1967 Dutch general election

1967 Dutch general election

15 February 1967
All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	94.9% ( 0.2 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– KVP Norbert Schmelzer 26.5% 42 −8 PvdA Joop den Uyl 23.6% 37 −6 VVD Edzo Toxopeus 10.7% 17 +1 ARP Barend Biesheuvel 9.9% 15 +2 CHU Henk Beernink 8.1% 12 −1 BP Hendrik Koekoek 4.8% 7 +4 D66 Hans van Mierlo 4.5% 7 New CPN Marcus Bakker 3.6% 5 +1 PSP Henk Lankhorst 2.9% 4 0 SGP Cornelius van Dis 2.0% 3 0 GPV Piet Jongeling 0.9% 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Seats Cabinet before Cabinet after Zijlstra cabinet KVP–ARP De Jong cabinet KVP–VVD–ARP–CHU

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 15 February 1967. The Catholic People's Party (KVP) remained the largest party, winning 42 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.

The elections led to a four-party centre-right coalition government being formed, consisting of the KVP, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and Christian Historical Union (CHU), led by Prime Minister Piet de Jong.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Catholic People's Party	1,822,939	26.50	42	–8
	Labour Party	1,620,447	23.55	37	–6
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	738,229	10.73	17	+1
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	681,203	9.90	15	+2
	Christian Historical Union	560,467	8.15	12	–1
	Farmers' Party	328,186	4.77	7	+4
	Democrats 1966	307,859	4.48	7	New
	Communist Party of the Netherlands	248,330	3.61	5	+1
	Pacifist Socialist Party	197,217	2.87	4	0
	Reformed Political Party	138,119	2.01	3	0
	Reformed Political League	59,218	0.86	1	0
	Emergency Council	45,485	0.66	0	New
	Christian Democratic Union	45,346	0.66	0	New
	Party for the Unmarried	43,340	0.63	0	New
	Land Interests	17,596	0.26	0	New
	Liberal People's Party	11,292	0.16	0	New
	Voogd List	4,808	0.07	0	New
	Van Breukelen-Grein List	3,560	0.05	0	New
	Machiela List	1,676	0.02	0	New
	Germeaux List	1,218	0.02	0	New
	Party of the Right	1,070	0.02	0	New
	Christian National People's Party	992	0.01	0	0
	Rodermond List	916	0.01	0	New
Total		6,879,513	100.00	150	0
Valid votes		6,879,513	97.20
Invalid/blank votes		198,298	2.80
Total votes		7,077,811	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,450,680	95.00
Source: Kiesraad

By province

Results by province

Province	KVP	PvdA	VVD	ARP	CHU	BP	D'66	CPN	PSP	SGP	GPV	Others
Drenthe	7.0	35.5	14.0	15.1	11.4	6.5	2.1	2.9	1.7	0.4	1.6	1.9
Friesland	6.5	31.7	8.1	22.8	15.3	3.3	2.4	2.8	3.6	0.7	1.4	1.5
Gelderland	27.2	22.9	9.7	9.5	11.8	7.0	3.4	1.2	1.5	3.2	0.6	2.0
Groningen	5.5	33.2	12.0	16.7	9.7	4.6	2.7	6.4	3.5	0.2	3.8	1.8
Limburg	63.7	11.8	5.1	1.9	1.0	5.9	3.1	2.2	1.3	0.1	0.1	3.9
North Brabant	56.6	10.5	7.5	4.1	2.5	6.7	4.8	1.3	1.4	0.6	0.2	3.8
North Holland	19.8	24.7	13.1	8.4	5.2	4.2	6.9	8.7	5.0	0.5	0.4	3.0
Overijssel	25.5	23.1	8.1	10.5	12.7	5.8	2.7	2.9	2.3	2.7	2.2	1.5
South Holland	15.8	29.3	12.9	11.7	9.2	2.8	5.0	3.2	3.4	3.6	0.7	2.3
Southern IJsselmeer Polders	18.5	22.0	10.3	20.8	14.1	2.8	3.5	0.9	2.0	1.2	2.6	1.2
Utrecht	21.5	22.7	13.1	12.2	11.0	3.9	4.5	1.8	2.5	3.0	1.3	2.4
Zeeland	17.6	24.3	10.4	12.6	15.0	4.0	2.2	0.8	1.4	8.6	1.1	2.0