1977 Dutch general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 25 May 1977.[1] The Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 53 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2] Following the election, it took 208 days of negotiations to form a new government. This was a European record for longest government formation that stood until after the 2010 Belgian general election.[3] The Christian Democratic Appeal was formed by the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP), Christian Historical Union (CHU) and the Catholic People's Party (KVP) in 1976. The first joint party leader was a member of the KVP, Dries van Agt.

1977 Dutch general election
25 May 1977
Turnout88.1%
Party Leader % Seats ±
PvdA Joop den Uyl 33.8% 53 +10
CDA Dries van Agt 31.9% 49 +1
VVD Hans Wiegel 17.9% 28 +6
D66 Jan Terlouw 5.4% 8 +2
SGP Hette Abma 2.1% 3 0
CPN Marcus Bakker 1.7% 2 -5
PPR Ria Beckers 1.6% 3 -4
GPV Bart Verbrugh 0.9% 1 -1
PSP Bram van der Lek 0.9% 1 -1
BP Hendrik Koekoek 0.8% 1 -2
DS'70 Willem Drees Jr. 0.7% 1 -5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Joop den Uyl
PvdA		 Dries van Agt
CDA

Eventually a coalition was formed between the Christian Democratic Appeal and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy with Dries van Agt as Prime Minister.

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Labour Party2,813,79333.853+10
Christian Democratic Appeal2.653.41631.949+1
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy1,492,68917.928+6
Democrats 1966452,4235.48+2
Reformed Political Party177,0102.130
Communist Party of the Netherlands143,4811.72–5
Political Party of Radicals140,9101.73–4
Reformed Political League79,4211.01–1
Pacifist Socialist Party77,9720.91–1
Farmers' Party69,9140.81–2
Democratic Socialists '7059,4870.71–5
Reformatory Political Federation53,2200.60New
Dutch Peoples-Union33,4340.40New
Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands33,2270.40–1
Socialist Party24,4200.30New
Federation of Elderly Parties of the Netherlands4,3790.10New
Verbond tegen Ambtelijke Willekeur4,1100.00New
Communist Unity Movement of the Netherlands2,6490.00New
Democratic Action Centre2,1500.00New
Party of the Taxpayers2010.00New
European Conservative Union1970.00New
Jusia List910.00New
Dutch Middle Class Party890.000
Griek List670.00New
Invalid/blank votes48,217–––
Total8,365,8291001500
Registered voters/turnout9,506,31888.0––
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen
Popular Vote
PvdA
 
 33.83%
CDA
 
 31.89%
VVD
 
 17.95%
D66
 
 5.44%
SGP
 
 2.13%
CPN
 
 1.73%
PPR
 
 1.69%
GPV
 
 0.95%
PSP
 
 0.94%
BP
 
 0.84%
DS70
 
 0.72%
RPF
 
 0.64%
Other
 
 1.26%

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1414
  3. Laurent Thomet (January 8, 2011). "Belgium's shoddy political record poses financial threat". Retrieved 2011-01-27. Without a government for nearly seven months, Belgium now holds a dubious record in Europe and with no end in sight to the political crisis, fears are growing of a backlash from watchful markets. The divided country on Saturday broke the 208-day mark set by the Netherlands in 1977 for being without a government.
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