1959 Dutch general election

none Netherlands 1956 1963 All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 12 March 1959 95.57% ( 0.07pp) Carl Romme Catholic People's Party 49 49 31.60 Jaap Burger Labour Party (Netherlands) 50 48 30.36 Pieter Oud People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 13 19 12.21 Jelle Zijlstra Anti-Revolutionary Party 15 14 9.39 Henk Beernink Christian Historical Union 13 12 8.11 Paul de Groot Communist Party of the Netherlands 7 3 2.41 Pieter Zandt Reformed Political Party 3 3 2.16 Henk Lankhorst, Nico van der Veen Pacifist Socialist Party new 2 1.84 1959 Dutch general election map.svg Most voted-for party by municipality Cabinet Second Beel cabinet KVP–ARP–CHU De Quay cabinet KVP–VVD–ARP–CHU General elections were held in the Netherlands on 12 March 1959.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 978-3-8329-5609-7 The Catholic People's Party emerged as the largest party, winning 49 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.Nohlen & Stöver, p1413 Results File:1959 Dutch general election.svg Catholic People's Party 1895914 49 0 Labour Party 1821285 48 –2 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 732658 19 +6 Anti-Revolutionary Party 563091 14 –1 Christian Historical Union 486429 12 –1 Communist Party of the Netherlands 144542 3 –4 Reformed Political Party 129678 3 0 Pacifist Socialist Party 110499 2 New Reformed Political League 39972 0 0 Farmers' Party 39423 0 New Brug Group nl Brug-groep 34723 0 New Positive Christian National Union 1317 0 New 143878 0 6427864 CBS,https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/cijfers/detail/37635 Verkiezingsuitslag en zetelverdeling Tweede Kamer, 1959 CBS Nohlen & Stöver By province + Results by provincehttps://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/TK19590312 Tweede Kamer 12 maart 1959 Kiesraad Dutch 28 November 2023 Province KVP PvdA VVD ARP CHU CPN SGP PSP Others Drenthe 6.942.5 18.4 15.3 11.5 1.9 0.2 0.6 2.6 Friesland 6.938.7 10.4 21.9 16.2 2.0 0.7 1.7 1.5 Gelderland 31.9 29.1 11.0 9.1 12.2 0.6 3.6 0.7 1.8 Groningen 5.840.7 16.0 16.8 9.3 4.8 0.2 1.7 4.7 Limburg (Netherlands) Limburg 79.5 15.0 2.5 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.3 North Brabant 74.0 15.2 4.2 2.6 2.3 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.4 North Holland 23.433.1 16.8 7.5 4.9 6.1 0.6 4.7 2.9 Overijssel 28.130.0 9.6 10.1 12.9 2.4 2.7 0.9 3.1 South Holland 18.536.4 15.4 11.3 9.0 2.1 3.8 2.0 1.5 Flevoland Southern IJsselmeer Polders 24.424.7 9.7 20.0 15.4 0.4 2.1 0.8 2.5 Utrecht 25.529.7 13.8 12.3 10.6 0.9 3.3 1.5 2.4 Zeeland 21.129.3 11.1 12.5 14.9 0.4 8.8 0.4 1.5 References Category:General elections in the Netherlands General Netherlands