1948 Dutch general election

1948 Dutch general election

7 July 1948
Turnout	93.7%
Party Leader % Seats +/– KVP Carl Romme 31.0% 32 0 PvdA Willem Drees 25.6% 27 −2 ARP Jan Schouten 13.2% 13 0 CHU Hendrik Tilanus 9.2% 9 +1 VVD Pieter Oud 8.0% 8 +2 CPN Paul de Groot 7.7% 8 −2 SGP Pieter Zandt 2.4% 2 0 KNP Charles Welter 1.3% 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Louis Beel KVP Willem Drees PvdA

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

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

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Catholic People's Party	1,531,154	31.0	32	0
Labour Party	1,263,058	25.6	27	–2
Anti-Revolutionary Party	651,612	13.2	13	0
Christian Historical Union	453,226	9.2	9	+1
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	391,925	7.9	8	+2
Communist Party of the Netherlands	382,001	7.7	8	–2
Reformed Political Party	116,937	2.4	2	0
Catholic National Party	62,376	1.3	1	New
Middle Class Party	40,949	0.8	0	New
Independent National Group	22,175	0.5	0	New
Old SDAP/Progressive Party for the World Government	15,322	0.3	0	New
Revolutionary Communist Party	2,224	0.1	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	156,623	–	–	–
Total	5,089,582	100	100	0
Registered voters/turnout	5,433,663	93.7	–	–
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen

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%