1952 Dutch general election

{{Short description|Election of the members of the House of Representatives}}

{{Infobox legislative election

| election_name = 1952 Dutch general election

| country = Netherlands

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1948

| next_election = 1956

| seats_for_election = All 100 seats in the House of Representatives

| majority_seats = 51

| election_date = 25 June 1952

| turnout = 92.29% ({{decrease}} 1.38 pp)

| leader1 = Willem Drees

| party1 = Labour Party (Netherlands)

| last_election1 = 27

| seats1 = 30

| percentage1 = 29.0%

| leader2 = Carl Romme

| party2 = Catholic People's Party

| last_election2 = 32

| seats2 = 30

| percentage2 = 28.7%

| leader3 = Jan Schouten

| party3 = Anti-Revolutionary Party

| last_election3 = 13

| seats3 = 12

| percentage3 = 11.3%

| leader4 = Hendrik Tilanus

| party4 = Christian Historical Union

| last_election4 = 9

| seats4 = 9

| percentage4 = 8.9%

| leader5 = Pieter Oud

| party5 = People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

| last_election5 = 8

| seats5 = 9

| percentage5 = 8.8%

| leader6 = Paul de Groot

| party6 = Communist Party of the Netherlands

| last_election6 = 8

| seats6 = 6

| percentage6 = 6.2%

| leader7 = Charles Welter

| party7 = Catholic National Party

| last_election7 = 1

| seats7 = 2

| percentage7 = 2.7%

| leader8 = Pieter Zandt

| party8 = Reformed Political Party

| last_election8 = 2

| seats8 = 2

| percentage8 = 2.4%

| map = Tweede kamerverkiezingen 1952.pdf

| map_size = 250px

| map_caption =

| title = Prime Minister

| before_election = First Drees cabinet

| before_party = KVP–PvdA–CHU–VVD

| after_election = Second Drees cabinet

| after_party = PvdA–KVP–ARP–CHU

}}

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 25 June 1952.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} The Catholic People's Party and the Labour Party both won 30 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives.Nohlen & Stöver, p1413 It was the first time since 1913 that the Catholic People's Party and its predecessors had not received a plurality of the vote.Nohlen & Stöver, pp1402-1406

The elections led to a continuation of the previous four-party government, consisting of Labour, the Catholic People's Party, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and the Christian Historical Union. However, three months after the elections the VVD left the government and were replaced by the Anti-Revolutionary Party.