Dutch_general_election,_1959

1959 Dutch general election
	All 150 seats in the House of Representatives; 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	95.6% ( 0.1 pp)
	Seats
Second Beel cabinet; KVP–ARP–CHU	De Quay cabinet; KVP–VVD–ARP–CHU

1959 Dutch general election

Election of the members of the House of Representatives

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]

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Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Catholic People's Party	1,895,914	31.60	49	0
	Labour Party	1,821,285	30.36	48	–2
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	732,758	12.21	19	+6
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	563,091	9.39	14	–1
	Christian Historical Union	486,429	8.11	12	–1
	Communist Party of the Netherlands	144,542	2.41	3	–4
	Reformed Political Party	129,678	2.16	3	0
	Pacifist Socialist Party	110,499	1.84	2	New
	Reformed Political League	39,972	0.67	0	0
	Farmers' Party	37,774	0.63	0	New
	Brug Group	34,723	0.58	0	New
	Party for Agriculture and the Middle Class	1,649	0.03	0	New
	Positive Christian National Union	1,317	0.02	0	New
Total		5,999,631	100.00	150	0

Valid votes		5,999,631	97.66
Invalid/blank votes		143,879	2.34
Total votes		6,143,510	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,425,458	95.61
Source: Kiesraad

Province	KVP	PvdA	VVD	ARP	CHU	CPN	SGP	PSP	Others
Province									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

1959 Dutch general election