Elected Senators 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
1948 Senate election 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
1948 Senate election in electoral group II 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]
1948 Senate election in electoral group III 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]
1948 Senate election in electoral group IV 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]
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