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1946 Dutch general election

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1946 Dutch general election
Netherlands
← 1937 17 May 1946 1948 →

All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout93.1% (Decrease 1.3 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
KVP Carl Romme 30.8% 32 +1
PvdA Willem Drees 28.3% 29 −2
ARP Jan Schouten 12.9% 13 −4
CPN Paul de Groot 10.6% 10 +7
CHU Hendrik Tilanus 7.8% 8 0
PvdV Steven Bierema 6.4% 6 +2
SGP Pieter Zandt 2.1% 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Cabinet before Cabinet after
Schermerhorn–Drees cabinet
KVPPvdAARP
First Beel cabinet
KVPPvdA

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 17 May 1946,[1] the first after World War II. The Catholic People's Party, a continuation of the pre-war Roman Catholic State Party, remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 32 of the 100 seats.[2]

Following the elections, the Catholic People's Party formed a grand coalition government with the Labour Party.

Results

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Indicated changes in seats are compared to the Schermerhorn-Drees cabinet appointed by Queen Wilhelmina after World War II.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Catholic People's Party1,466,58230.8132+1
Labour Party1,347,94028.3129–1
Anti-Revolutionary Party614,20112.9013–4
Communist Party of the Netherlands502,96310.5610+7
Christian Historical Union373,2177.8480
Freedom Party305,2876.416+2
Reformed Political Party101,7592.1420
Protestant Union32,0200.670New
Dutch Bellamy Party11,2050.240New
Lopes Group5,5370.120New
Total4,760,711100.001000
Valid votes4,760,71196.92
Invalid/blank votes151,3043.08
Total votes4,912,015100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,275,88893.10
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen[3]

By province

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Results by province[3]
Province KVP PvdA ARP CPN CHU PvdV SGP Others
 Drenthe 5.8 39.4 19.2 7.1 12.0 15.8 0.2 0.5
 Friesland 6.7 37.5 23.8 10.1 15.6 4.7 0.7 0.9
 Gelderland 31.6 28.3 12.0 4.5 13.0 6.4 3.5 0.7
 Groningen 5.5 35.5 22.5 14.6 9.3 11.2 0.1 1.3
 Limburg 79.6 12.5 0.9 5.6 0.5 0.6 0.2 -
 North Brabant 77.7 12.5 3.3 2.2 2.3 1.1 0.6 0.3
 North Holland 23.2 32.6 10.0 21.1 4.2 7.0 0.5 1.5
 Overijssel 26.6 28.7 13.9 10.4 10.9 5.4 2.7 1.4
 South Holland 18.6 31.9 16.6 11.3 8.2 8.5 3.6 1.3
 Southern IJsselmeer Polders 23.4 28.8 17.2 18.3 7.4 2.0 1.6 1.4
 Utrecht 25.8 29.1 17.3 7.6 9.6 6.2 3.5 1.0
 Zeeland 20.9 24.6 16.3 2.8 17.3 7.2 9.8 1.2

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1413
  3. ^ a b "Tweede Kamer 16 mei 1946". Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen 1918-nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 November 2023.