General elections were held in the Netherlands on 13 June 1956.^[1] For the first time, the Labour Party (PvdA) emerged as the largest party, winning 50 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.^[2]

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1956 Dutch general election

← 1952 13 June 1956 1959 →
All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	95.5% ( 0.5 pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– PvdA Willem Drees 32.7% 50 +20 KVP Carl Romme 31.7% 49 +19 ARP Jelle Zijlstra 9.9% 15 +3 VVD Pieter Oud 8.8% 13 +4 CHU Hendrik Tilanus 8.4% 13 +4 CPN Paul de Groot 4.7% 7 +1 SGP Pieter Zandt 2.3% 3 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Seats Cabinet before Cabinet after Second Drees cabinet PvdA–KVP–ARP–CHU Third Drees cabinet PvdA–KVP–ARP–CHU

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The elections led to the continuation of the four-party coalition government, consisting of the PvdA, Catholic People's Party, Anti-Revolutionary Party and Christian Historical Union.

Prior to the elections the number of seats in the House of Representatives was raised from 100 to 150.^[3] This meant that the electoral threshold was reduced from 1% to 0.67%.^[3]