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Dutch General Election, 1946

INTRODUCTION

After the German occupation, the party system changed by mergers and reorganisations

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
Volkspartij Voor Vrijheid En Democratie	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