Dutch general election, 1948

Dutch general election, 1948
Netherlands
7 July 1948

All 100 seats to the House of Representatives
51 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 93.7%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Carl Romme Willem Drees Jan Schouten
Party KVP PvdA ARP
Leader since 1946 1946 1945
Last election 32 seats, 30.8% 29 seats, 28.3% 13 seats, 12.9%
Seats won 32 27 13
Seat change Steady Decrease2 Steady
Popular vote 1,531,154 1,263,058 651,612
Percentage 31.0% 25.6% 13.2%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Hendrik Tilanus Pieter Oud Paul de Groot
Party CHU VVD CPN
Leader since 1939 1948 1945
Last election 8 seats, 7.8% 6 seats, 6.4% 10 seats, 10.6%
Seats won 9 8 8
Seat change Increase1 Increase2 Decrease2
Popular vote 453,226 391,925 382,001
Percentage 9.2% 8.0% 7.7%

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Pieter Zandt Charles Welter
Party SGP KNP
Leader since 1945 1948
Last election 2 seats, 2.1% new party
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Steady Increase1
Popular vote 116,937 62,376
Percentage 2.4% 1.3%

Prime Minister before election

Louis Beel
KVP

Prime Minister

Willem Drees
PvdA

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 7 July 1948.[1] The Catholic People's Party remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 32 of the 100 seats.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Catholic People's Party1,531,15431.0320
Labour Party1,263,05825.627–2
Anti Revolutionary Party651,61213.2130
Christian Historical Union453,2269.29+1
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy391,9257.98+2
Communist Party of the Netherlands382,0017.78–2
Reformed Political Party116,9372.420
Catholic National Party62,3761.31New
Middle Class Party40,9490.80New
Independent National Group22,1750.50New
Old SDAP/Progressive Party for the World Government15,3220.30New
Revolutionary Communist Party2,2240.10New
Invalid/blank votes156,623
Total5,089,5821001000
Registered voters/turnout5,433,66393.7
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Directory of small political parties 1918-1967
Popular Vote
KVP
 
31.04%
PvdA
 
25.60%
ARP
 
13.21%
CHU
 
9.19%
VVD
 
7.95%
CPN
 
7.74%
SGP
 
2.37%
KNP
 
1.26%
Other
 
1.64%

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1413
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