Netherlands 1946 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Catholic People's Party won 32 of 100 seats with 30.8% of the vote; 93.1% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Netherlands
- Held
Result
51 for a majority
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic People's Party | 32 | 30.8 | 1,466,582 |
| Labour Party | 29 | 28.3 | 1,347,940 |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 13 | 12.9 | 614,201 |
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | 10 | 10.6 | 502,963 |
| Christian Historical Union | 8 | 7.8 | 373,217 |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 6 | 6.4 | 305,287 |
| Reformed Political Party | 2 | 2.1 | 101,759 |
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0.7 | 32,020 |
Votes by party
- Catholic People's Party 1,466,582
- Labour Party 1,347,940
- Anti-Revolutionary Party 614,201
- Communist Party of the Netherlands 502,963
- Christian Historical Union 373,217
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 305,287
- Reformed Political Party 101,759
- Largest party without seats 32,020
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
93.1% of the 5,275,888 registered voters cast a ballot (4,912,015 ballots). 4,760,711 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Catholic People's Party30.8% of votes32.0% of seats
- Labour Party28.3% of votes29.0% of seats
- Anti-Revolutionary Party12.9% of votes13.0% of seats
- Communist Party of the Netherlands10.6% of votes10.0% of seats
- Christian Historical Union7.8% of votes8.0% of seats
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy6.4% of votes6.0% of seats
- Reformed Political Party2.1% of votes2.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.7 by votes and 4.5 by seats; Catholic People's Party led Labour Party by 2.5 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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