Election Name: | 1948 Dutch general election |
Country: | Netherlands |
Previous Election: | 1946 |
Next Election: | 1952 |
Seats For Election: | All 100 seats in the House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 51 |
Election Date: | 7 July 1948 |
Turnout: | 93.67% (0.57pp) |
Leader1: | Carl Romme |
Party1: | Catholic People's Party |
Last Election1: | 32 |
Seats1: | 32 |
Percentage1: | 31.04 |
Leader2: | Willem Drees |
Party2: | Labour Party (Netherlands) |
Last Election2: | 29 |
Seats2: | 27 |
Percentage2: | 25.60 |
Leader3: | Jan Schouten |
Party3: | Anti-Revolutionary Party |
Last Election3: | 13 |
Seats3: | 13 |
Percentage3: | 13.21 |
Leader4: | Hendrik Tilanus |
Party4: | Christian Historical Union |
Last Election4: | 8 |
Seats4: | 9 |
Percentage4: | 9.19 |
Party5: | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Last Election5: | 6 |
Seats5: | 8 |
Percentage5: | 7.95 |
Leader6: | Paul de Groot |
Party6: | Communist Party of the Netherlands |
Last Election6: | 10 |
Seats6: | 8 |
Percentage6: | 7.74 |
Leader7: | Pieter Zandt |
Party7: | Reformed Political Party |
Last Election7: | 2 |
Seats7: | 2 |
Percentage7: | 2.37 |
Leader8: | Charles Welter |
Party8: | Catholic National Party |
Last Election8: | new |
Seats8: | 1 |
Percentage8: | 1.26 |
Map: | TK_Samenstelling_1948.jpg |
Map Size: | 250px |
Cabinet | |
Before Election: | First Beel cabinet |
Before Party: | KVP–PvdA |
After Election: | Drees–Van Schaik cabinet |
After Party: | KVP–PvdA–CHU–VVD |
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.
Province | KVP | PvdA | ARP | CHU | VVD | CPN | SGP | KNP | Others | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.2 | 38.0 | 19.0 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 5.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.3 | ||
7.0 | 33.2 | 24.3 | 17.6 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.6 | ||
31.4 | 24.9 | 12.0 | 13.9 | 8.2 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||
5.6 | 33.3 | 22.9 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 11.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.9 | ||
81.5 | 8.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 0.7 | ||
77.2 | 10.5 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.5 | ||
23.4 | 29.2 | 11.2 | 5.4 | 9.8 | 17.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.0 | ||
27.3 | 25.3 | 13.5 | 14.1 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 | ||
18.3 | 30.7 | 16.7 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 7.3 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 2.1 | ||
22.0 | 26.4 | 18.3 | 10.8 | 3.2 | 16.9 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | ||
24.7 | 25.1 | 18.7 | 11.1 | 7.6 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 2.1 | ||
19.4 | 24.4 | 16.5 | 16.8 | 8.0 | 1.7 | 9.9 | 1.2 | 2.1 |