Election of the members of the House of Representatives
1972 Dutch general election![Netherlands](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png)
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← 1971 | 29 November 1972 | 1977 → |
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All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority |
Turnout | 83.5% ( 4.4 pp) |
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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. ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/TK_1972_Samenstelling.jpg/290px-TK_1972_Samenstelling.jpg) Seats |
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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
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| 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 |
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Valid votes | 7,394,045 | 99.31 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 51,242 | 0.69 | |
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Total votes | 7,445,287 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 8,915,179 | 83.51 | |
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Source: Kiesraad |
By province
Results by province[3] Province | PvdA | KVP | VVD | ARP | PPR | CHU | CPN | D'66 | DS'70 | SGP | BP | GPV | PSP | RKPN | Others |
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Drenthe | 37.2 | 5.3 | 15.2 | 14.5 | 2.9 | 7.1 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
Friesland | 31.9 | 4.7 | 10.0 | 21.0 | 3.2 | 10.9 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
Gelderland | 26.1 | 18.2 | 14.1 | 9.2 | 4.9 | 7.4 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
Groningen | 34.9 | 3.5 | 11.9 | 15.1 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 8.6 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
Limburg | 20.2 | 43.9 | 12.3 | 2.2 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 1.2 |
North Brabant | 20.3 | 37.7 | 13.5 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
North Holland | 27.7 | 12.7 | 16.6 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 9.9 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Overijssel | 25.1 | 19.9 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 8.8 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
South Holland | 32.2 | 9.8 | 15.6 | 9.7 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
Southern IJsselmeer Polders | 22.7 | 10.6 | 16.2 | 17.5 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 2.5 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Utrecht | 23.1 | 13.8 | 17.6 | 10.4 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
Zeeland | 27.2 | 11.1 | 14.2 | 11.4 | 4.2 | 9.3 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 9.2 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1414
- ^ "Tweede Kamer 29 november 1972". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 November 2023.