Netherlands 1948 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Catholic People's Party won 32 of 100 seats with 31.0% of the vote; 93.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.6 points on 1946.
- Netherlands
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic People's Party | 32 | 0 | 31.0 | +0.2 | 1,531,154 |
| Labour Party | 27 | −2 | 25.6 | −2.7 | 1,263,058 |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 13 | 0 | 13.2 | +0.3 | 651,612 |
| Christian Historical Union | 9 | +1 | 9.2 | +1.4 | 453,226 |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 8 | +2 | 8.0 | +1.5 | 391,925 |
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | 8 | −2 | 7.7 | −2.8 | 382,001 |
| Reformed Political Party | 2 | 0 | 2.4 | +0.2 | 116,937 |
| Catholic National Party | 1 | 1.3 | 62,376 | ||
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | +0.2 | 40,949 |
± is the change against the Netherlands 1946 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Catholic People's Party 1,531,154
- Labour Party 1,263,058
- Anti-Revolutionary Party 651,612
- Christian Historical Union 453,226
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 391,925
- Communist Party of the Netherlands 382,001
- Reformed Political Party 116,937
- Catholic National Party 62,376
- Largest party without seats 40,949
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
93.7% of the 5,433,363 registered voters cast a ballot (5,089,582 ballots), up 0.6 points on 1946. 4,932,959 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Catholic People's Party31.0% of votes32.0% of seats
- Labour Party25.6% of votes27.0% of seats
- Anti-Revolutionary Party13.2% of votes13.0% of seats
- Christian Historical Union9.2% of votes9.0% of seats
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy8.0% of votes8.0% of seats
- Communist Party of the Netherlands7.7% of votes8.0% of seats
- Reformed Political Party2.4% of votes2.0% of seats
- Catholic National Party1.3% of votes1.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.0 by votes and 4.7 by seats; Catholic People's Party led Labour Party by 5.4 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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