| Election Name: | 1959 Dutch general election |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Previous Election: | 1956 |
| Next Election: | 1963 |
| Seats For Election: | All 150 seats in the House of Representatives |
| Majority Seats: | 76 |
| Election Date: | 12 March 1959 |
| Turnout: | 95.6% (0.1 pp) |
| Leader1: | Carl Romme |
| Party1: | Catholic People's Party |
| Last Election1: | 49 |
| Seats1: | 49 |
| Percentage1: | 31.6% |
| Leader2: | Jaap Burger |
| Party2: | Labour Party (Netherlands) |
| Last Election2: | 50 |
| Seats2: | 48 |
| Percentage2: | 30.4% |
| Leader3: | Pieter Oud |
| Party3: | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
| Last Election3: | 13 |
| Seats3: | 19 |
| Percentage3: | 12.2% |
| Leader4: | Jelle Zijlstra |
| Party4: | Anti-Revolutionary Party |
| Last Election4: | 15 |
| Seats4: | 14 |
| Percentage4: | 9.4% |
| Leader5: | Henk Beernink |
| Party5: | Christian Historical Union |
| Last Election5: | 13 |
| Seats5: | 12 |
| Percentage5: | 8.1% |
| Leader6: | Paul de Groot |
| Party6: | Communist Party of the Netherlands |
| Last Election6: | 7 |
| Seats6: | 3 |
| Percentage6: | 2.4% |
| Leader7: | Pieter Zandt |
| Party7: | Reformed Political Party |
| Last Election7: | 3 |
| Seats7: | 3 |
| Percentage7: | 2.2% |
| Leader8: | Henk Lankhorst, Nico van der Veen |
| Party8: | Pacifist Socialist Party |
| Last Election8: | new |
| Seats8: | 2 |
| Percentage8: | 1.8% |
| Map: | TK_Samenstelling_1959.jpg |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Cabinet | |
| Before Election: | Second Beel cabinet |
| Before Party: | KVP–ARP–CHU |
| After Election: | De Quay cabinet |
| After Party: | KVP–VVD–ARP–CHU |
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 12 March 1959.[1] The Catholic People's Party emerged as the largest party, winning 49 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2]
| Province | KVP | PvdA | VVD | ARP | CHU | CPN | SGP | PSP | Others | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.9 | 42.5 | 18.4 | 15.3 | 11.5 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 2.6 | ||
| 6.9 | 38.7 | 10.4 | 21.9 | 16.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | ||
| 31.9 | 29.1 | 11.0 | 9.1 | 12.2 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 5.8 | 40.7 | 16.0 | 16.8 | 9.3 | 4.8 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 79.5 | 15.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | ||
| 74.0 | 15.2 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | ||
| 23.4 | 33.1 | 16.8 | 7.5 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 2.9 | ||
| 28.1 | 30.0 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 12.9 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 18.5 | 36.4 | 15.4 | 11.3 | 9.0 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 1.5 | ||
| 24.4 | 24.7 | 9.7 | 20.0 | 15.4 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 25.5 | 29.7 | 13.8 | 12.3 | 10.6 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 21.1 | 29.3 | 11.1 | 12.5 | 14.9 | 0.4 | 8.8 | 0.4 | 1.5 |