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1952 Dutch general election Turnout 95.0%
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 25 June 1952.[1] Catholic People's Party and the Labour Party both won 30 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives .[2] 1913 that the Catholic People's Party and its predecessors had not received a plurality of the vote.[3]
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
29.0
30
+3
Catholic People's Party 1,529,508
28.7
30
–2
Anti-Revolutionary Party 603,329
11.3
12
–1
Christian Historical Union 476,195
8.9
9
0
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 471,040
8.8
9
+1
Communist Party of the Netherlands 328,621
6.2
6
–2
Catholic National Party 144,520
2.7
2
+1
Reformed Political Party 129,081
2.4
2
0
Reformed Political League 35,497
0.7
0
New
Middle Class Party 25,127
0.5
0
0
Party for Justice, Freedom and Welfare
18,990
0.4
0
New
Socialist Union
18,010
0.3
0
New
Young Conservative Union
9,960
0.2
0
0
Invalid/blank votes
165,981
–
–
–
Total 5,501,726 100 100 0
Registered voters/turnout
5,792,679
95.0
–
–
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen
Popular Vote
PvdA
28.97%
KVP
28.67%
ARP
11.31%
CHU
8.92%
VVD
8.83%
CPN
6.16%
KNP
2.71%
SGP
2.42%
GPV
0.67%
Other
1.35%
References
