1946 Dutch general election

none 1946 Dutch general election Netherlands 1937 1948 All 100 seats in the House of Representatives 51 17 May 1946 93.10% ( 1.30pp) Carl Romme Catholic People's Party 31 32 30.81 Willem Drees Labour Party (Netherlands) 31 29 28.31 Jan Schouten Anti-Revolutionary Party 17 13 12.90 Paul de Groot Communist Party of the Netherlands 3 10 10.56 Hendrik Tilanus Christian Historical Union 8 8 7.84 Dirk Stikker PvdV 4 6 6.41 Pieter Zandt Reformed Political Party 2 2 2.14 1946 Dutch general election map.svg Most voted-for party by municipality Cabinet Schermerhorn–Drees cabinet KVP–PvdA–ARP First Beel cabinet KVP–PvdA General elections were held in the Netherlands on 17 May 1946,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 978-3-8329-5609-7 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.Nohlen & Stöver, p1413 Following the elections, the Catholic People's Party formed a grand coalition government with the Labour Party. Results Indicated changes in seats are compared to the Schermerhorn-Drees cabinet appointed by Queen Wilhelmina after World War II. File:1946 Dutch general election.svg Catholic People's Party 1466582 32 +1 Labour Party 1347940 29 –1 Anti-Revolutionary Party 614201 13 –4 Communist Party of the Netherlands 502963 10 +7 Christian Historical Union 373217 8 0 Freedom Party 305287 6 +2 Reformed Political Party 101759 2 0 Protestant Union 32020 0 New Dutch Bellamy Party 11205 0 New Lopes Group 5537 0 New 151304 0 5275888 Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen By province + Results by provincehttps://www.nlverkiezingen.com/TK1946.html Tweede Kamer 16 mei 1946 Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen 1918-nu Dutch 29 November 2023 Province KVP PvdA ARP CPN CHU PvdV SGP Others Drenthe 5.839.4 19.2 7.1 12.0 15.8 0.2 0.5 Friesland 6.737.5 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 5.535.5 22.5 14.6 9.3 11.2 0.1 1.3 Limburg (Netherlands) 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 23.232.6 10.0 21.1 4.2 7.0 0.5 1.5 Overijssel 26.628.7 13.9 10.4 10.9 5.4 2.7 1.4 South Holland 18.631.9 16.6 11.3 8.2 8.5 3.6 1.3 Flevoland Southern IJsselmeer Polders 23.428.8 17.2 18.3 7.4 2.0 1.6 1.4 Utrecht 25.829.1 17.3 7.6 9.6 6.2 3.5 1.0 Zeeland 20.924.6 16.3 2.8 17.3 7.2 9.8 1.2 References Category:General elections in the Netherlands Category:1946 elections in the Netherlands Netherlands Category:May 1946 in Europe