease2 Decrease1
Popular vote 1,545,867 1,529,434 603,329
Percentage 29.0% 28.7% 11.3%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Hendrik Tilanus Pieter Oud Paul de Groot
Party CHU VVD CPN
Leader since 1939 1948 1945
Last election 9 seats, 9.2% 8 seats, 8.0% 8 seats, 7.7%
Seats won 9 9 6
Seat change Steady Increase1 Decrease2
Popular vote 476,195 471,040 328,621
Percentage 8.9% 8.8% 6.2%

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Charles Welter Pieter Zandt
Party KNP SGP
Leader since 1948 1945
Last election 1 seat, 1.3% 2 seats, 2.4%
Seats won 2 2
Seat change Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 144,520 129,081
Percentage 2.7% 2.4%

Prime Minister before election

Willem Drees
PvdA

Prime Minister

Willem Drees
PvdA

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 25 June 1952.[1] The Catholic People's Party and the Labour Party both won 30 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives.[2] It was the first time since 1913 that the Catholic People's Party and its predecessors had not received a plurality of the vote.[3]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Labour Party1,545,86729.030+3
Catholic People's Party1,529,50828.730–2
Anti Revolutionary Party603,32911.312–1
Christian Historical Union476,1958.990
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy471,0408.89+1
Communist Party of the Netherlands328,6216.26–2
Catholic National Party144,5202.72+1
Reformed Political Party129,0812.420
Reformed Political League107,5842.10New
Middle Class Party00
Party for Justice, Freedom and Welfare0New
Socialist Union0New
Young Conservative Union00
Invalid/blank votes165,981
Total5,501,7261001000
Registered voters/turnout5,792,67995.0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular Vote
PvdA
 
28.97%
KVP
 
28.67%
ARP
 
11.31%
CHU
 
8.92%
VVD
 
8.83%
CPN
 
6.16%
KNP
 
2.71%
SGP
 
2.42%
GPV
 
0.67%
Other
 
1.35%

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1413
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, pp1402-1406