1959 Dutch general election

1959 Dutch general election

12 March 1959
All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	95.6% ( 0.1 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– KVP Carl Romme 31.6% 49 0 PvdA Jaap Burger 30.4% 48 −2 VVD Pieter Oud 12.2% 19 +6 ARP Jelle Zijlstra 9.4% 14 −1 CHU Henk Beernink 8.1% 12 −1 CPN Paul de Groot 2.4% 3 −4 SGP Pieter Zandt 2.2% 3 0 PSP Henk Lankhorst, Nico van der Veen 1.8% 2 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Seats Cabinet before Cabinet after Second Beel cabinet KVP–ARP–CHU De Quay cabinet KVP–VVD–ARP–CHU

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 12 March 1959. The Catholic People's Party emerged as the largest party, winning 49 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Catholic People's Party	1,895,914	31.60	49	0
	Labour Party	1,821,285	30.36	48	–2
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	732,758	12.21	19	+6
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	563,091	9.39	14	–1
	Christian Historical Union	486,429	8.11	12	–1
	Communist Party of the Netherlands	144,542	2.41	3	–4
	Reformed Political Party	129,678	2.16	3	0
	Pacifist Socialist Party	110,499	1.84	2	New
	Reformed Political League	39,972	0.67	0	0
	Farmers' Party	37,774	0.63	0	New
	Brug Group	34,723	0.58	0	New
	Party for Agriculture and the Middle Class	1,649	0.03	0	New
	Positive Christian National Union	1,317	0.02	0	New
Total		5,999,631	100.00	150	0
Valid votes		5,999,631	97.66
Invalid/blank votes		143,879	2.34
Total votes		6,143,510	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,425,458	95.61
Source: Kiesraad

By province

Results by province

Province	KVP	PvdA	VVD	ARP	CHU	CPN	SGP	PSP	Others
Drenthe	6.9	42.5	18.4	15.3	11.5	1.9	0.2	0.6	2.6
Friesland	6.9	38.7	10.4	21.9	16.2	2.0	0.7	1.7	1.5
Gelderland	31.9	29.1	11.0	9.1	12.2	0.6	3.6	0.7	1.8
Groningen	5.8	40.7	16.0	16.8	9.3	4.8	0.2	1.7	4.7
Limburg	79.5	15.0	2.5	1.0	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.2	0.3
North Brabant	74.0	15.2	4.2	2.6	2.3	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.4
North Holland	23.4	33.1	16.8	7.5	4.9	6.1	0.6	4.7	2.9
Overijssel	28.1	30.0	9.6	10.1	12.9	2.4	2.7	0.9	3.1
South Holland	18.5	36.4	15.4	11.3	9.0	2.1	3.8	2.0	1.5
Southern IJsselmeer Polders	24.4	24.7	9.7	20.0	15.4	0.4	2.1	0.8	2.5
Utrecht	25.5	29.7	13.8	12.3	10.6	0.9	3.3	1.5	2.4
Zeeland	21.1	29.3	11.1	12.5	14.9	0.4	8.8	0.4	1.5