General elections were held in the Netherlands on 17 May 1946,[1] 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.[2]
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All 100 seats in the House of Representatives 51 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 93.1% ( 1.3 pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Following the elections, the Catholic People's Party formed a grand coalition government with the Labour Party.
Results
editIndicated changes in seats are compared to the Schermerhorn-Drees cabinet appointed by Queen Wilhelmina after World War II.
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Catholic People's Party | 1,466,582 | 30.81 | 32 | +1 | |
| Labour Party | 1,347,940 | 28.31 | 29 | –1 | |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 614,201 | 12.90 | 13 | –4 | |
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | 502,963 | 10.56 | 10 | +7 | |
| Christian Historical Union | 373,217 | 7.84 | 8 | 0 | |
| Freedom Party | 305,287 | 6.41 | 6 | +2 | |
| Reformed Political Party | 101,759 | 2.14 | 2 | 0 | |
| Protestant Union | 32,020 | 0.67 | 0 | New | |
| Dutch Bellamy Party | 11,205 | 0.24 | 0 | New | |
| Lopes Group | 5,537 | 0.12 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 4,760,711 | 100.00 | 100 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 4,760,711 | 96.92 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 151,304 | 3.08 | |||
| Total votes | 4,912,015 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 5,275,888 | 93.10 | |||
| Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen[3] | |||||
By province
edit| Province | KVP | PvdA | ARP | CPN | CHU | PvdV | SGP | Others |
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 Drenthe
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5.8 | 39.4 | 19.2 | 7.1 | 12.0 | 15.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
 Friesland
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6.7 | 37.5 | 23.8 | 10.1 | 15.6 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
 Gelderland
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31.6 | 28.3 | 12.0 | 4.5 | 13.0 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 0.7 |
 Groningen
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5.5 | 35.5 | 22.5 | 14.6 | 9.3 | 11.2 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
 Limburg
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79.6 | 12.5 | 0.9 | 5.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | - |
 North Brabant
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77.7 | 12.5 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
 North Holland
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23.2 | 32.6 | 10.0 | 21.1 | 4.2 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
 Overijssel
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26.6 | 28.7 | 13.9 | 10.4 | 10.9 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 1.4 |
 South Holland
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18.6 | 31.9 | 16.6 | 11.3 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 3.6 | 1.3 |
 Southern IJsselmeer Polders
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23.4 | 28.8 | 17.2 | 18.3 | 7.4 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
 Utrecht
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25.8 | 29.1 | 17.3 | 7.6 | 9.6 | 6.2 | 3.5 | 1.0 |
 Zeeland
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20.9 | 24.6 | 16.3 | 2.8 | 17.3 | 7.2 | 9.8 | 1.2 |
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1413
- ^ a b "Tweede Kamer 16 mei 1946". Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen 1918-nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 November 2023.