All 100 seats in the House of Representatives 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
94.40% ( 0.10pp)
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
RKSP
Piet Aalberse
28.84
31
+3
SDAP
Johan Willem Albarda
21.95
23
+1
ARP
Hendrikus Colijn
16.40
17
+3
CHU
Dirk Jan de Geer
7.46
8
−2
VDB
Pieter Oud
5.90
6
0
NSB
Anton Mussert
4.22
4
New
LSP
Willem Carel Wendelaar
3.95
4
−3
CPN
Louis de Visser
3.35
3
−1
CDU
Harm van Houten
2.09
2
+1
SGP
Gerrit Hendrik Kersten
1.94
2
−1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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^Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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