13 June 1956 1959 → 1948 1946 30 seats, 29.0% 30 seats, 28.7% | Turnout 95.5% 1946 1956 30 seats, 28.7% 12 seats, 11.3% | |
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General elections were held in the Netherlands on 13 June 1956. For the first time, the Labour Party emerged as the largest party, winning 50 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.
Electoral system
Prior to the elections the number of seats in the House of Representatives was raised from 100 to 150. This meant that the electoral threshold was reduced from 1% to 0.67%.
References
Dutch general election, 1956 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA