Netherlands 1952 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Labour Party won 30 of 100 seats with 29.0% of the vote; 95.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.3 points on 1948.
- Netherlands
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 30 | +3 | 29.0 | +3.4 | 1,545,867 |
| Catholic People's Party | 30 | −2 | 28.7 | −2.4 | 1,529,508 |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 12 | −1 | 11.3 | −1.9 | 603,329 |
| Christian Historical Union | 9 | 0 | 8.9 | −0.3 | 476,195 |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 9 | +1 | 8.8 | +0.9 | 471,040 |
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | 6 | −2 | 6.2 | −1.6 | 328,621 |
| Catholic National Party | 2 | +1 | 2.7 | +1.4 | 144,520 |
| Reformed Political Party | 2 | 0 | 2.4 | +0.1 | 129,081 |
| Reformed Political League | 0 | 0.7 | 35,497 |
± is the change against the Netherlands 1948 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Labour Party 1,545,867
- Catholic People's Party 1,529,508
- Anti-Revolutionary Party 603,329
- Christian Historical Union 476,195
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 471,040
- Communist Party of the Netherlands 328,621
- Catholic National Party 144,520
- Reformed Political Party 129,081
- Reformed Political League 35,497
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
95.0% of the 5,792,679 registered voters cast a ballot (5,501,726 ballots), up 1.3 points on 1948. 5,335,745 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Labour Party29.0% of votes30.0% of seats
- Catholic People's Party28.7% of votes30.0% of seats
- Anti-Revolutionary Party11.3% of votes12.0% of seats
- Christian Historical Union8.9% of votes9.0% of seats
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy8.8% of votes9.0% of seats
- Communist Party of the Netherlands6.2% of votes6.0% of seats
- Catholic National Party2.7% of votes2.0% of seats
- Reformed Political Party2.4% of votes2.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.0 by votes and 4.7 by seats; Labour Party led Catholic People's Party by 0.3 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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