1967 Dutch general election

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1967 Dutch general election
Netherlands
← 1963 15 February 1967 1971 →
All 150 seats in the House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout94.9% (Decrease 0.2 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
KVP Norbert Schmelzer 26.5% 42 −8
PvdA Joop den Uyl 23.6% 37 −6
VVD Edzo Toxopeus 10.7% 17 +1
ARP Barend Biesheuvel 9.9% 15 +2
CHU Henk Beernink 8.1% 12 −1
BP Hendrik Koekoek 4.8% 7 +4
D66 Hans van Mierlo 4.5% 7 New
CPN Marcus Bakker 3.6% 5 +1
PSP Henk Lankhorst 2.9% 4 0
SGP Cornelius van Dis 2.0% 3 0
GPV Piet Jongeling 0.9% 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Seats
Cabinet before Cabinet after
Zijlstra cabinet
KVP–ARP		 De Jong cabinet
KVP–VVD–ARP–CHU

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 15 February 1967.[1] The Catholic People's Party (KVP) remained the largest party, winning 42 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2]

The elections led to a four-party centre-right coalition government being formed, consisting of the KVP, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and Christian Historical Union (CHU), led by Prime Minister Piet de Jong.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Catholic People's Party1,822,93926.5042–8
Labour Party1,620,44723.5537–6
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy738,22910.7317+1
Anti-Revolutionary Party681,2039.9015+2
Christian Historical Union560,4678.1512–1
Farmers' Party328,1864.777+4
Democrats 1966307,8594.487New
Communist Party of the Netherlands248,3303.615+1
Pacifist Socialist Party197,2172.8740
Reformed Political Party138,1192.0130
Reformed Political League59,2180.8610
Emergency Council45,4850.660New
Christian Democratic Union45,3460.660New
Party for the Unmarried43,3400.630New
Land Interests17,5960.260New
Liberal People's Party11,2920.160New
Voogd List4,8080.070New
Van Breukelen-Grein List3,5600.050New
Machiela List1,6760.020New
Germeaux List1,2180.020New
Party of the Right1,0700.020New
Christian National People's Party9920.0100
Rodermond List9160.010New
Total6,879,513100.001500
Valid votes6,879,51397.20
Invalid/blank votes198,2982.80
Total votes7,077,811100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,450,68095.00
Source: Kiesraad[3]

By province

Results by province[3]
Province KVP PvdA VVD ARP CHU BP D'66 CPN PSP SGP GPV Others
 Drenthe 7.0 35.5 14.0 15.1 11.4 6.5 2.1 2.9 1.7 0.4 1.6 1.9
 Friesland 6.5 31.7 8.1 22.8 15.3 3.3 2.4 2.8 3.6 0.7 1.4 1.5
 Gelderland 27.2 22.9 9.7 9.5 11.8 7.0 3.4 1.2 1.5 3.2 0.6 2.0
 Groningen 5.5 33.2 12.0 16.7 9.7 4.6 2.7 6.4 3.5 0.2 3.8 1.8
 Limburg 63.7 11.8 5.1 1.9 1.0 5.9 3.1 2.2 1.3 0.1 0.1 3.9
 North Brabant 56.6 10.5 7.5 4.1 2.5 6.7 4.8 1.3 1.4 0.6 0.2 3.8
 North Holland 19.8 24.7 13.1 8.4 5.2 4.2 6.9 8.7 5.0 0.5 0.4 3.0
 Overijssel 25.5 23.1 8.1 10.5 12.7 5.8 2.7 2.9 2.3 2.7 2.2 1.5
 South Holland 15.8 29.3 12.9 11.7 9.2 2.8 5.0 3.2 3.4 3.6 0.7 2.3
 Southern IJsselmeer Polders 18.5 22.0 10.3 20.8 14.1 2.8 3.5 0.9 2.0 1.2 2.6 1.2
 Utrecht 21.5 22.7 13.1 12.2 11.0 3.9 4.5 1.8 2.5 3.0 1.3 2.4
 Zeeland 17.6 24.3 10.4 12.6 15.0 4.0 2.2 0.8 1.4 8.6 1.1 2.0

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1414
  3. ^ a b "Tweede Kamer 15 februari 1967". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 November 2023.