Dutch general election, 1972

Dutch general election, 1972
Netherlands
29 November 1972
Turnout 83.5%

Party Leader % Seats ±
PvdA Joop den Uyl 27.3% 43 +4
KVP Frans Andriessen 17.7% 27 -8
VVD Hans Wiegel 14.4% 22 +6
ARP Barend Biesheuvel 8.8% 14 +1
PPR Bas de Gaay Fortman 4.8% 7 +5
CHU Arnold Tilanus 4.4% 7 -3
CPN Marcus Bakker 4.4% 7 +1
D66 Hans van Mierlo 4.1% 6 -5
DS'70 Willem Drees Jr. 4.1% 6 -2
SGP Hette Abma 2.2% 3 0
BP Hendrik Koekoek 1.9% 3 +2
GPV Piet Jongeling 1.8% 2 0
PSP Bram van der Lek 1.5% 2 0
RKPN Klaas Beuker 0.9% 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Seats
Prime Minister before Prime Minister
Barend Biesheuvel
ARP		 Joop den Uyl
PvdA

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

The elections led to a five-party coalition government consisting of the PvdA, the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolutionary Party, the Political Party of Radicals and Democrats 1966 with the PvdA's Joop den Uyl as Prime Minister.

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
Democratic Centre Party41,2620.60New
Dutch Middle Class Party32,9700.40–2
Stam List1,5470.00New
Party of the Right6560.000
Anti Woningnood Actie Centrum5740.00New
New Roman Party2360.000
Invalid/blank votes51,242–––
Total7,445,2871001500
Registered voters/turnout8,916,94783.5––
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen
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. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1414
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