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1948 Dutch general election

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1948 Dutch general election
Netherlands
← 1946 7 July 1948 1952 →

All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout93.67% (Increase0.57pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
KVP Carl Romme 31.04 32 0
PvdA Willem Drees 25.60 27 −2
ARP Jan Schouten 13.21 13 0
CHU Hendrik Tilanus 9.19 9 +1
VVD Pieter Oud 7.95 8 +2
CPN Paul de Groot 7.74 8 −2
SGP Pieter Zandt 2.37 2 0
KNP Charles Welter 1.26 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Cabinet before Cabinet after
First Beel cabinet
KVPPvdA
Drees–Van Schaik cabinet
KVPPvdACHUVVD

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]

Following the elections, a broad four-party coalition government was formed between the Catholic People's Party, Labour Party, Christian Historical Union and People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. Combined these parties held 76% of the available seats in parliament.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Catholic People's Party1,531,15431.04320
Labour Party1,263,05825.6027–2
Anti-Revolutionary Party651,61213.21130
Christian Historical Union453,2269.199+1
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy391,9257.958+2
Communist Party of the Netherlands382,0017.748–2
Reformed Political Party116,9372.3720
Catholic National Party62,3761.261New
Middle Class Party40,9490.830New
Independent National Group22,1750.450New
Old SDAP [nl]/Progressive Party for World Government [nl]15,3220.310New
Revolutionary Communist Party [nl]2,2240.050New
Total4,932,959100.001000
Valid votes4,932,95996.92
Invalid/blank votes156,6233.08
Total votes5,089,582100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,433,66393.67
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen[3]

By province

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Results by province[3]
Province KVP PvdA ARP CHU VVD CPN SGP KNP Others
 Drenthe 6.2 38.0 19.0 13.8 15.7 5.4 0.4 0.2 1.3
 Friesland 7.0 33.2 24.3 17.6 7.3 7.1 0.7 0.1 2.6
 Gelderland 31.4 24.9 12.0 13.9 8.2 3.1 4.2 1.1 1.1
 Groningen 5.6 33.3 22.9 11.4 12.0 11.3 0.2 0.4 2.9
 Limburg 81.5 8.6 1.0 0.7 0.8 3.7 0.1 3.0 0.7
 North Brabant 77.2 10.5 3.3 2.6 1.6 1.7 0.7 1.8 0.5
 North Holland 23.4 29.2 11.2 5.4 9.8 17.3 0.6 1.1 2.0
 Overijssel 27.3 25.3 13.5 14.1 8.3 7.6 2.9 0.4 0.6
 South Holland 18.3 30.7 16.7 10.1 9.7 7.3 3.9 1.3 2.1
 Southern IJsselmeer Polders 22.0 26.4 18.3 10.8 3.2 16.9 1.9 0.2 0.4
 Utrecht 24.7 25.1 18.7 11.1 7.6 4.8 3.9 1.8 2.1
 Zeeland 19.4 24.4 16.5 16.8 8.0 1.7 9.9 1.2 2.1

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1413
  3. ^ a b "Tweede Kamer 7 juli 1948". Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen 1918-nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 November 2023.