1959 Dutch general election

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]

1959 Dutch general election

12 March 1959
Turnout	95.6%
Party Leader % 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
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Louis Beel KVP Jan de Quay KVP

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Catholic People's Party	1,895,914	31.6	49	0
Labour Party	1,821,285	30.4	48	–2
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	732,658	12.2	19	+6
Anti-Revolutionary Party	563,091	9.4	14	–1
Christian Historical Union	486,429	8.1	12	–1
Communist Party of the Netherlands	144,542	2.4	3	–4
Reformed Political Party	129,678	2.2	3	0
Pacifist Socialist Party	110,499	1.8	2	New
Reformed Political League	39,972	0.7	0	0
Farmers' Party/Party for Agriculture and the Middle Class	39,423	0.7	0	New
Brug Group	34,723	0.6	0	New
Positive Christian National Union	1,317	0.0	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	143,878	–	–	–
Total	6,143,409	100	150	0
Registered voters/turnout	6,427,864	95.6	–	–
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen

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