1946 Elizean general election

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1946 Elizean general election
← 1942 March 5, 1946 (1946-03-05) 1950 →

All 360 seats to the Parliament
181 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout90.15%
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Charles Ooijth Jozef Krul Pieter Peterson
Party Union of Rightists Socialist UD
Leader's seat Capital District Capital District Kraailande
Last election 109 seats, 28.8% 27 seats, 7.8% 93 seats, 25.4%
Seats won 110 71 66
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 44 Decrease 27
Percentage 28.6% 19.1% 19.0%
Swing Decrease 0.2 Increase 11.3 Decrease 6.4

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Klaas Huis Dolf Tusali Henk Hofland
Party Liberal Union Nationalist Union Communist Party Elizea
Leader's seat Konijnenveld Capital District Zoutevelde
Last election 48 seats, 13.8% 37 seats, 10.7% 15 seats, 4.4%
Seats won 45 16 16
Seat change Decrease 3 Decrease 21 Increase 1
Percentage 13.0% 4.7% 4.6%
Swing Decrease 0.8 Decrease 6.0 Increase 0.2

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
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Leader Charlie Van der Zee Joost Langreep Doede Istra
Party Free-thinking Radicals DC Frisian Voters' Association
Leader's seat Capital District Sankto Anna Boksum-Litersum
Last election 17 seats, 4.8% did not exist did not exist
Seats won 15 14 7
Seat change Decrease 2 N/A N/A
Percentage 4.3% 4.0% 2.0%
Swing Decrease 0.5 N/A N/A

The Socialist Party made massive gains. The social liberal Democratic Union and the far-right Nationalist Union both lost a lot of seats. Two new parties entered the parliament the Christian Democracy and the Frisian Voters.

Although the vote share of the Frisian Voters' Association (2.0%) was below the 3% electoral threshold, due to its status of being representative of a recognised minority group (Frisians), an exception in law allowed the party to win seats.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Union of Rightists2,860,00028.61110+1
Socialist Party1,910,00019.1071+44
Democratic Union1,900,00019.0066-27
Liberal Union1,300,00013.0045-3
Nationalist Union470,0004.7016-21
Communist Party460,0004.6016+1
Free-thinking Radicals430,0004.3015-2
Christian Democracy400,0004.0014New
Frisian Voters' Association200,0002.007New
others68,0630.680
Total9,998,063100.003600
Valid votes9,998,06399.98
Invalid/blank votes1,9370.02
Total votes10,000,000100.00
Registered voters/turnout11,093,18690.15