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
Netherlands
← 1956 12 March 1959 1963 →

All 150 seats in the House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout95.6% (Increase 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
KVPARPCHU
De Quay cabinet
KVPVVDARPCHU

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Catholic People's Party1,895,91431.60490
Labour Party1,821,28530.3648–2
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy732,75812.2119+6
Anti-Revolutionary Party563,0919.3914–1
Christian Historical Union486,4298.1112–1
Communist Party of the Netherlands144,5422.413–4
Reformed Political Party129,6782.1630
Pacifist Socialist Party110,4991.842New
Reformed Political League39,9720.6700
Farmers' Party37,7740.630New
Brug Group [nl]34,7230.580New
Party for Agriculture and the Middle Class1,6490.030New
Positive Christian National Union1,3170.020New
Total5,999,631100.001500
Valid votes5,999,63197.66
Invalid/blank votes143,8792.34
Total votes6,143,510100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,425,45895.61
Source: Kiesraad[3]

By province

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Results by province[3]
Province KVP PvdA VVD ARP CHU CPN SGP PSP Others
  Drenthe 6.9 42.5 18.4 15.3 11.5 1.9 0.2 0.6 2.6
  Friesland 6.9 38.7 10.4 21.9 16.2 2.0 0.7 1.7 1.5
  Gelderland 31.9 29.1 11.0 9.1 12.2 0.6 3.6 0.7 1.8
  Groningen 5.8 40.7 16.0 16.8 9.3 4.8 0.2 1.7 4.7
  Limburg 79.5 15.0 2.5 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.3
  North Brabant 74.0 15.2 4.2 2.6 2.3 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.4
  North Holland 23.4 33.1 16.8 7.5 4.9 6.1 0.6 4.7 2.9
  Overijssel 28.1 30.0 9.6 10.1 12.9 2.4 2.7 0.9 3.1
  South Holland 18.5 36.4 15.4 11.3 9.0 2.1 3.8 2.0 1.5
  Southern IJsselmeer Polders 24.4 24.7 9.7 20.0 15.4 0.4 2.1 0.8 2.5
  Utrecht 25.5 29.7 13.8 12.3 10.6 0.9 3.3 1.5 2.4
  Zeeland 21.1 29.3 11.1 12.5 14.9 0.4 8.8 0.4 1.5

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1413
  3. ^ a b "Tweede Kamer 12 maart 1959". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 November 2023.