Election of the members of the House of Representatives
1959 Dutch general election
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← 1956 | 12 March 1959 | 1963 → |
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All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority |
Turnout | 95.6% ( 0.1 pp) |
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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 |
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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]
Results
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| 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 |
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Valid votes | 5,999,631 | 97.66 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 143,879 | 2.34 | |
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Total votes | 6,143,510 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 6,425,458 | 95.61 | |
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Source: Kiesraad |
By province
Results by province[3] Province | KVP | PvdA | VVD | ARP | CHU | CPN | SGP | PSP | Others |
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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
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1413
- ^ "Tweede Kamer 12 maart 1959". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 November 2023.