Election of the members of the House of Representatives
1972 Dutch general election All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majorityTurnout 83.5% ( 4.4 pp )
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Seats
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
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
By province
Results by province[3]
Province
PvdA
KVP
VVD
ARP
PPR
CHU
CPN
D'66
DS'70
SGP
BP
GPV
PSP
RKPN
Others
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 .