1977 Dutch general election

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1977 Dutch general election
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←  1972 25 May 1977 1981  →
All 150 seats in the House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout88.1% (Increase2.svg 4.6 pp)
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
PvdA Joop den Uyl 33.8%53+10
CDA Dries van Agt 31.9%49+1
VVD Hans Wiegel 17.9%28+6
D66 Jan Terlouw 5.4%8+2
SGP Hette Abma 2.1%30
CPN Marcus Bakker 1.7%2−5
PPR Ria Beckers 1.6%3−4
GPV Bart Verbrugh 0.9%1−1
PSP Bram van der Lek 0.9%1−1
BP Hendrik Koekoek 0.8%1−2
DS'70 Willem Drees Jr. 0.7%1−5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Most voted-for party by municipality
Cabinet beforeCabinet after
Den Uyl cabinet
PvdA–KVP–ARP–D66–PPR 		First Van Agt cabinet
CDA–VVD

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 25 May 1977. [1] The Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 53 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives. [2] Following the election, it took 208 days of negotiations to form a new government. This was a European record for longest government formation that stood until after the 2010 Belgian general election. [3] The Christian Democratic Appeal was formed by the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP), Christian Historical Union (CHU) and the Catholic People's Party (KVP) in 1976. The first joint party leader was a member of the KVP, Dries van Agt.

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Eventually a coalition was formed between the Christian Democratic Appeal and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy with Dries van Agt as Prime Minister.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party 2,813,79333.8353+10
Christian Democratic Appeal 2,652,27831.8949+1
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1,492,68917.9528+6
Democrats 66 452,4235.448+2
Reformed Political Party 177,0102.1330
Communist Party of the Netherlands 143,4811.732–5
Political Party of Radicals 140,9101.693–4
Reformed Political League 79,4210.951–1
Pacifist Socialist Party 77,9720.941–1
Farmers' Party 69,9140.841–2
Democratic Socialists '70 59,4870.721–5
Reformatory Political Federation 53,2200.640New
Dutch People's Union 33,4340.400New
Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands 33,2270.400–1
Socialist Party 24,4200.290New
Federation of Elderly Parties of the Netherlands4,3790.050New
Union Against Arbitrariness of Civil Servants4,1100.050New
Communist Unity Movement of the Netherlands 2,6490.030New
Democratic Action Centre2,1500.030New
Party of the Taxpayers2010.000New
European Conservative Union1970.000New
Jusia List910.000New
Dutch Middle Class Party 890.0000
Griek List670.000New
Total8,317,612100.001500
Valid votes8,317,61299.42
Invalid/blank votes48,2170.58
Total votes8,365,829100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,497,99988.08
Source: Kiesraad [4]

By province

Results by province [5]
Province PvdA CDA VVD D'66 SGP CPN PPR GPV PSP BP DS'70 Others
Flag of Drenthe.svg  Drenthe 41.527.118.24.40.41.21.41.80.61.30.61.5
Frisian flag.svg  Friesland 37.337.412.34.40.91.51.31.60.80.60.61.3
Flag of Gelderland.svg  Gelderland 30.835.517.24.83.70.61.70.70.91.40.52.2
Flag of Groningen.svg  Groningen 42.424.314.44.40.34.31.94.01.30.70.61.4
Flag of Limburg.svg  Limburg 30.144.614.73.30.11.11.90.10.71.00.42.0
North Brabant-Flag.svg  North Brabant 28.843.715.75.00.50.61.60.20.81.10.51.5
Flag of North Holland.svg  North Holland 35.422.921.77.30.54.52.10.41.50.61.21.9
Flag of Overijssel.svg  Overijssel 31.039.513.24.22.91.11.32.20.51.20.42.5
Flag of Zuid-Holland.svg  South Holland 37.924.619.96.13.81.31.50.80.80.40.92.0
Flag of Flevoland.svg  Southern IJsselmeer Polders 33.129.018.96.71.02.92.81.30.60.60.72.4
Utrecht (province)-Flag.svg  Utrecht 28.230.522.16.63.20.91.91.61.30.70.72.3
Flag of Zeeland.svg  Zeeland 32.629.817.34.48.40.41.51.60.51.00.61.9

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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. ↑ Laurent Thomet (January 8, 2011). "Belgium's shoddy political record poses financial threat". Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved 2011-01-27. Without a government for nearly seven months, Belgium now holds a dubious record in Europe and with no end in sight to the political crisis, fears are growing of a backlash from watchful markets. The divided country on Saturday broke the 208-day mark set by the Netherlands in 1977 for being without a government.
  4. ↑ "Tweede Kamer 25 mei 1977". Kiesraad.
  5. ↑ "Tweede Kamer 25 mei 1977". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 November 2021.
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