1952 Dutch general election

(Redirected from Dutch general election, 1952) Election of the members of the House of Representatives

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25 June 1952

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All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

95.0% (

1.3 pp)

	Leader	Vote %	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

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 25 June 1952. The Catholic People's Party and the Labour Party both won 30 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives. It was the first time since 1913 that the Catholic People's Party and its predecessors had not received a plurality of the vote.

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.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Labour Party	1,545,867	28.97	30	+3
	Catholic People's Party	1,529,508	28.67	30	–2
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	603,329	11.31	12	–1
	Christian Historical Union	476,195	8.92	9	0
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	471,040	8.83	9	+1
	Communist Party of the Netherlands	328,621	6.16	6	–2
	Catholic National Party	144,520	2.71	2	+1
	Reformed Political Party	129,081	2.42	2	0
	Reformed Political League	35,497	0.67	0	New
	Middle Class Party	25,127	0.47	0	0
	Party for Justice, Freedom and Welfare	18,990	0.36	0	New
	Socialist Union [nl]	18,010	0.34	0	New
	Young Conservative Union	9,960	0.19	0	0
Total		5,335,745	100.00	100	0

Valid votes		5,335,745	96.98
Invalid/blank votes		165,981	3.02
Total votes		5,501,726	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,792,679	94.98
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen

By province

Results by province
Province	PvdA	KVP	ARP	CHU	VVD	CPN	KNP	SGP	Others
Province									Others
Drenthe	41.8	6.2	16.8	12.9	14.8	4.4	0.3	0.3	2.4
Friesland	36.6	6.7	22.8	16.3	8.6	4.6	0.4	0.8	3.1
Gelderland	28.7	28.9	10.7	13.5	8.5	2.2	2.1	4.2	1.2
Groningen	38.0	5.2	18.2	10.2	12.6	9.0	0.7	0.2	5.7
Limburg	12.8	75.4	1.0	0.9	0.9	2.3	6.1	0.1	0.5
North Brabant	15.0	69.8	2.9	2.6	2.0	1.3	5.1	0.7	0.6
North Holland	32.7	21.1	9.6	5.2	11.3	14.6	2.8	0.6	2.0
Overijssel	26.8	26.3	11.2	14.2	8.5	6.2	1.4	3.1	2.4
South Holland	33.4	16.7	14.4	9.9	11.2	5.7	2.5	4.0	2.0
Southern IJsselmeer Polders	28.9	23.9	19.5	14.2	5.1	4.2	0.3	1.9	2.0
Utrecht	28.2	23.3	15.0	11.7	8.9	3.7	2.6	4.1	2.6
Zeeland	28.0	18.5	13.8	15.8	8.0	0.9	1.1	9.5	4.4

References

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p1413
Nohlen & Stöver, pp1402-1406
^ "Tweede Kamer 25 juni 1952". Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen 1918-nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 November 2023.

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