Dutch general election, 1963

Dutch general election, 1963
Netherlands
15 May 1963

All 150 seats to the House of Representatives
76 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 95.1%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Victor Marijnen Anne Vondeling Edzo Toxopeus
Party KVP PvdA VVD
Leader since 1963 1963 1963
Last election 49 seats, 31.6% 48 seats, 30.4% 19 seats, 12.2%
Seats won 50 43 16
Seat change Increase1 Decrease5 Decrease3
Popular vote 1,995,352 1,753,084 643,839
Percentage 31.9% 28.0% 10.3%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Barend Biesheuvel Henk Beernink Henk Lankhorst
Party ARP CHU PSP
Leader since 1963 1959 1962
Last election 14 seats, 9.4% 12 seats, 8.1% 2 seats, 1.8%
Seats won 13 13 4
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1 Increase2
Popular vote 545,836 536,801 189,373
Percentage 8.7% 8.6% 3.0%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Paul de Groot Cornelius van Dis Hendrik Koekoek
Party CPN SGP BP
Leader since 1945 1961 1959
Last election 3 seats, 2.4% 3 seats, 2.2% 0 seats, 0.6%
Seats won 4 3 3
Seat change Increase1 Steady Increase3
Popular vote 173,325 143,818 133,231
Percentage 2.8% 2.3% 2.1%

Seats

Prime Minister before election

Jan de Quay
KVP

Prime Minister

Victor Marijnen
KVP

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 15 May 1963.[1] The Catholic People's Party remained the largest party, winning 50 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Catholic People's Party1,995,35231.950+1
Labour Party1,753,08428.043–5
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy643,83910.316–3
Anti Revolutionary Party545,8368.713–1
Christian Historical Union536,8018.613+1
Pacifist Socialist Party189,3733.04+2
Communist Party of the Netherlands173,3252.84+1
Reformed Political Party143,8182.330
Farmers' Party133,2312.13+3
Reformed Political League46,3240.71+1
Christian National People's Party97,5381.60New
Liberal State Party0New
Grol List0New
Liberal Union/Veilig Verkeer en 100,000 Woningen per Jaar0New
New Democratic Party0New
Economic Appeal Party0New
People's Referendum0New
Invalid/blank votes161,443
Total6,419,9641001500
Registered voters/turnout6,748,61195.1
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular Vote
KVP
 
31.88%
PvdA
 
28.01%
VVD
 
10.29%
ARP
 
8.72%
CHU
 
8.58%
PSP
 
3.03%
CPN
 
2.77%
SGP
 
2.30%
BP
 
2.13%
GPV
 
0.74%
Other
 
1.56%

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1413
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