1952 Dutch general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 25 June 1952. The Catholic People's Party and the Labour Party both won 30 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives. It was the first time since 1913 that the Catholic People's Party and its predecessors had not received a plurality of the vote.

1952 Dutch general election

25 June 1952
All 100 seats in the House of Representatives 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	95.0% ( 1.3 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– PvdA Willem Drees 29.0% 30 +3 KVP Carl Romme 28.7% 30 −2 ARP Jan Schouten 11.3% 12 −1 CHU Hendrik Tilanus 8.9% 9 0 VVD Pieter Oud 8.8% 9 +1 CPN Paul de Groot 6.2% 6 −2 KNP Charles Welter 2.7% 2 +1 SGP Pieter Zandt 2.4% 2 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after First Drees cabinet KVP–PvdA–CHU–VVD Second Drees cabinet PvdA–KVP–ARP–CHU

The elections led to a continuation of the previous four-party government, consisting of Labour, the Catholic People's Party, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and the Christian Historical Union. However, three months after the elections the VVD left the government and were replaced by the Anti-Revolutionary Party.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Labour Party	1,545,867	28.97	30	+3
	Catholic People's Party	1,529,508	28.67	30	–2
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	603,329	11.31	12	–1
	Christian Historical Union	476,195	8.92	9	0
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	471,040	8.83	9	+1
	Communist Party of the Netherlands	328,621	6.16	6	–2
	Catholic National Party	144,520	2.71	2	+1
	Reformed Political Party	129,081	2.42	2	0
	Reformed Political League	35,497	0.67	0	New
	Middle Class Party	25,127	0.47	0	0
	Party for Justice, Freedom and Welfare	18,990	0.36	0	New
	Socialist Union	18,010	0.34	0	New
	Young Conservative Union	9,960	0.19	0	0
Total		5,335,745	100.00	100	0
Valid votes		5,335,745	96.98
Invalid/blank votes		165,981	3.02
Total votes		5,501,726	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,792,679	94.98
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen

By province

Results by province

Province	PvdA	KVP	ARP	CHU	VVD	CPN	KNP	SGP	Others
Drenthe	41.8	6.2	16.8	12.9	14.8	4.4	0.3	0.3	2.4
Friesland	36.6	6.7	22.8	16.3	8.6	4.6	0.4	0.8	3.1
Gelderland	28.7	28.9	10.7	13.5	8.5	2.2	2.1	4.2	1.2
Groningen	38.0	5.2	18.2	10.2	12.6	9.0	0.7	0.2	5.7
Limburg	12.8	75.4	1.0	0.9	0.9	2.3	6.1	0.1	0.5
North Brabant	15.0	69.8	2.9	2.6	2.0	1.3	5.1	0.7	0.6
North Holland	32.7	21.1	9.6	5.2	11.3	14.6	2.8	0.6	2.0
Overijssel	26.8	26.3	11.2	14.2	8.5	6.2	1.4	3.1	2.4
South Holland	33.4	16.7	14.4	9.9	11.2	5.7	2.5	4.0	2.0
Southern IJsselmeer Polders	28.9	23.9	19.5	14.2	5.1	4.2	0.3	1.9	2.0
Utrecht	28.2	23.3	15.0	11.7	8.9	3.7	2.6	4.1	2.6
Zeeland	28.0	18.5	13.8	15.8	8.0	0.9	1.1	9.5	4.4