1948 Dutch Senate election
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8 July 1948
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All 50 seats in the Senate 26 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Elections for all 50 seats in the Senate of the Netherlands were held on 8 July 1948.
Senators were elected by provincial councils in four "electoral groups". Group I comprised North Brabant, Zeeland, Utrecht and Limburg; group II comprised Gelderland, Overijssel, Groningen and Drenthe; group III comprised North Holland and Friesland; and group IV comprised South Holland. Within each electoral group, Senators were elected by provincial councils using party-list proportional representation. Provincial councillors' votes were weighted to their province's population.[1]
As Senators were elected by the same provincial councillors as in the previous 1946 Senate election, no seats changed hands. The incumbent government, consisting of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and the Labour Party (PvdA) retained its combined majority of 31 seats.
Results
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| Party | Unweighted | Weighted | Seats | +/– | |||
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| Catholic People's Party | 182 | 31.22 | 30,428 | 32.99 | 17 | 0 | |
| Labour Party | 155 | 26.59 | 23,745 | 25.74 | 14 | 0 | |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 79 | 13.55 | 11,511 | 12.48 | 7 | 0 | |
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | 51 | 8.75 | 10,322 | 11.19 | 4 | 0 | |
| Christian Historical Union | 66 | 11.32 | 8,744 | 9.48 | 5 | 0 | |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 41 | 7.03 | 6,198 | 6.72 | 3 | 0 | |
| Reformed Political Party | 9 | 1.54 | 1,293 | 1.40 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 583 | 100.00 | 92,241 | 100.00 | 50 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 583 | 100.00 | 92,241 | 100.00 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Total votes | 583 | 100.00 | 92,241 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 590 | 98.81 | 92,370 | 99.86 | |||
| Source: Staatscourant[2] | |||||||
By electoral group
| Party | Unweighted | Weighted | Seats | +/– | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| Catholic People's Party | 110 | 56.12 | 16,939 | 64.02 | 9 | 0 | |
| Labour Party | 32 | 16.33 | 3,806 | 14.39 | 2 | 0 | |
| Christian Historical Union | 19 | 9.69 | 1,786 | 6.75 | 1 | 0 | |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 15 | 7.65 | 1,614 | 6.10 | 1 | 0 | |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 10 | 5.10 | 1,212 | 4.58 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reformed Political Party | 5 | 2.55 | 368 | 1.39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | 5 | 2.55 | 733 | 2.77 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 196 | 100.00 | 26,458 | 100.00 | 13 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 196 | 100.00 | 26,458 | 100.00 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Total votes | 196 | 100.00 | 26,458 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 192 | 102.08 | 25,929 | 102.04 | |||
| Source: Staatscourant[2] | |||||||
| Party | Unweighted | Weighted | Seats | +/– | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| Labour Party | 58 | 31.35 | 6,861 | 30.20 | 4 | 0 | |
| Catholic People's Party | 36 | 19.46 | 5,164 | 22.73 | 3 | 0 | |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 30 | 16.22 | 3,437 | 15.13 | 2 | 0 | |
| Christian Historical Union | 27 | 14.59 | 3,411 | 15.02 | 2 | 0 | |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 17 | 9.19 | 1,856 | 8.17 | 1 | 0 | |
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | 16 | 8.65 | 1,853 | 8.16 | 1 | 0 | |
| Reformed Political Party | 1 | 0.54 | 133 | 0.59 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 185 | 100.00 | 22,715 | 100.00 | 13 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 185 | 100.00 | 22,715 | 100.00 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Total votes | 185 | 100.00 | 22,715 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 189 | 97.88 | 23,303 | 97.48 | |||
| Source: Staatscourant[3] | |||||||
| Party | Unweighted | Weighted | Seats | +/– | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| Labour Party | 40 | 32.79 | 6,478 | 31.77 | 4 | 0 | |
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | 22 | 18.03 | 4,066 | 19.94 | 2 | 0 | |
| Catholic People's Party | 18 | 14.75 | 3,573 | 17.52 | 2 | 0 | |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 22 | 18.03 | 3,292 | 16.15 | 2 | 0 | |
| Christian Historical Union | 13 | 10.66 | 1,699 | 8.33 | 1 | 0 | |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 7 | 5.74 | 1,282 | 6.29 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 122 | 100.00 | 20,390 | 100.00 | 12 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 122 | 100.00 | 20,390 | 100.00 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Total votes | 122 | 100.00 | 20,390 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 127 | 96.06 | 21,490 | 94.88 | |||
| Source: Staatscourant[4] | |||||||
| Party | Unweighted | Weighted | Seats | +/– | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| Labour Party | 25 | 31.25 | 6,600 | 31.25 | 4 | 0 | |
| Catholic People's Party | 18 | 22.50 | 4,752 | 22.50 | 3 | 0 | |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 12 | 15.00 | 3,168 | 15.00 | 2 | 0 | |
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | 8 | 10.00 | 2,112 | 10.00 | 1 | 0 | |
| Christian Historical Union | 7 | 8.75 | 1,848 | 8.75 | 1 | 0 | |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 7 | 8.75 | 1,848 | 8.75 | 1 | 0 | |
| Reformed Political Party | 3 | 3.75 | 792 | 3.75 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 80 | 100.00 | 21,120 | 100.00 | 12 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 80 | 100.00 | 21,120 | 100.00 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Total votes | 80 | 100.00 | 21,120 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 82 | 97.56 | 21,648 | 97.56 | |||
| Source: Staatscourant[5] | |||||||
References
- ↑ "Geschiedenis kiesstelsel Eerste Kamer". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- 1 2 "PROCES-VERBAAL van de zitting van het Centraal Stembureau, bedoeld in artikel 115o der Kieswet". Staatscourant (in Dutch). The Hague. 12 July 1948. p. 13. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
- ↑ "PROCES-VERBAAL van de zitting van het Centraal Stembureau, bedoeld in artikel 115o der Kieswet". Staatscourant (in Dutch). The Hague. 12 July 1948. p. 19. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
- ↑ "PROCES-VERBAAL van de zitting van het Centraal Stembureau, bedoeld in artikel 115o der Kieswet". Staatscourant (in Dutch). The Hague. 12 July 1948. p. 25. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
- ↑ "PROCES-VERBAAL van de zitting van het Centraal Stembureau, bedoeld in artikel 115o der Kieswet". Staatscourant (in Dutch). The Hague. 12 July 1948. p. 29. Retrieved 31 January 2026.