1967 Dutch general election

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

1967 Dutch general election

15 February 1967
Turnout94.9%
Party Leader % Seats ±
KVP Norbert Schmelzer 26.5% 42 -8
PvdA Joop den Uyl 23.6% 37 -6
VVD Edzo Toxopeus 10.7% 17 +1
ARP Barend Biesheuvel 9.9% 15 +2
CHU Henk Beernink 8.1% 12 -1
BP Hendrik Koekoek 4.8% 7 +4
D66 Hans van Mierlo 4.5% 7 New
CPN Marcus Bakker 3.6% 5 +1
PSP Henk Lankhorst 2.9% 4 0
SGP Cornelius van Dis 2.0% 3 0
GPV Piet Jongeling 0.9% 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Seats
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Jelle Zijlstra
ARP
Piet de Jong
KVP

The elections led to a four-party coalition government being formed, consisting of the KVP, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, Anti-Revolutionary Party and Christian Historical Union.

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
The Emergency Council45,4210.70New
Christian Democratic Union45,3350.70New
Party for the Unmarried43,3610.60New
Land Interests17,5940.30New
Liberal People's Party11,2790.20New
Voogd List4,8080.10New
Van Breukelen-Grein List3,5600.10New
Machiela List1,6690.00New
Germeaux List1,2180.00New
Party of the Right1,0700.00New
Christian National People's Party9760.000
Rodermond List9160.00New
Invalid/blank votes198,298
Total7,076,3281001500
Registered voters/turnout7,452,77694.9
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen
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. 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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