1946 Dutch general election

1946 Dutch general election

← 1937 17 May 1946 1948 →
All 100 seats in the House of Representatives 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	93.1% ( 1.3 pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– KVP Carl Romme 30.8% 32 +1 PvdA Willem Drees 28.3% 29 −2 ARP Jan Schouten 12.9% 13 −4 CPN Paul de Groot 10.6% 10 +7 CHU Hendrik Tilanus 7.8% 8 0 PvdV Steven Bierema 6.4% 6 +2 SGP Pieter Zandt 2.1% 2 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Cabinet before Cabinet after Schermerhorn–Drees cabinet KVP–PvdA–ARP First Beel cabinet KVP–PvdA

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 17 May 1946,^[1] 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.^[2]

Following the elections, the Catholic People's Party formed a grand coalition government with the Labour Party.