Dutch general election, 1959
Dutch general election, 1959
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All 150 seats to the House of Representatives
76 seats were needed for a majority
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| Turnout |
95.6% |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Jan de Quay |
Jaap Burger |
Pieter Oud |
| Party |
KVP |
PvdA |
VVD |
| Leader since |
1959 |
1952 |
1948 |
| Last election |
49 seats, 31.7% |
50 seats, 32.7% |
13 seats, 8.8% |
| Seats won |
49 |
48 |
19 |
| Seat change |
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 2 |
 6 |
| Popular vote |
1,895,914 |
1,821,285 |
732,658 |
| Percentage |
31.6% |
30.4% |
12.2% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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| Leader |
Jelle Zijlstra |
Henk Beernink |
Paul de Groot |
| Party |
ARP |
CHU |
CPN |
| Leader since |
1956 |
1959 |
1946 |
| Last election |
15 seats, 9.9% |
13 seats, 8.4% |
7 seats, 4.7% |
| Seats won |
14 |
12 |
3 |
| Seat change |
1 |
1 |
4 |
| Popular vote |
563,091 |
486,429 |
144,542 |
| Percentage |
9.4% |
8.1% |
2.4% |
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Seventh party |
Eighth party |
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| Leader |
Pieter Zandt |
Henk Lankhorst
Nico van der Veen
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| Party |
SGP |
PSP |
| Leader since |
1945 |
1959 |
| Last election |
3 seats, 2.3% |
First Election |
| Seats won |
3 |
2 |
| Seat change |
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2 |
| Popular vote |
129,678 |
110,499 |
| Percentage |
2.2% |
1.8% |
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Seats
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Louis Beel
KVP
Jan de Quay
KVP
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.
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