Election of the members of the House of Representatives
1956 Dutch general election
← 1952
13 June 1956
1959 →
All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
95.5% ( 0.5 pp)
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
PvdA
Willem Drees
32.7%
50
+20
KVP
Carl Romme
31.7%
49
+19
ARP
Jelle Zijlstra
9.9%
15
+3
VVD
Pieter Oud
8.8%
13
+4
CHU
Hendrik Tilanus
8.4%
13
+4
CPN
Paul de Groot
4.7%
7
+1
SGP
Pieter Zandt
2.3%
3
+1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Seats
Cabinet before
Cabinet after
Second Drees cabinet PvdA–KVP–ARP–CHU
Third Drees cabinet PvdA–KVP–ARP–CHU
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 13 June 1956.[1] For the first time, the Labour Party (PvdA) emerged as the largest party, winning 50 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2]
The elections led to the continuation of the four-party coalition government, consisting of the PvdA, Catholic People's Party, Anti-Revolutionary Party and Christian Historical Union.
^Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^Nohlen & Stöver, p1413
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