1948 Dutch general election
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 7 July 1948.[1] The Catholic People's Party remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 32 of the 100 seats.[2]
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| Turnout | 93.67% ( 0.57pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Following the elections, a broad four-party coalition government was formed between the Catholic People's Party, Labour Party, Christian Historical Union and People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. Combined these parties held 76% of the available seats in parliament.
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Catholic People's Party | 1,531,154 | 31.04 | 32 | 0 | |
| Labour Party | 1,263,058 | 25.60 | 27 | –2 | |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 651,612 | 13.21 | 13 | 0 | |
| Christian Historical Union | 453,226 | 9.19 | 9 | +1 | |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 391,925 | 7.95 | 8 | +2 | |
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | 382,001 | 7.74 | 8 | –2 | |
| Reformed Political Party | 116,937 | 2.37 | 2 | 0 | |
| Catholic National Party | 62,376 | 1.26 | 1 | New | |
| Middle Class Party | 40,949 | 0.83 | 0 | New | |
| Independent National Group | 22,175 | 0.45 | 0 | New | |
| Old SDAP/Progressive Party for World Government | 15,322 | 0.31 | 0 | New | |
| Revolutionary Communist Party | 2,224 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 4,932,959 | 100.00 | 100 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 4,932,959 | 96.92 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 156,623 | 3.08 | |||
| Total votes | 5,089,582 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 5,433,663 | 93.67 | |||
| Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen | |||||
References
- 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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