1972 Dutch general election

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

Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 29 November 1972. The Labour Party (PvdA) remained the largest party, winning 43 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.

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%