1956 Dutch general election

none Netherlands 1952 1959 All 100 seats in the House of Representatives 51 13 June 1956 95.50% Willem Drees Labour Party (Netherlands) 30 34 32.69 Carl Romme Catholic People's Party 30 33 31.69 Jelle Zijlstra Anti-Revolutionary Party 12 10 9.91 Pieter Oud People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 9 9 8.77 Hendrik Tilanus Christian Historical Union 9 8 8.43 Paul de Groot Communist Party of the Netherlands 6 4 4.75 Pieter Zandt Reformed Political Party 2 2 2.26 1956 Dutch general election map.svg Most voted-for party by municipality Cabinet Second Drees cabinet PvdA–KVP–ARP–CHU Third Drees cabinet PvdA–KVP–ARP–CHU General elections were held in the Netherlands on 13 June 1956.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 978-3-8329-5609-7 For the first time, the Labour Party (PvdA) emerged as the largest party, winning 34 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives. The elections led to the continuation of a four-party coalition government consisting of the PvdA, Catholic People's Party, Anti-Revolutionary Party and Christian Historical Union. Results File:1956 Dutch general election (100 seats).svg Labour Party 1872209 34 +4 Catholic People's Party 1815130 33 +3 Anti-Revolutionary Party 567535 10 –2 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 502530 9 0 Christian Historical Union 482915 8 –1 Communist Party of the Netherlands 272054 4 –2 Reformed Political Party 129517 2 0 Reformed Political League 37206 0 0 National Union 28960 0 New Dutch Opposition Union nl Nederlandse Oppositie Unie 19503 0 New 121910 0 6125210 CBS,https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/cijfers/detail/37381 Verkiezingsuitslag en zetelverdeling Tweede Kamer, 1956 CBS Nohlen & Stöver By province + Results by provincehttps://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/TK19560613 Tweede Kamer 13 juni 1956 Kiesraad Dutch 28 November 2023 Province PvdA KVP ARP VVD CHU CPN SGP Others Drenthe44.6 6.9 15.7 15.2 12.2 3.4 0.3 1.8 Friesland40.9 6.9 22.0 8.4 16.0 3.5 0.7 1.5 Gelderland 31.3 32.2 9.3 7.9 13.1 1.4 3.8 1.1 Groningen42.2 5.9 17.3 12.9 9.6 7.6 0.2 4.2 Limburg (Netherlands) Limburg 17.5 78.6 0.8 0.9 0.6 1.0 0.0 0.6 North Brabant 16.4 74.9 2.7 2.0 2.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 North Holland37.3 23.7 8.2 11.8 5.1 11.9 0.6 1.4 Overijssel31.8 28.0 10.2 7.6 13.1 4.2 3.0 2.2 South Holland37.9 18.7 12.3 11.3 9.4 4.8 3.9 1.7 Flevoland Southern IJsselmeer Polders28.0 24.8 19.6 7.6 14.5 1.4 2.4 1.7 Utrecht32.6 25.8 12.9 9.3 11.1 2.6 3.7 2.0 Zeeland32.0 20.9 12.8 8.1 15.4 0.6 9.0 1.3 Aftermath As a result of a constitutional amendment later in 1956, the House of Representatives was increased from 100 to 150 members on 6 November 1956. Rather than hold fresh elections, the results of the June elections were recalculated on the basis of 150 members. File:1956 Dutch general election (150 seats).svg Original New total +/– Labour Party 34 50 +16 Catholic People's Party 33 49 +16 Anti-Revolutionary Party 10 15 +5 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 9 13 +4 Christian Historical Union 8 13 +5 Communist Party of the Netherlands 4 7 +3 Reformed Political Party 2 3 +1 +50 References Category:General elections in the Netherlands General Netherlands