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{{Short description|Election of the members of the House of Representatives}}

{{Infobox legislative election

{{Infobox legislative election

| election_name = Dutch general election, 1948

| election_name = 1948 Dutch general election

| country = Netherlands

| country = Netherlands



| previous_election = [[Dutch general election, 1946|1946]]

| previous_election = [[1946 Dutch general election|1946]]

| next_election = [[Dutch general election, 1952|1952]]

| next_election = [[1952 Dutch general election|1952]]

| seats_for_election = All 100 seats in the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]]

| election_date = 7 July 1948

| majority_seats = 51

| turnout = 93.7%

| election_date = 7 July 1948

| turnout = 93.67% ({{increase}}0.57[[Percentage point|pp]])



| leader1 = [[Carl Romme]]

<!-- Catholic People's Party -->

| party1 = Catholic People's Party

| leader1 = [[Carl Romme]]

| last_election1 = 32

| party1 = Catholic People's Party

| last_election1 = 32

| seats1 = 32

| percentage1 = 31.04

| seats1 = 32

| percentage1 = 31.0%



| leader2 = [[Willem Drees]]

<!-- Labour Party -->

| party2 = Labour Party (Netherlands)

| leader2 = [[Willem Drees]]

| last_election2 = 29

| party2 = Labour Party (Netherlands)

| seats2 = 27

| last_election2 = 29

| percentage2 = 25.60

| seats2 = 27

| percentage2 = 25.6%



| leader3 = [[Jan Schouten (politician)|Jan Schouten]]

<!-- Anti-Revolutionary Party -->

| party3 = Anti-Revolutionary Party

| leader3 = [[Jan Schouten (politician)|Jan Schouten]]

| last_election3 = 13

| party3 = Anti-Revolutionary Party

| last_election3 = 13

| seats3 = 13

| seats3 = 13

| percentage3 = 13.21

| percentage3 = 13.2%



| leader4 = [[Hendrik Tilanus]]

<!-- Christian Historical Union -->

| party4 = Christian Historical Union

| leader4 = [[Hendrik Tilanus]]

| last_election4 = 8

| party4 = Christian Historical Union

| seats4 = 9

| last_election4 = 8

| seats4 = 9

| percentage4 = 9.19

| percentage4 = 9.2%



| leader5 = [[Pieter Oud]]

<!-- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy -->

| party5 = People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

| leader5 = [[Pieter Oud]]

| last_election5 = 6

| party5 = People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

| seats5 = 8

| last_election5 = 6

| percentage5 = 7.95

| seats5 = 8

| percentage5 = 8.0%



| leader6 = [[Paul de Groot]]

<!-- Communist Party of the Netherlands -->

| party6 = Communist Party of the Netherlands

| leader6 = [[Paul de Groot]]

| last_election6 = 10

| party6 = Communist Party of the Netherlands

| seats6 = 8

| last_election6 = 10

| percentage6 = 7.74

| seats6 = 8

| percentage6 = 7.7%



| leader7 = [[Pieter Zandt]]

<!-- Reformed Political Party -->

| party7 = Reformed Political Party

| leader7 = [[Pieter Zandt]]

| last_election7 = 2

| party7 = Reformed Political Party

| last_election7 = 2

| seats7 = 2

| seats7 = 2

| percentage7 = 2.37

| percentage7 = 2.4%



| leader8 = [[Charles Welter]]

<!-- Catholic National Party -->

| party8 = Catholic National Party

| leader8 = [[Charles Welter]]

| last_election8 = new

| party8 = Catholic National Party

| seats8 = 1

| last_election8 = new

| seats8 = 1

| percentage8 = 1.26

| percentage8 = 1.3%



| map = TK_Samenstelling_1948.jpg

| map =

| map_size =

| map_size = 250px

| title = [[Cabinet of the Netherlands|Cabinet]]

| map_caption =

| before_election = [[First Beel cabinet]]

| title = [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands|Prime Minister]]

| before_party = [[Catholic People's Party|KVP]]–[[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]]

| before_election = [[Louis Beel]]

| after_election = [[Drees–Van Schaik cabinet]]

| before_party = Catholic People's Party

| after_party = [[Catholic People's Party|KVP]]–[[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]]–[[Christian Historical Union|CHU]]–[[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]

| before_image = [[File:Louis_Beel_1945_(1).jpg|100x100px]]

| after_election = [[Willem Drees]]

| after_party = Labour Party (Netherlands)

| after_image = [[File:Drees,_W._-_SFA002019221.jpg|100x100px]]

