1956 Dutch general election

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]

1956 Dutch general election
Netherlands
13 June 1956
All 150 seats in the House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout95.5% (Increase 0.5 pp)
PartyLeader % 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
Seats
Cabinet before Cabinet after
Second Drees cabinet
PvdA–KVP–ARP–CHU		 Third Drees cabinet
PvdA–KVP–ARP–CHU

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.

Electoral system

Prior to the elections the number of seats in the House of Representatives was raised from 100 to 150.[3] This meant that the electoral threshold was reduced from 1% to 0.67%.[3]

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party1,872,20132.6950+20
Catholic People's Party1,815,28831.6949+19
Anti-Revolutionary Party567,5299.9115+3
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy502,5308.7713+4
Christian Historical Union482,9158.4313+4
Communist Party of the Netherlands272,0504.757+1
Reformed Political Party129,5152.263+1
Reformed Political League37,2080.6500
National Union28,9600.510New
National Opposition Union19,5030.340New
Total5,727,699100.00150+50
Valid votes5,727,69997.90
Invalid/blank votes122,6262.10
Total votes5,850,325100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,122,73295.55
Source: Kiesraad
Popular Vote
PvdA
 
 32.69%
KVP
 
 31.69%
ARP
 
 9.91%
VVD
 
 8.77%
CHU
 
 8.43%
CPN
 
 4.75%
SGP
 
 2.26%
GPV
 
 0.65%
Other
 
 0.85%

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1413
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1385
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