1948 Dutch Senate election

1948 Dutch Senate election The Netherlands no 1946 1951 All 50 seats in the Senate 26 8 July 1948 Catholic People's Party 17 17 32.99 Labour Party (Netherlands) 14 14 25.74 Anti-Revolutionary Party 7 7 12.48 Christian Historical Union 5 5 9.48 Communist Party of the Netherlands 4 4 11.19 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 3 3 6.72 File:Netherlands_Senate_1948.svg President of the Senate Roelof Kranenburg Free-thinking Democratic League Roelof Kranenburg Labour Party (Netherlands) thumb|Elected Senators Elections for all 50 seats in the Senate of the Netherlands were held on 8 July 1948. Senators were elected by provincial councils in four "electoral groups". Group I comprised North Brabant, Zeeland, Utrecht and Limburg; group II comprised Gelderland, Overijssel, Groningen and Drenthe; group III comprised North Holland and Friesland; and group IV comprised South Holland. Within each electoral group, Senators were elected by provincial councils using party-list proportional representation. Provincial councillors' votes were weighted to their province's population.https://parlement.com/geschiedenis-kiesstelsel-eerste-kamer#p3 Geschiedenis kiesstelsel Eerste Kamer Parlement.com nl 23 August 2025 As Senators were elected by the same provincial councillors as in the previous 1946 Senate election, no seats changed hands. The incumbent government, consisting of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and the Labour Party (PvdA) retained its combined majority of 31 seats. Results 1948 Senate election File:Netherlands Senate 1948.svg Unweighted Weighted Catholic People's Party 182 30428 17 0 Labour Party 155 23745 14 0 Anti-Revolutionary Party 79 11511 7 0 Communist Party of the Netherlands 51 10322 4 0 Christian Historical Union 66 8744 5 0 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 41 6198 3 0 Reformed Political Party 9 1293 0 0 0 0 590 0 92370 Staatscourant12 July 1948 PROCES-VERBAAL van de zitting van het Centraal Stembureau, bedoeld in artikel 115o der Kieswet. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB08:000167272:mpeg21:p013 Staatscourant nl The Hague 13 31 January 2026 By electoral group 1948 Senate election in electoral group I Unweighted Weighted Catholic People's Party 110 16939 9 0 Labour Party 32 3806 2 0 Christian Historical Union 19 1786 1 0 Anti-Revolutionary Party 15 1614 1 0 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 10 1212 0 0 Reformed Political Party 5 368 0 0 Communist Party of the Netherlands 5 733 0 0 0 0 192 0 25929 Staatscourant 1948 Senate election in electoral group II Unweighted Weighted Labour Party 58 6861 4 0 Catholic People's Party 36 5164 3 0 Anti-Revolutionary Party 30 3437 2 0 Christian Historical Union 27 3411 2 0 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 17 1856 1 0 Communist Party of the Netherlands 16 1853 1 0 Reformed Political Party 1 133 0 0 0 189 0 23303 0 Staatscourant12 July 1948 PROCES-VERBAAL van de zitting van het Centraal Stembureau, bedoeld in artikel 115o der Kieswet. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB08:000167272:mpeg21:p019 Staatscourant nl The Hague 19 31 January 2026 1948 Senate election in electoral group III Unweighted Weighted Labour Party 40 6478 4 0 Communist Party of the Netherlands 22 4066 2 0 Catholic People's Party 18 3573 2 0 Anti-Revolutionary Party 22 3292 2 0 Christian Historical Union 13 1699 1 0 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 7 1282 1 0 0 0 127 0 21490 Staatscourant12 July 1948 PROCES-VERBAAL van de zitting van het Centraal Stembureau, bedoeld in artikel 115o der Kieswet. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB08:000167272:mpeg21:p025 Staatscourant nl The Hague 25 31 January 2026 1948 Senate election in electoral group IV Unweighted Weighted Labour Party 25 6600 4 0 Catholic People's Party 18 4752 3 0 Anti-Revolutionary Party 12 3168 2 0 Communist Party of the Netherlands 8 2112 1 0 Christian Historical Union 7 1848 1 0 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 7 1848 1 0 Reformed Political Party 3 792 0 0 0 0 82 0 21648 Staatscourant12 July 1948 PROCES-VERBAAL van de zitting van het Centraal Stembureau, bedoeld in artikel 115o der Kieswet. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB08:000167272:mpeg21:p029 Staatscourant nl The Hague 29 31 January 2026 References Senate 1948