}}

}}



'''General elections''' were held in the [[Netherlands]] on 7 July 1948.<ref name=NS>[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1396 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref> The [[Catholic People's Party]] remained the largest party in the [[House of Representatives of the Netherlands|House of Representatives]], winning 32 of the 100 seats.<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, p1413</ref>

General elections were held in the [[Netherlands]] on 7 July 1948.<ref name=NS>[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1396 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref> The [[Catholic People's Party]] remained the largest party in the [[House of Representatives of the Netherlands|House of Representatives]], winning 32 of the 100 seats.<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, p1413</ref>



Following the elections, a broad four-party coalition government was formed between the Catholic People's Party, Labour Party, Christian Historical Union and People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. Combined these parties held 76% of the available seats in parliament.

Following the elections, a broad four-party coalition government was formed between the Catholic People's Party, Labour Party, Christian Historical Union and People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. Combined these parties held 76% of the available seats in parliament.



==Results==

==Results==

{{Election results

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right

|image=[[File:1948 Dutch General Election.svg]]

!Party

|party1=[[Catholic People's Party]]|votes1=1531154|seats1=32|sc1=0

!Votes

|party2=[[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]]|votes2=1263058|seats2=27|sc2=–2

!%

|party3=[[Anti-Revolutionary Party]]|votes3=651612|seats3=13|sc3=0

!Seats

|party4=[[Christian Historical Union]]|votes4=453226|seats4=9|sc4=+1

!+/–

|party5=[[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]]|votes5=391925|seats5=8|sc5=+2

|party6=[[Communist Party of the Netherlands]]|votes6=382001|seats6=8|sc6=–2

|party7=[[Reformed Political Party]]|votes7=116937|seats7=2|sc7=0

|party8=[[Catholic National Party]]|votes8=62376|seats8=1|sc8=New

|party9=[[Middle Class Party]]|votes9=40949|seats9=0|sc9=New

|party10=Independent National Group|votes10=22175|seats10=0|sc10=New

|party11=Old [[Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands)|SDAP]]/Progressive Party for World Government|votes11=15322|seats11=0|sc11=New

|party12=Revolutionary Communist Party|votes12=2224|seats12=0|sc12=New

|invalid=156623

|total_sc=0

|electorate=5433663

|source=[http://www.nlverkiezingen.com/TK1948.html Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen]

}}


===By province===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px"

|+ Results by province<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nlverkiezingen.com/TK1948.html |title=Tweede Kamer 7 juli 1948 |website=Kiesraad |language=Dutch |accessdate=29 November 2023}}</ref>

|- style="height:40px;"

! rowspan="2"| [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]

! style="width:40px;"| [[Catholic People's Party|KVP]]

! style="width:40px;"| [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]]

! style="width:40px;"| [[Anti-Revolutionary Party|ARP]]

! style="width:40px;"| [[Christian Historical Union|CHU]]

! style="width:40px;"| [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]

! style="width:40px;"| [[Communist Party of the Netherlands|CPN]]

! style="width:40px;"| [[Reformed Political Party|SGP]]

! style="width:40px;"| [[Catholic National Party|KNP]]

! style="width:40px;" rowspan="2"| Others

|-

|-

|align=left|[[Catholic People's Party]]||1,531,154||31.0||32||0

! style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"|

! style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};"|

! style="background:{{party color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}};"|

