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A general election of the House of Representatives of the Dutch Parliament was held in the Netherlands on May 17, 1946.
After the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II, parties that existed prior to the war underwent mergers and reorganizations.
National summary
Party % Seats Katholieke Volkspartij 30.8 32 Partij van de Arbeid 28.3 29 Anti-Revolutionaire Partij 12.9 13 Communistische Partij Nederland 10.6 10 Christelijke-Historische Unie 7.8 8 Partij van de Vrijheid 6.4 6 Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij 2.1 2 Total - 100 Parties
- Anti Revolutionary Party (Anti-Revolutionaire Partij)
- Christian Historical Union (Christelijke-Historische Unie)
- Communist Party of the Netherlands (Communistische Partij Nederland), a continuation of the Communist Party of Holland
- Freedom party (Partij voor de Vrijheid), a continuation of the Liberal State Party
- Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid), a merger of the Social Democratic Workers'Party, the Freethinking Democratic League and the Christian Democratic Union
- Political Reformed Party (Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij)
- Catholic People's Party (Katholieke Volkspratij), a continuation of the Roman Catholic State Party
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