Election Name: | 1956 Dutch general election |
Country: | Netherlands |
Previous Election: | 1952 |
Next Election: | 1959 |
Seats For Election: | All 150 seats in the House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 76 |
Election Date: | 13 June 1956 |
Turnout: | 95.5% (0.5 pp) |
Leader1: | Willem Drees |
Party1: | Labour Party (Netherlands) |
Last Election1: | 30 |
Seats1: | 50 |
Percentage1: | 32.7% |
Leader2: | Carl Romme |
Party2: | Catholic People's Party |
Last Election2: | 30 |
Seats2: | 49 |
Percentage2: | 31.7% |
Leader3: | Jelle Zijlstra |
Party3: | Anti-Revolutionary Party |
Last Election3: | 12 |
Seats3: | 15 |
Percentage3: | 9.9% |
Leader4: | Pieter Oud |
Party4: | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Last Election4: | 9 |
Seats4: | 13 |
Percentage4: | 8.8% |
Leader5: | Hendrik Tilanus |
Party5: | Christian Historical Union |
Last Election5: | 9 |
Seats5: | 13 |
Percentage5: | 8.4% |
Leader6: | Paul de Groot |
Party6: | Communist Party of the Netherlands |
Last Election6: | 6 |
Seats6: | 7 |
Percentage6: | 4.7% |
Leader7: | Pieter Zandt |
Party7: | Reformed Political Party |
Last Election7: | 2 |
Seats7: | 3 |
Percentage7: | 2.3% |
Map: | TK_Samenstelling_1956.jpg |
Map Size: | 250px |
Cabinet | |
Before Election: | Second Drees cabinet |
Before Party: | PvdA–KVP–ARP–CHU |
After Election: | Third Drees cabinet |
After Party: | PvdA–KVP–ARP–CHU |
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]
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.
Prior 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]
Province | PvdA | KVP | ARP | VVD | CHU | CPN | SGP | Others | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
44.6 | 6.9 | 15.7 | 15.2 | 12.2 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 1.8 | ||
40.9 | 6.9 | 22.0 | 8.4 | 16.0 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 1.5 | ||
31.3 | 32.2 | 9.3 | 7.9 | 13.1 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 1.1 | ||
42.2 | 5.9 | 17.3 | 12.9 | 9.6 | 7.6 | 0.2 | 4.2 | ||
17.5 | 78.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | ||
16.4 | 74.9 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | ||
37.3 | 23.7 | 8.2 | 11.8 | 5.1 | 11.9 | 0.6 | 1.4 | ||
31.8 | 28.0 | 10.2 | 7.6 | 13.1 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.2 | ||
37.9 | 18.7 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 9.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 1.7 | ||
28.0 | 24.8 | 19.6 | 7.6 | 14.5 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 1.7 | ||
32.6 | 25.8 | 12.9 | 9.3 | 11.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 2.0 | ||
32.0 | 20.9 | 12.8 | 8.1 | 15.4 | 0.6 | 9.0 | 1.3 |