1948 Dutch general election

1948 Dutch general election
7 July 1948
All 100 seats in the House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout93.67% (0.57pp)
Party Leader Vote % 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
KVP–PvdA		 Drees–Van Schaik cabinet
KVP–PvdA–CHU–VVD

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

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.

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