Election of the members of the House of Representatives
1959 Dutch general election
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12 March 1959
1963 →
All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
95.6% ( 0.1 pp)
Party
Leader
%
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.[1] The Catholic People's Party emerged as the largest party, winning 49 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2]
^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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