1972 Dutch general election

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]

1972 Dutch general election

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 after Barend Biesheuvel ARP Joop den Uyl PvdA

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 Party	2,021,454	27.3	43	+4
Catholic People's Party	1,305,401	17.7	27	–8
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	1,068,375	14.4	22	+6
Anti-Revolutionary Party	653,609	8.8	14	–1
Political Party of Radicals	354,829	4.8	7	+5
Christian Historical Union	354,463	4.8	7	–3
Communist Party of the Netherlands	330,398	4.5	7	+1
Democrats 1966	307,048	4.2	6	–5
Democratic Socialists '70	304,714	4.1	6	–2
Reformed Political Party	163,114	2.2	3	0
Farmers' Party	143,239	1.9	3	+2
Reformed Political League	131,236	1.8	2	0
Pacifist Socialist Party	111,262	1.5	2	0
Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands	67,658	0.9	1	New
Democratic Centre Party	41,262	0.6	0	New
Dutch Middle Class Party	32,970	0.4	0	–2
Stam List	1,547	0.0	0	New
Party of the Right	656	0.0	0	0
Anti Woningnood Actie Centrum	574	0.0	0	New
New Roman Party	236	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	51,242	–	–	–
Total	7,445,287	100	150	0
Registered voters/turnout	8,916,947	83.5	–	–
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