! style="background:{{party color|Christian Historical Union}};"|

! style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"|

! style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Netherlands}};"|

! style="background:{{party color|Reformed Political Party}};"|

! style="background:{{party color| Catholic National Party}};"|

|-

|-

| align="left"| {{flag|Drenthe}}

|align=left|[[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]]||1,263,058||25.6||27||–2

| 6.2

| style="background:#F6C5C1;"|'''38.0'''

| 19.0

| 13.8

| 15.7

| 5.4

| 0.4

| 0.2

| 1.3

|-

|-

| align="left"| {{flag|Friesland}}

|align=left|[[Anti-Revolutionary Party]]||651,612||13.2||13||0

| 7.0

| style="background:#F6C5C1;"|'''33.2'''

| 24.3

| 17.6

| 7.3

| 7.1

| 0.7

| 0.1

| 2.6

|-

|-

| align="left"| {{flag|Gelderland}}

|align=left|[[Christian Historical Union]]||453,226||9.2||9||+1

| style="background:#148f77;"| '''31.4'''

| 24.9

| 12.0

| 13.9

| 8.2

| 3.1

| 4.2

| 1.1

| 1.1

|-

|-

| align="left"| {{flag|Groningen}}

|align=left|[[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]]||391,925||7.9||8||+2

| 5.6

| style="background:#F6C5C1;"|'''33.3'''

| 22.9

| 11.4

| 12.0

| 11.3

| 0.2

| 0.4

| 2.9

|-

|-

|align=left|[[Communist Party of the Netherlands]]||382,001||7.7||8||–2

| align="left"| {{flag|Limburg (Netherlands)|name=Limburg}}

| style="background:#148f77;"| '''81.5'''

| 8.6

| 1.0

| 0.7

| 0.8

| 3.7

| 0.1

| 3.0

| 0.7

|-

|-

|align=left|[[Reformed Political Party]]||116,937||2.4||2||0

| align="left"| {{flag|North Brabant}}

| style="background:#148f77;"| '''77.2'''

| 10.5

| 3.3

| 2.6

| 1.6

| 1.7

| 0.7

| 1.8

| 0.5

|-

|-

|align=left|[[Catholic National Party]]||62,376||1.3||1||New

| align="left"| {{flag|North Holland}}

| 23.4

| style="background:#F6C5C1;"|'''29.2'''

| 11.2

| 5.4

| 9.8

| 17.3

| 0.6

| 1.1

| 2.0

|-

|-

|align=left|[[Middle Class Party]]||40,949||0.8||0||New

| align="left"| {{flag|Overijssel}}

| style="background:#148f77;"| '''27.3'''

| 25.3

| 13.5

| 14.1

| 8.3

| 7.6

| 2.9

| 0.4

| 0.6

|-

|-

|align=left|Independent National Group||22,175||0.5||0||New

| align="left"| {{flag|South Holland}}

| 18.3

| style="background:#F6C5C1;"|'''30.7'''

| 16.7

| 10.1

| 9.7

| 7.3

| 3.9

| 1.3

| 2.1

|-

|-

| align="left"| {{flag|Flevoland|name=''Southern IJsselmeer Polders''}}

|align=left|Old SDAP/Progressive Party for the World Government||15,322||0.3||0||New

| 22.0

| style="background:#F6C5C1;"|'''26.4'''

| 18.3

| 10.8

| 3.2

| 16.9

| 1.9

| 0.2

| 0.4

|-

|-

| align="left"| {{flag|Utrecht}}

|align=left|Revolutionary Communist Party||2,224||0.1||0||New

| 24.7

| style="background:#F6C5C1;"|'''25.1'''

| 18.7

| 11.1

| 7.6

| 4.8

| 3.9

| 1.8

| 2.1

|-

|-

|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||156,623||–||–||

| align="left"| {{flag|Zeeland}}

| 19.4

|-

| style="background:#F6C5C1;"|'''24.4'''

|align=left|'''Total'''||'''5,089,582'''||'''100'''||'''100'''||'''0'''

| 16.5

|-

| 16.8

|align=left|Registered voters/turnout||5,433,663||93.7||–||–

| 8.0

|-

| 1.7

|align=left colspan=5|Source: [http://www.nlverkiezingen.com/TK1948.html Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen]

