1972 Dutch general election

Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 29 November 1972.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 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

By province + Results by province Province PvdA KVP VVD ARP PPR CHU CPN D'66 DS'70 SGP BP GPV PSP RKPN Others 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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