Dutch general election, 1959

Dutch general election, 1959
Netherlands
12 March 1959

All 150 seats to the House of Representatives
76 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 95.6%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jan de Quay Jaap Burger Pieter Oud
Party KVP PvdA VVD
Leader since 1959 1952 1948
Last election 49 seats, 31.7% 50 seats, 32.7% 13 seats, 8.8%
Seats won 49 48 19
Seat change Steady Decrease2 Increase6
Popular vote 1,895,914 1,821,285 732,658
Percentage 31.6% 30.4% 12.2%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jelle Zijlstra Henk Beernink Paul de Groot
Party ARP CHU CPN
Leader since 1956 1959 1946
Last election 15 seats, 9.9% 13 seats, 8.4% 7 seats, 4.7%
Seats won 14 12 3
Seat change Decrease1 Decrease1 Decrease4
Popular vote 563,091 486,429 144,542
Percentage 9.4% 8.1% 2.4%

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Pieter Zandt Henk Lankhorst
Nico van der Veen
Party SGP PSP
Leader since 1945 1959
Last election 3 seats, 2.3% First Election
Seats won 3 2
Seat change Steady Increase2
Popular vote 129,678 110,499
Percentage 2.2% 1.8%

Seats

Prime Minister before election

Louis Beel
KVP

Prime Minister

Jan de Quay
KVP

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 Party1,895,91431.6490
Labour Party1,821,28530.448–2
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy732,65812.219+6
Anti Revolutionary Party563,0919.414–1
Christian Historical Union486,4298.112–1
Communist Party of the Netherlands144,5422.43–4
Reformed Political Party129,6782.230
Pacifist Socialist Party110,4991.82New
Farmers' Party/Party for Agriculture and the Middle Class115,4352.00New
Reformed Political League00
Brug Group0New
Positive Christian National Union0New
Invalid/blank votes143,878
Total6,143,4091001500
Registered voters/turnout6,427,86495.6
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
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

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