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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in the Netherlands on 7 July 1948.[1] The Catholic People's Party remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 32 of the 100 seats.[2]
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.
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Catholic People's Party | 1,531,154 | 31.04 | 32 | 0 | |
| Labour Party | 1,263,058 | 25.60 | 27 | –2 | |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 651,612 | 13.21 | 13 | 0 | |
| Christian Historical Union | 453,226 | 9.19 | 9 | +1 | |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 391,925 | 7.95 | 8 | +2 | |
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | 382,001 | 7.74 | 8 | –2 | |
| Reformed Political Party | 116,937 | 2.37 | 2 | 0 | |
| Catholic National Party | 62,376 | 1.26 | 1 | New | |
| Middle Class Party | 40,949 | 0.83 | 0 | New | |
| Independent National Group | 22,175 | 0.45 | 0 | New | |
| Old SDAP/Progressive Party for World Government | 15,322 | 0.31 | 0 | New | |
| Revolutionary Communist Party | 2,224 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 4,932,959 | 100.00 | 100 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 4,932,959 | 96.92 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 156,623 | 3.08 | |||
| Total votes | 5,089,582 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 5,433,663 | 93.67 | |||
| Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen | |||||
By province
| Province | KVP | PvdA | ARP | CHU | VVD | CPN | SGP | KNP | Others |
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 Drenthe |
6.2 | 38.0 | 19.0 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 5.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
 Friesland |
7.0 | 33.2 | 24.3 | 17.6 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.6 |
 Gelderland |
31.4 | 24.9 | 12.0 | 13.9 | 8.2 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
 Groningen |
5.6 | 33.3 | 22.9 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 11.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.9 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Limburg |
81.5 | 8.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 0.7 |
 North Brabant |
77.2 | 10.5 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.5 |
 North Holland |
23.4 | 29.2 | 11.2 | 5.4 | 9.8 | 17.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.0 |
 Overijssel |
27.3 | 25.3 | 13.5 | 14.1 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
 South Holland |
18.3 | 30.7 | 16.7 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 7.3 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 2.1 |
 Southern IJsselmeer Polders |
22.0 | 26.4 | 18.3 | 10.8 | 3.2 | 16.9 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
-Flag.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Utrecht |
24.7 | 25.1 | 18.7 | 11.1 | 7.6 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
 Zeeland |
19.4 | 24.4 | 16.5 | 16.8 | 8.0 | 1.7 | 9.9 | 1.2 | 2.1 |
References
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1413
- ↑ "Tweede Kamer 7 juli 1948". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 November 2023.
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