1954 Schoklandic general election

1954 Schoklandic general election

1 February, 1954
All 220 seats to the State Assembly 111 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	90.3%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Henk Triks Tom Hoff Æneas Raef Party Catholic State Party Social Democratic State Party Protestant State Party Leader's seat Southern Region Capital Region Eastern Region Last election 114 seats, 50.0% 26 seats, 12.7% 37 seats, 14.9% Seats won 100 41 36 Seat change 14 15 1 Percentage 45.5% 17.8% 14.4% Swing 4.5% 5.1% 0.5%
Rijksminister before election Henk Triks KRP Elected Rijksminister Henk Triks KRP

The 1954 Schoklandic general election was a important election in the political history of Schokland. The results in 3 of the 4 regions remained stable but in the Capital region saw a political earthquake. In the Capital region the right-wing Catholic KRP lost a massive share of votes (from 48% down to 30.1%), most of the votes were lost to the social democratic SDRP (from 19.2% up to 39.5%).

1954 Schoklandic general election
Party			%	Seats	+/– (%pnt)	+/– (seat)
	Catholic State Party	KRP	45.5%	100	4.5	14
	Social Democratic State Party	SDRP	17.8%	41	5.1	15
	Protestant State Party	PRP	14.4%	36	0.5	1
	Liberal State Party	LRP	7.5%	14	0.1
	Democratic State Party	DRP	5.7%	11	0.1
	Free Christian State Party	VCRP	5.4%	10	0.6	1
	Communist State Party	CRP	3.8%	8	0.7	1
Total			100	220

Results by region in %

Region	KRP	PRP	SDRP	LRP	DRP	VCRP	CRP
Capital Region	30.1	4.0	39.5	5.8	1.1	12.3	7.2
Islands Region	70.1	1.2	7.0	6.0	9.0	3.2	3.4
Eastern Region	1.2	52.3	10.1	16.9	12.6	2.8	4.2
Southern Region	80.6	0.1	14.4	1.4	0.2	3.1	0.2

1954 Schoklandic general election: Capital Region
Party			%	Seats	+/– (%pnt)	+/– (seat)
	Social Democratic State Party	SDRP	39.5%	25	20.3	15
	Catholic State Party	KRP	30.1%	15	17.9	14
	Free Christian State Party	VCRP	12.3%	6	2.1	1
	Communist State Party	CRP	7.2%	4	3.0	1
	Liberal State Party	LRP	5.8%	3	0.4
	Protestant State Party	PRP	4.0%	2	1.8	1
	Democratic State Party	DRP	1.1%	0	0.1
Total			100	55