General elections were held in the Netherlands on 13 June 1956.[1] For the first time, the Labour Party (PvdA) emerged as the largest party, winning 50 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2]
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All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 95.5% ( 0.5 pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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The elections led to the continuation of the four-party coalition government, consisting of the PvdA, Catholic People's Party, Anti-Revolutionary Party and Christian Historical Union.
Electoral system
editPrior to the elections the number of seats in the House of Representatives was raised from 100 to 150.[3] This meant that the electoral threshold was reduced from 1% to 0.67%.[3]
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Labour Party | 1,872,201 | 32.69 | 50 | +20 | |
| Catholic People's Party | 1,815,288 | 31.69 | 49 | +19 | |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 567,529 | 9.91 | 15 | +3 | |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 502,530 | 8.77 | 13 | +4 | |
| Christian Historical Union | 482,915 | 8.43 | 13 | +4 | |
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | 272,050 | 4.75 | 7 | +1 | |
| Reformed Political Party | 129,515 | 2.26 | 3 | +1 | |
| Reformed Political League | 37,208 | 0.65 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Union | 28,960 | 0.51 | 0 | New | |
| Dutch Opposition Union | 19,503 | 0.34 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 5,727,699 | 100.00 | 150 | +50 | |
| Valid votes | 5,727,699 | 97.90 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 122,626 | 2.10 | |||
| Total votes | 5,850,325 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,122,732 | 95.55 | |||
| Source: Kiesraad[4] | |||||
By province
edit| Province | PvdA | KVP | ARP | VVD | CHU | CPN | SGP | Others |
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 Drenthe
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44.6 | 6.9 | 15.7 | 15.2 | 12.2 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 1.8 |
 Friesland
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40.9 | 6.9 | 22.0 | 8.4 | 16.0 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
 Gelderland
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31.3 | 32.2 | 9.3 | 7.9 | 13.1 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 1.1 |
 Groningen
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42.2 | 5.9 | 17.3 | 12.9 | 9.6 | 7.6 | 0.2 | 4.2 |
 Limburg
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17.5 | 78.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
 North Brabant
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16.4 | 74.9 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
 North Holland
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37.3 | 23.7 | 8.2 | 11.8 | 5.1 | 11.9 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
 Overijssel
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31.8 | 28.0 | 10.2 | 7.6 | 13.1 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.2 |
 South Holland
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37.9 | 18.7 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 9.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 1.7 |
 Southern IJsselmeer Polders
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28.0 | 24.8 | 19.6 | 7.6 | 14.5 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
 Utrecht
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32.6 | 25.8 | 12.9 | 9.3 | 11.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 2.0 |
 Zeeland
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32.0 | 20.9 | 12.8 | 8.1 | 15.4 | 0.6 | 9.0 | 1.3 |
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 Nohlen & Stöver, p1385
- ^ a b "Tweede Kamer 13 juni 1956". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 November 2023.