1959 Dutch General Election
12 March 1959 · Postwar reconstruction · 150 seats, 76 for a majority
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Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
Jan de Quay
KVP
Largest force
KVP
49 of 150 seats
Turnout
95.6%
The result
KVP
Carl Romme · 31.6% of votes · 0 seats
49
seats
PvdA
Jaap Burger · 30.4% of votes · -2 seats
48
seats
VVD
Pieter Oud · 12.2% of votes · +6 seats
19
seats
ARP
Jelle Zijlstra · 9.4% of votes · -1 seats
14
seats
CHU
Henk Beernink · 8.1% of votes · -1 seats
12
seats
CPN
Paul de Groot · 2.4% of votes · -4 seats
3
seats
SGP
Pieter Zandt · 2.2% of votes · 0 seats
3
seats
PSP
Henk Lankhorst, Nico van der Veen · 1.8% of votes
2
seats