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	27.34	43	+4
	Catholic People's Party	1,305,401	17.65	27	–8
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	1,068,375	14.45	22	+6
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	653,609	8.84	14	–1
	Political Party of Radicals	354,829	4.80	7	+5
	Christian Historical Union	354,463	4.79	7	–3
	Communist Party of the Netherlands	330,398	4.47	7	+1
	Democrats 1966	307,048	4.15	6	–5
	Democratic Socialists '70	304,714	4.12	6	–2
	Reformed Political Party	163,114	2.21	3	0
	Farmers' Party	143,239	1.94	3	+2
	Reformed Political League	131,236	1.77	2	0
	Pacifist Socialist Party	111,262	1.50	2	0
	Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands	67,658	0.92	1	New
	Democratic Centre Party	41,262	0.56	0	New
	Dutch Middle Class Party	32,970	0.45	0	–2
	Stam List	1,547	0.02	0	New
	Party of the Right	656	0.01	0	0
	Anti Woningnood Actie Centrum	574	0.01	0	New
	New Roman Party	236	0.00	0	0
Total		7,394,045	100.00	150	0
Valid votes		7,394,045	99.31
Invalid/blank votes		51,242	0.69
Total votes		7,445,287	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		8,915,179	83.51
Source: Kiesraad

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