The elections led to a continuation of the previous four-party government, consisting of Labour, the Catholic People's Party, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and the Christian Historical Union. However, three months after the elections the VVD left the government and were replaced by the Anti-Revolutionary Party.
1952, dutch, general, election, general, elections, were, held, netherlands, june, 1952, catholic, people, party, labour, party, both, seats, house, representatives, first, time, since, 1913, that, catholic, people, party, predecessors, received, plurality, vo. General elections were held in the Netherlands on 25 June 1952 1 The Catholic People s Party and the Labour Party both won 30 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives 2 It was the first time since 1913 that the Catholic People s Party and its predecessors had not received a plurality of the vote 3 1952 Dutch general election 1948 25 June 1952 1956 All 100 seats in the House of Representatives51 seats needed for a majorityTurnout95 0 1 3 pp Party Leader Seats PvdA Willem Drees 29 0 30 3KVP Carl Romme 28 7 30 2ARP Jan Schouten 11 3 12 1CHU Hendrik Tilanus 8 9 9 0VVD Pieter Oud 8 8 9 1CPN Paul de Groot 6 2 6 2KNP Charles Welter 2 7 2 1SGP Pieter Zandt 2 4 2 0Prime Minister before Prime Minister afterFirst Drees cabinetKVP PvdA CHU VVD Second Drees cabinetPvdA KVP ARP CHUThe elections led to a continuation of the previous four party government consisting of Labour the Catholic People s Party People s Party for Freedom and Democracy and the Christian Historical Union However three months after the elections the VVD left the government and were replaced by the Anti Revolutionary Party Results edit nbsp PartyVotes Seats Labour Party1 545 86728 9730 3Catholic People s Party1 529 50828 6730 2Anti Revolutionary Party603 32911 3112 1Christian Historical Union476 1958 9290People s Party for Freedom and Democracy471 0408 839 1Communist Party of the Netherlands328 6216 166 2Catholic National Party144 5202 712 1Reformed Political Party129 0812 4220Reformed Political League35 4970 670NewMiddle Class Party25 1270 4700Party for Justice Freedom and Welfare18 9900 360NewSocialist Union18 0100 340NewYoung Conservative Union9 9600 1900Total5 335 745100 001000Valid votes5 335 74596 98Invalid blank votes165 9813 02Total votes5 501 726100 00Registered voters turnout5 792 67994 98Source Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagenReferences edit Dieter Nohlen amp Philip Stover 2010 Elections in Europe A data handbook p1396 ISBN 978 3 8329 5609 7 Nohlen amp Stover p1413 Nohlen amp Stover pp1402 1406 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1952 Dutch general election amp oldid 1167368222, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