| 9.9

| 1.2

| 2.1

|}

|}

{{bar box

| title=Popular Vote

| titlebar=#ddd

| width=600px

| barwidth=410px

| bars=

{{bar percent|KVP|{{Catholic People's Party/meta/color}}|31.04}}

{{bar percent|PvdA|{{Labour Party (Netherlands)/meta/color}}|25.60}}

{{bar percent|ARP|#000000|13.21}}

{{bar percent|CHU|{{Christian Historical Union/meta/color}}|9.19}}

{{bar percent|VVD|{{People's Party for Freedom and Democracy/meta/color}}|7.95}}

{{bar percent|CPN|{{Communist Party of the Netherlands/meta/color}}|7.74}}

{{bar percent|SGP|{{Reformed Political Party/meta/color}}|2.37}}

{{bar percent|KNP|{{Catholic National Party/meta/color}}|1.26}}

{{bar percent|Other|#777777|1.64}}

}}



==References==

==References==

{{reflist}}

{{reflist}}



{{Dutch general elections}}

{{Dutch elections}}



[[Category:General elections in the Netherlands|1948]]

[[Category:General elections in the Netherlands]]

[[Category:1948 elections in Europe]]

[[Category:1948 elections in Europe|Netherlands]]

[[Category:1948 in the Netherlands]]

[[Category:1948 elections in the Netherlands|General]]

[[Category:July 1948 events in Europe|Netherlands]]


Latest revision as of 11:56, 8 December 2023

1948 Dutch general election
Netherlands
← 1946 7 July 1948 1952 →

All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout93.67% (Increase0.57pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/–
KVP Carl Romme 31.04 32 0
PvdA Willem Drees 25.60 27 −2
ARP Jan Schouten 13.21 13 0
CHU Hendrik Tilanus 9.19 9 +1
VVD Pieter Oud 7.95 8 +2
CPN Paul de Groot 7.74 8 −2
SGP Pieter Zandt 2.37 2 0
KNP Charles Welter 1.26 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Cabinet before Cabinet after
First Beel cabinet
KVPPvdA
Drees–Van Schaik cabinet
KVPPvdACHUVVD

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 7 July 1948.[1] The Catholic People's Party remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 32 of the 100 seats.[2]

Following the elections, a broad four-party coalition government was formed between the Catholic People's Party, Labour Party, Christian Historical Union and People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. Combined these parties held 76% of the available seats in parliament.

Results[edit]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Catholic People's Party1,531,15431.04320
Labour Party1,263,05825.6027–2
Anti-Revolutionary Party651,61213.21130
Christian Historical Union453,2269.199+1
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy391,9257.958+2
Communist Party of the Netherlands382,0017.748–2
Reformed Political Party116,9372.3720
Catholic National Party62,3761.261New
Middle Class Party40,9490.830New
Independent National Group22,1750.450New
Old SDAP/Progressive Party for World Government15,3220.310New
Revolutionary Communist Party2,2240.050New
Total4,932,959100.001000
Valid votes4,932,95996.92
Invalid/blank votes156,6233.08
Total votes5,089,582100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,433,66393.67
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen

By province[edit]

Results by province[3]
Province KVP PvdA ARP CHU VVD CPN SGP KNP Others
 Drenthe 6.2 38.0 19.0 13.8 15.7 5.4 0.4 0.2 1.3
 Friesland 7.0 33.2 24.3 17.6 7.3 7.1 0.7 0.1 2.6
 Gelderland 31.4 24.9 12.0 13.9 8.2 3.1 4.2 1.1 1.1
 Groningen 5.6 33.3 22.9 11.4 12.0 11.3 0.2 0.4 2.9
 Limburg 81.5 8.6 1.0 0.7 0.8 3.7 0.1 3.0 0.7
 North Brabant 77.2 10.5 3.3 2.6 1.6 1.7 0.7 1.8 0.5
 North Holland 23.4 29.2 11.2 5.4 9.8 17.3 0.6 1.1 2.0
 Overijssel 27.3 25.3 13.5 14.1 8.3 7.6 2.9 0.4 0.6
 South Holland 18.3 30.7 16.7 10.1 9.7 7.3 3.9 1.3 2.1
 Southern IJsselmeer Polders 22.0 26.4 18.3 10.8 3.2 16.9 1.9 0.2 0.4
 Utrecht 24.7 25.1 18.7 11.1 7.6 4.8 3.9 1.8 2.1
 Zeeland 19.4 24.4 16.5 16.8 8.0 1.7 9.9 1.2 2.1

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  • ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1413
  • ^ "Tweede Kamer 7 juli 1948". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 November 2023.

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