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1952 Dutch general election

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1952 Dutch general election
Netherlands
← 1948 25 June 1952 1956 →

All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout95.0% (Increase 1.3 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
PvdA Willem Drees 29.0% 30 +3
KVP Carl Romme 28.7% 30 −2
ARP Jan Schouten 11.3% 12 −1
CHU Hendrik Tilanus 8.9% 9 0
VVD Pieter Oud 8.8% 9 +1
CPN Paul de Groot 6.2% 6 −2
KNP Charles Welter 2.7% 2 +1
SGP Pieter Zandt 2.4% 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
First Drees cabinet
KVPPvdACHUVVD
Second Drees cabinet
PvdAKVPARPCHU

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 25 June 1952.[1] The Catholic People's Party and the Labour Party both won 30 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives.[2] It was the first time since 1913 that the Catholic People's Party and its predecessors had not received a plurality of the vote.[3]

The elections led to a continuation of the previous four-party government, consisting of Labour, the Catholic People's Party, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and the Christian Historical Union. However, three months after the elections the VVD left the government and were replaced by the Anti-Revolutionary Party.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party1,545,86728.9730+3
Catholic People's Party1,529,50828.6730–2
Anti-Revolutionary Party603,32911.3112–1
Christian Historical Union476,1958.9290
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy471,0408.839+1
Communist Party of the Netherlands328,6216.166–2
Catholic National Party144,5202.712+1
Reformed Political Party129,0812.4220
Reformed Political League35,4970.670New
Middle Class Party25,1270.4700
Party for Justice, Freedom and Welfare18,9900.360New
Socialist Union [nl]18,0100.340New
Young Conservative Union9,9600.1900
Total5,335,745100.001000
Valid votes5,335,74596.98
Invalid/blank votes165,9813.02
Total votes5,501,726100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,792,67994.98
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen[4]

By province

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Results by province[4]
Province PvdA KVP ARP CHU VVD CPN KNP SGP Others
 Drenthe 41.8 6.2 16.8 12.9 14.8 4.4 0.3 0.3 2.4
 Friesland 36.6 6.7 22.8 16.3 8.6 4.6 0.4 0.8 3.1
 Gelderland 28.7 28.9 10.7 13.5 8.5 2.2 2.1 4.2 1.2
 Groningen 38.0 5.2 18.2 10.2 12.6 9.0 0.7 0.2 5.7
 Limburg 12.8 75.4 1.0 0.9 0.9 2.3 6.1 0.1 0.5
 North Brabant 15.0 69.8 2.9 2.6 2.0 1.3 5.1 0.7 0.6
 North Holland 32.7 21.1 9.6 5.2 11.3 14.6 2.8 0.6 2.0
 Overijssel 26.8 26.3 11.2 14.2 8.5 6.2 1.4 3.1 2.4
 South Holland 33.4 16.7 14.4 9.9 11.2 5.7 2.5 4.0 2.0
 Southern IJsselmeer Polders 28.9 23.9 19.5 14.2 5.1 4.2 0.3 1.9 2.0
 Utrecht 28.2 23.3 15.0 11.7 8.9 3.7 2.6 4.1 2.6
 Zeeland 28.0 18.5 13.8 15.8 8.0 0.9 1.1 9.5 4.4

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. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp1402-1406
  4. ^ a b "Tweede Kamer 25 juni 1952". Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen 1918-nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 November 2023.