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Dutch general election, 1946

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17 May 1946
  
1948 →

not leader
  
1946

31 seats, 28.8%
  
23 seats, 21.9%

Turnout
  
93.1%

1946
  
1945

23 seats, 21.9%
  
17 seats, 16.4%

Dutch general election, 1946

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 17 May 1946, the first after World War II. The Catholic People's Party, a continuation of the pre-war Roman-Catholic State Party, remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 32 of the 100 seats.

Results

Indicated changes in seats are compared to the Schermerhorn-Drees cabinet appointed by Queen Wilhelmina after World War II.

References

Dutch general election, 1946 Wikipedia