1977 Dutch general election
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← 1972 | 25 May 1977 | 1981 → |
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All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority |
Turnout | 88.1% ( 4.6 pp) |
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Party | Leader | % | 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% | 3 | 0 | 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. Most voted-for party by municipality |
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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.
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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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Labour Party | 2,813,793 | 33.83 | 53 | +10 |
| Christian Democratic Appeal | 2,652,278 | 31.89 | 49 | +1 |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1,492,689 | 17.95 | 28 | +6 |
| Democrats 66 | 452,423 | 5.44 | 8 | +2 |
| Reformed Political Party | 177,010 | 2.13 | 3 | 0 |
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | 143,481 | 1.73 | 2 | –5 |
| Political Party of Radicals | 140,910 | 1.69 | 3 | –4 |
| Reformed Political League | 79,421 | 0.95 | 1 | –1 |
| Pacifist Socialist Party | 77,972 | 0.94 | 1 | –1 |
| Farmers' Party | 69,914 | 0.84 | 1 | –2 |
| Democratic Socialists '70 | 59,487 | 0.72 | 1 | –5 |
| Reformatory Political Federation | 53,220 | 0.64 | 0 | New |
| Dutch People's Union | 33,434 | 0.40 | 0 | New |
| Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands | 33,227 | 0.40 | 0 | –1 |
| Socialist Party | 24,420 | 0.29 | 0 | New |
| Federation of Elderly Parties of the Netherlands | 4,379 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
| Union Against Arbitrariness of Civil Servants | 4,110 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
| Communist Unity Movement of the Netherlands | 2,649 | 0.03 | 0 | New |
| Democratic Action Centre | 2,150 | 0.03 | 0 | New |
| Party of the Taxpayers | 201 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| European Conservative Union | 197 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| Jusia List | 91 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| Dutch Middle Class Party | 89 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Griek List | 67 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
Total | 8,317,612 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 |
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Valid votes | 8,317,612 | 99.42 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 48,217 | 0.58 | |
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Total votes | 8,365,829 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 9,497,999 | 88.08 | |
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Source: Kiesraad |
By province
Results by province[4] Province | PvdA | CDA | VVD | D'66 | SGP | CPN | PPR | GPV | PSP | BP | DS'70 | Others |
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Drenthe | 41.5 | 27.1 | 18.2 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
Friesland | 37.3 | 37.4 | 12.3 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
Gelderland | 30.8 | 35.5 | 17.2 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
Groningen | 42.4 | 24.3 | 14.4 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
Limburg | 30.1 | 44.6 | 14.7 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
North Brabant | 28.8 | 43.7 | 15.7 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
North Holland | 35.4 | 22.9 | 21.7 | 7.3 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
Overijssel | 31.0 | 39.5 | 13.2 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 2.5 |
South Holland | 37.9 | 24.6 | 19.9 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.0 |
Southern IJsselmeer Polders | 33.1 | 29.0 | 18.9 | 6.7 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 2.4 |
Utrecht | 28.2 | 30.5 | 22.1 | 6.6 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
Zeeland | 32.6 | 29.8 | 17.3 | 4.4 | 8.4 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1414
- ^ Laurent Thomet (January 8, 2011). "Belgium's shoddy political record poses financial threat". 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.
- ^ "Tweede Kamer 25 mei 1977". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 November 2021.