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Dutch general election, 1959|
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| Turnout | 95.6% |
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.  Seats |
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General elections were held in the Netherlands on 12 March 1959.[1] The Catholic People's Party emerged as the largest party, winning 49 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2]
Results
| Party
|
Votes
|
%
|
Seats
|
+/–
|
| Catholic People's Party |
1,895,914 |
31.6 |
49 |
0
|
| Labour Party |
1,821,285 |
30.4 |
48 |
–2
|
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
732,658 |
12.2 |
19 |
+6
|
| Anti-Revolutionary Party |
563,091 |
9.4 |
14 |
–1
|
| Christian Historical Union |
486,429 |
8.1 |
12 |
–1
|
| Communist Party of the Netherlands |
144,542 |
2.4 |
3 |
–4
|
| Reformed Political Party |
129,678 |
2.2 |
3 |
0
|
| Pacifist Socialist Party |
110,499 |
1.8 |
2 |
New
|
| Reformed Political League |
39,972 |
0.7 |
0 |
0
|
| Farmers' Party/Party for Agriculture and the Middle Class |
39,423 |
0.7 |
0 |
New
|
| Brug Group |
34,723 |
0.6 |
0 |
New
|
| Positive Christian National Union |
1,317 |
0.0 |
0 |
New
|
| Invalid/blank votes |
143,878 |
– |
– |
–
|
| Total |
6,143,409 |
100 |
150 |
0
|
| Registered voters/turnout |
6,427,864 |
95.6 |
– |
–
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| Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen
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| Popular Vote |
|---|
|
|
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| KVP |
|
31.60% |
| PvdA |
|
30.36% |
| VVD |
|
12.21% |
| ARP |
|
9.39% |
| CHU |
|
8.11% |
| CPN |
|
2.41% |
| SGP |
|
2.16% |
| PSP |
|
1.84% |
| GPV |
|
0.67% |
| BP/PLM |
|
0.66% |
| Other |
|
0.60% |
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