page_title: House of Representatives (Netherlands)
section_title: Historical compositions
hierarchical_section_title: House of Representatives (Netherlands) / Composition / Historical compositions
context_page_description: The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands, the States General, the other one being the Senate. It has 150 seats, which are filled through elections using a party-list proportional representation. It sits in the Binnenhof in The Hague.
context_section_description: Until 1956, there were 100 seats. This was expanded to 150 seats, which is the current number.
  To give an overview of the history of the House of Representatives, the figure on the right shows the seat distribution in the House from the first general elections after World War II (1946) to the current situation. The left-wing parties are towards the bottom, the Christian parties in the centre, with the right-wing parties towards the top. Occasionally, single-issue (or narrow-focus) parties have arisen, and these are shown at the extreme top. Vertical lines indicate general elections. Although these are generally held every four years, the resulting coalition governments do not always finish their term without a government crisis, which is often followed by fresh elections. Hence the frequent periods shorter than four years.
caption: Representation per party, between 1946 and 2018
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