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]

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1952 Dutch general election

← 1948 25 June 1952 1956 →
All 100 seats in the House of Representatives 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	95.0% ( 1.3 pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– PvdA Willem Drees 29.0% 30 +3 KVP Carl Romme 28.7% 30 −2 ARP Jan Schouten 11.3% 12 −1 CHU Hendrik Tilanus 8.9% 9 0 VVD Pieter Oud 8.8% 9 +1 CPN Paul de Groot 6.2% 6 −2 KNP Charles Welter 2.7% 2 +1 SGP Pieter Zandt 2.4% 2 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after First Drees cabinet KVP–PvdA–CHU–VVD Second Drees cabinet PvdA–KVP–ARP–CHU

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The elections led to a continuation of the previous four-party government, consisting of Labour, the Catholic People's Party, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and the Christian Historical Union. However, three months after the elections the VVD left the government and were replaced by the Anti-Revolutionary Party.