1954 Schoklandic general election

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1954 Schoklandic general election
← 1950 1 February, 1954 1958 →

All 220 seats to the State Assembly
111 seats needed for a majority
Turnout90.3%
  First party Second party Third party
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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 Decrease 14 Increase 15 Decrease 1
Percentage 45.5% 17.8% 14.4%
Swing Decrease 4.5% Increase 5.1% Decrease 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 Decrease 4.5 Decrease 14
Social Democratic State Party SDRP 17.8% 41 Increase 5.1 Increase 15
Protestant State Party PRP 14.4% 36 Decrease 0.5 Decrease 1
Liberal State Party LRP 7.5% 14 Increase 0.1 Steady
Democratic State Party DRP 5.7% 11 Decrease 0.1 Steady
Free Christian State Party VCRP 5.4% 10 Increase 0.6 Increase 1
Communist State Party CRP 3.8% 8 Decrease 0.7 Decrease 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 Increase 20.3 Increase 15
Catholic State Party KRP 30.1% 15 Decrease 17.9 Decrease 14
Free Christian State Party VCRP 12.3% 6 Increase 2.1 Increase 1
Communist State Party CRP 7.2% 4 Decrease 3.0 Decrease 1
Liberal State Party LRP 5.8% 3 Increase 0.4 Steady
Protestant State Party PRP 4.0% 2 Decrease 1.8 Decrease 1
Democratic State Party DRP 1.1% 0 Decrease 0.1 Steady
Total 100 55