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]
1956, dutch, general, election, general, elections, were, held, netherlands, june, 1956, first, time, labour, party, pvda, emerged, largest, party, winning, seats, house, representatives, 1952, june, 1956, 1959, seats, house, representatives76, seats, needed, . 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 1956 Dutch general election 1952 13 June 1956 1959 All 150 seats in the House of Representatives76 seats needed for a majorityTurnout95 5 0 5 pp Party Leader Seats PvdA Willem Drees 32 7 50 20KVP Carl Romme 31 7 49 19ARP Jelle Zijlstra 9 9 15 3VVD Pieter Oud 8 8 13 4CHU Hendrik Tilanus 8 4 13 4CPN Paul de Groot 4 7 7 1SGP Pieter Zandt 2 3 3 1This lists parties that won seats See the complete results below SeatsPrime Minister before Prime Minister afterWillem DreesPvdA Willem DreesPvdAThe 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 Electoral system EditPrior 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 Results Edit PartyVotes Seats Labour Party1 872 20132 6950 20Catholic People s Party1 815 28831 6949 19Anti Revolutionary Party567 5299 9115 3People s Party for Freedom and Democracy502 5308 7713 4Christian Historical Union482 9158 4313 4Communist Party of the Netherlands272 0504 757 1Reformed Political Party129 5152 263 1Reformed Political League37 2080 6500National Union28 9600 510NewNational Opposition Union19 5030 340NewTotal5 727 699100 00150 50Valid votes5 727 69997 90Invalid blank votes122 6262 10Total votes5 850 325100 00Registered voters turnout6 122 73295 55Source KiesraadPopular VotePvdA 32 69 KVP 31 69 ARP 9 91 VVD 8 77 CHU 8 43 CPN 4 75 SGP 2 26 GPV 0 65 Other 0 85 References Edit Dieter Nohlen amp Philip Stover 2010 Elections in Europe A data handbook p1396 ISBN 978 3 8329 5609 7 Nohlen amp Stover p1413 a b Nohlen amp Stover p1385 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1956 Dutch general election amp oldid 1097678852, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
