Dutch general election, 1967

Dutch general election, 1967
Netherlands
15 February 1967

All 150 seats to the House of Representatives
76 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 94.9%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Norbert Schmelzer Joop den Uyl Edzo Toxopeus
Party KVP PvdA VVD
Leader since 1963 1966 1963
Last election 50 seats, 31.9% 43 seats, 28.0% 16 seats, 10.3%
Seats won 42 37 17
Seat change Decrease8 Decrease6 Increase1
Popular vote 1,822,904 1,620,112 738,202
Percentage 26.5% 23.6% 10.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Barend Biesheuvel Henk Beernink Hendrik Koekoek
Party ARP CHU BP
Leader since 1963 1959 1959
Last election 13 seats, 8.7% 13 seats, 8.6% 3 seats, 2.1%
Seats won 15 12 7
Seat change Increase2 Decrease1 Increase4
Popular vote 681,060 560,033 327,953
Percentage 9.9% 8.1% 4.8%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Hans van Mierlo Marcus Bakker Henk Lankhorst
Party D66 CPN PSP
Leader since 1966 1963 1962
Last election First Election 4 seats, 2.8% 4 seats, 3.0%
Seats won 7 5 4
Seat change Increase7 Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 307,810 248,318 197,206
Percentage 4.5% 3.6% 2.9%

Seats

Prime Minister before election

Jelle Zijlstra
ARP

Prime Minister

Piet de Jong
KVP

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 15 February 1967.[1] The Catholic People's Party remained the largest party, winning 42 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Catholic People's Party1,822,90426.542–8
Labour Party1,620,11223.637–6
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy738,20210.717+1
Anti Revolutionary Party681,0609.915+2
Christian Historical Union560,0338.112–1
Farmers' Party327,9534.87+4
Democrats 1966307,8104.57New
Communist Party of the Netherlands248,3183.65+1
Pacifist Socialist Party197,2062.940
Reformed Political Party138,0692.030
Reformed Political League59,1560.910
Christian Democratic Union177,2072.70New
Christian National People's Party00
The Emergency Council0New
Land Interests0New
Liberal People's Party0New
Van Breukelen-Grein List0New
Germeaux List0New
Machiela List0New
Rodermond List0New
Voogd List0New
Party of the Right0New
Party for the Unmarried0New
Invalid/blank votes198,298
Total7,076,3281001500
Registered voters/turnout7,452,77694.9
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular Vote
KVP
 
26.50%
PvdA
 
23.55%
VVD
 
10.73%
ARP
 
9.90%
CHU
 
8.14%
BP
 
4.77%
D66
 
4.48%
CPN
 
3.61%
PSP
 
2.87%
SGP
 
2.01%
GPV
 
0.86%
Other
 
2.58%

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1414
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