Dutch general election, 1972

Dutch general election, 1972
Netherlands
29 November 1972

All 150 seats to the House of Representatives
76 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 83.5%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Joop den Uyl Frans Andriessen Hans Wiegel
Party PvdA KVP VVD
Leader since 1966 1971 1971
Last election 39 seats, 24.5% 35 seats, 21.8% 16 seats, 10.3%
Seats won 43 27 22
Seat change Increase4 Decrease8 Increase6
Popular vote 2,021,454 1,305,401 1,068,375
Percentage 27.3% 17.7% 14.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Barend Biesheuvel Bas de Gaay Fortman Arnold Tilanus
Party ARP PPR CHU
Leader since 1963 1972 1972
Last election 13 seats, 8.5% 2 seats, 1.8% 10 seats, 6.3%
Seats won 14 7 7
Seat change Increase1 Increase5 Decrease3
Popular vote 1,068,375 354,829 354,463
Percentage 8.8% 4.8% 4.4%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Marcus Bakker Hans van Mierlo Willem Drees, Jr.
Party CPN D66 DS'70
Leader since 1963 1966 1966
Last election 6 seats, 3.8% 11 seats, 6.7% 8 seats, 5.3%
Seats won 7 6 6
Seat change Increase1 Decrease5 Decrease2
Popular vote 330,398 307,048 304,714
Percentage 4.4% 4.1% 4.1%

Seats

Prime Minister before election

Barend Biesheuvel
ARP

Prime Minister

Joop den Uyl
PvdA

Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 29 November 1972.[1] The Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 43 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Labour Party2,021,45427.343+4
Catholic People's Party1,305,40117.727–8
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy1,068,37514.422+6
Anti Revolutionary Party653,6098.814–1
Political Party of Radicals354,8294.87+5
Christian Historical Union354,4634.87–3
Communist Party of the Netherlands330,3984.57+1
Democrats 1966307,0484.26–5
Democratic Socialists '70304,7144.16–2
Reformed Political Party163,1142.230
Farmers' Party143,2391.93+2
Reformed Political League131,2361.820
Pacifist Socialist Party111,2621.520
Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands67,6580.91New
Anti Woningnood Actie Centrum77,2451.00New
Democratic Centre Party0New
Stam List0New
New Middle Party0–2
New Roman Party00
Party of the Right00
Invalid/blank votes51,242
Total7,445,2871001500
Registered voters/turnout8,916,94783.5
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular Vote
PvdA
 
27.34%
KVP
 
17.65%
VVD
 
14.45%
ARP
 
8.84%
PPR
 
4.80%
CHU
 
4.79%
CPN
 
4.47%
D66
 
4.15%
DS70
 
4.12%
SGP
 
2.21%
BP
 
1.94%
GPV
 
1.77%
PSP
 
1.50%
RKPN
 
0.92%
Other
 
1.04%

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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