1971 Dutch general election

none Netherlands 1967 1972 All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 28 April 1971 79.12% ( 15.88pp) Joop den Uyl Labour Party (Netherlands) 37 39 24.60 Gerard Veringa Catholic People's Party 42 35 21.84 Molly Geertsema People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 17 16 10.34 Barend Biesheuvel Anti-Revolutionary Party 15 13 8.59 Hans van Mierlo D'66 7 11 6.77 Bé Udink Christian Historical Union 12 10 6.32 Willem Drees Jr. Democratic Socialists '70 new 8 5.33 Marcus Bakker Communist Party of the Netherlands 5 6 3.90 Hette Abma Reformed Political Party 3 3 2.35 Jacques Aarden Political Party of Radicals new 2 1.84 Piet Jongeling Reformed Political League 1 2 1.61 Ab te Pas NMP new 2 1.51 #0033EE Hans Wiebenga Pacifist Socialist Party 4 2 1.44 Hendrik Koekoek Farmers' Party (Netherlands) 7 1 1.10 1971 Dutch general election map.svg Most voted-for party by municipality Cabinet De Jong cabinet KVP–VVD–ARP–CHU First Biesheuvel cabinet KVP–VVD–ARP–CHU–DS'70 General elections were held in the Netherlands on 28 April 1971.http://www.parlement.com/id/vh8lnhronvwt/tweede_kamerverkiezingen_1971 Tweede Kamerverkiezingen 1971 The Labour Party (PvdA) emerged as the largest party, winning 39 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.Nohlen & Stöver, p1414 The elections were the first without compulsory voting, causing a sharp fall in voter turnout, down to 79% from 95% in the 1967 elections.Nohlen & Stöver, p1397 Barend Biesheuvel of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) became prime minister, leading the first Biesheuvel cabinet. His cabinet contained a broad coalition of parties, with ministers from ARP, Christian Historical Union (both Protestant), the Catholic People's Party, the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and moderate socialist Democratic Socialists '70 (DS'70), which had just split off from the PvdA. However, Biesheuvel's government was short-lived; following a decision to cut government spending, DS'70 withdrew from the government, causing it to lose its majority and fresh elections to be held after just a year and seven months. Results File:1971 Dutch general election.svg Labour Party 1554733 39 +2 Catholic People's Party 1380365 35 –7 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 653606 16 –1 Anti-Revolutionary Party 542874 13 –2 Democrats 1966 428150 11 +4 Christian Historical Union 399164 10 –2 Democratic Socialists '70 336788 8 New Communist Party of the Netherlands 246594 6 +1 Reformed Political Party 148221 3 0 Political Party of Radicals 116065 2 New Reformed Political League 101797 2 +1 New Middle Party 95653 2 New Pacifist Socialist Party 90752 2 –2 Farmers' Party 69678 1 –6 General Elderly Party of the Netherlands 26881 0 New Dutch Appeal 24379 0 New New Roman Catholic Party nl Nieuwe Roomse Partij 23061 0 New Kabouters 21988 0 New Elderly and Labour Party 21489 0 New Binding Right nl Binding Rechts 15137 0 New Democrats 2000 7189 0 New Elderly Party 65+ 5784 0 New Van Velsen List 3676 0 New Elderly Party General Interest 1843 0 New Stichting Gedupeerde Groepen 18+ t/m 65+ 1648 0 New Rural Party for the Elderly 1620 0 New Party of the Right 477 0 0 Positive Social Democrats 400 0 New 46567 0 8046969 Kiesraad By province + Results by provincehttps://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/TK19710428 Tweede Kamer 28 april 1971 Kiesraad Dutch 26 November 2023 Province PvdA KVP VVD ARP D'66 CHU DS'70 CPN SGP PPR GPV NMP PSP BP Others Drenthe35.6 5.9 13.5 14.3 4.3 8.8 3.9 4.0 0.4 0.8 2.8 1.9 0.7 1.5 1.7 Friesland31.5 5.2 7.8 21.5 4.1 12.5 3.1 3.5 1.0 1.2 3.0 2.1 1.4 0.9 1.3 Gelderland24.2 22.1 10.0 8.5 5.5 9.5 4.8 1.2 4.0 1.6 1.4 1.8 1.1 1.7 2.8 Groningen31.8 4.1 10.8 15.4 4.1 6.7 4.1 11.0 0.3 1.3 5.2 1.5 1.5 0.8 1.4 Limburg (Netherlands) Limburg 14.6 54.2 5.2 1.6 7.3 0.7 4.3 2.4 0.1 2.4 0.2 1.1 1.1 1.5 3.5 North Brabant 14.2 49.3 7.1 3.4 6.9 1.9 4.1 1.5 0.6 2.7 0.4 1.5 1.3 2.0 3.1 North Holland25.2 16.0 12.2 6.4 8.5 3.6 7.7 9.0 0.6 2.3 0.9 1.5 2.4 0.7 2.9 Overijssel23.8 23.0 8.0 9.7 4.8 10.7 4.0 2.9 3.2 1.2 3.0 1.7 0.9 1.6 1.6 South Holland29.8 12.4 12.2 9.7 8.2 6.8 5.6 3.0 4.0 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.3 0.5 2.3 Flevoland Southern IJsselmeer Polders19.2 13.8 12.6 18.6 7.3 10.5 5.9 1.5 1.7 2.8 3.1 0.4 1.2 0.5 0.9 Utrecht21.4 17.3 13.3 10.0 6.4 8.4 7.6 1.8 3.7 2.0 2.4 1.2 1.6 0.8 2.2 Zeeland25.0 13.4 9.9 11.3 4.3 11.5 3.2 0.8 9.3 2.9 2.3 2.7 0.5 1.3 1.5 References Category:General elections in the Netherlands Category:1971 elections in the Netherlands Netherlands Category:April 1971 in Europe