1946 Dutch Senate election

1946 Dutch Senate election The Netherlands no 1937 1948 All 50 seats in the Senate 26 12 July 1946 Catholic People's Party 16 17 34.06 Labour Party (Netherlands) 14 14 26.62 Anti-Revolutionary Party 7 7 12.69 Christian Historical Union 6 5 9.43 Communist Party of the Netherlands new 4 9.82 PvdV #29496a 3 3 5.78 File:Netherlands_Senate_1946.svg President of the Senate Willem Lodewijk de Vos van Steenwijk Christian Historical Union Roelof Kranenburg Free-thinking Democratic League Elections for all 50 seats in the Senate of the Netherlands were held on 12 July 1946. The snap election was the first held after the end of World War II. 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 The incumbent government, consisting of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and the Labour Party (PvdA) won a combined majority of 31 seats. The Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN) entered the Senate for the first time with four seats. Results 1946 Senate election File:Netherlands Senate 1946.svg Unweighted Weighted Catholic People's Party 184 30900 17 +1 Labour Party 158 24152 14 0 Anti-Revolutionary Party 79 11511 7 0 Communist Party of the Netherlands 50 8912 4 New Christian Historical Union 64 8556 5 −1 Freedom Party 33 5242 3 0 Reformed Political Party 10 1454 0 0 0 0 590 0 92370 Staatscourant22 July 1946 PROCES-VERBAAL van de zitting van het Centraal Stembureau, bedoeld in artikel 115o der Kieswet. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB08:000167064:mpeg21:p013 Staatscourant nl The Hague 1 19 September 2025 By electoral group 1946 Senate election in electoral group I Unweighted Weighted Catholic People's Party 110 17058 9 0 Labour Party 38 4578 2 +1 Anti-Revolutionary Party 15 1614 1 0 Christian Historical Union 17 1594 1 0 Reformed Political Party 5 368 0 0 Freedom Party 2 256 0 0 Communist Party of the Netherlands 0 0 0 New 0 0 192 0 25929 Staatscourant 1946 Senate election in electoral group II Unweighted Weighted Labour Party 53 6056 4 0 Catholic People's Party 37 5297 3 0 Anti-Revolutionary Party 30 3437 2 0 Christian Historical Union 27 3411 2 0 Communist Party of the Netherlands 17 1986 1 New Freedom Party 17 1856 1 0 Reformed Political Party 2 294 0 0 0 189 0 23303 0 Staatscourant22 July 1946 PROCES-VERBAAL van de zitting van het Centraal Stembureau, bedoeld in artikel 115o der Kieswet. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB08:000167064:mpeg21:p018 Staatscourant nl The Hague 6 19 September 2025 1946 Senate election in electoral group III Unweighted Weighted Labour Party 42 6918 4 −1 Communist Party of the Netherlands 23 4286 2 New Catholic People's Party 19 3793 2 0 Anti-Revolutionary Party 22 3292 2 0 Christian Historical Union 13 1699 1 0 Freedom Party 7 1282 1 0 0 0 127 0 21490 Staatscourant22 July 1946 PROCES-VERBAAL van de zitting van het Centraal Stembureau, bedoeld in artikel 115o der Kieswet. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB08:000167064:mpeg21:p024 Staatscourant nl The Hague 12 19 September 2025 1946 Senate election in electoral group IV Unweighted Weighted Labour Party 25 6600 4 0 Catholic People's Party 18 4752 3 +1 Anti-Revolutionary Party 12 3168 2 0 Communist Party of the Netherlands 10 2640 1 New Christian Historical Union 7 1848 1 −1 Freedom Party 7 1848 1 0 Reformed Political Party 3 792 0 0 0 0 82 0 21648 Staatscourant22 July 1946 PROCES-VERBAAL van de zitting van het Centraal Stembureau, bedoeld in artikel 115o der Kieswet. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB08:000167064:mpeg21:p028 Staatscourant nl The Hague 16 19 September 2025 References Senate 1946