1972 Dutch general election

Election of the members of the House of Representatives 1972 Dutch general election Netherlands no 1971 1977 All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 29 November 1972 83.5% ( 4.4 pp) Joop den Uyl Labour Party (Netherlands) 39 43 27.3% Frans Andriessen Catholic People's Party 35 27 17.7% Hans Wiegel People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 16 22 14.4% Barend Biesheuvel Anti-Revolutionary Party 13 14 8.8% Bas de Gaay Fortman Political Party of Radicals 2 7 4.8% Arnold Tilanus Christian Historical Union 10 7 4.4% Marcus Bakker Communist Party of the Netherlands 6 7 4.4% Hans van Mierlo D'66 11 6 4.1% Willem Drees Jr. Democratic Socialists '70 8 6 4.1% Hette Abma Reformed Political Party 3 3 2.2% Hendrik Koekoek Farmers' Party (Netherlands) 1 3 1.9% Piet Jongeling Reformed Political League 2 2 1.8% Bram van der Lek Pacifist Socialist Party 2 2 1.5% Klaas Beuker RKPN new 1 0.9% Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands 1972 Dutch general election map.svg Most voted-for party by municipality Cabinet Second Biesheuvel cabinet KVP–VVD–ARP–CHU Den Uyl cabinet PvdA–KVP–ARP–D'66–PPR Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 29 November 1972.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 978-3-8329-5609-7 The Labour Party (PvdA) remained the largest party, winning 43 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.Nohlen & Stöver, p1414 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 File:1972 Dutch general election.svg Labour Party 2021454 43 +4 Catholic People's Party 1305401 27 –8 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1068375 22 +6 Anti-Revolutionary Party 653609 14 –1 Political Party of Radicals 354829 7 +5 Christian Historical Union 354463 7 –3 Communist Party of the Netherlands 330398 7 +1 Democrats 1966 307048 6 –5 Democratic Socialists '70 304714 6 –2 Reformed Political Party 163114 3 0 Farmers' Party 143239 3 +2 Reformed Political League 131236 2 0 Pacifist Socialist Party 111262 2 0 Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands 67658 1 New Democratic Centre Party 41262 0 New Dutch Middle Class Party 32970 0 –2 Stam List 1547 0 New Party of the Right 656 0 0 Anti Woningnood Actie Centrum 574 0 New New Roman Party nl Nieuwe Roomse Partij 236 0 0 51242 0 8915179 Kiesraad By province + Results by provinceTweede Kamer 29 november 1972 https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/TK19721129/663220 26 November 2023 Kiesraad Dutch Province PvdA KVP VVD ARP PPR CHU CPN D'66 DS'70 SGP BP GPV PSP RKPN Others Drenthe37.2 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 Friesland31.9 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 Gelderland26.1 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 Groningen34.9 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 (Netherlands) 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 Holland27.7 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 Overijssel25.1 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 Holland32.2 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 Flevoland Southern IJsselmeer Polders22.7 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 Utrecht23.1 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 Zeeland27.2 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 1972 Category:1972 elections in the Netherlands Category:November 1972 elections Category:November 1972 in Europe