1959 Dutch general election

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

{{Infobox legislative election

| 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% ({{increase}} 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

| map_caption = Seats

| title = 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.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} The Catholic People's Party emerged as the largest party, winning 49 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.Nohlen & Stöver, p1413