1971 Dutch general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 28 April 1971.[1] The Labour Party (PvdA) emerged as the largest party, winning 39 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2] The elections were the first without compulsory voting, causing a sharp fall in voter turnout, down to 79.1% from 94.9% in the 1967 elections.[3] Barend Biesheuvel of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) became Prime Minister, leading the first Biesheuvel cabinet.

1971 Dutch general election
Netherlands
28 April 1971

All 150 seats in the House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout79.1% (Decrease 15.8 pp)
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
PvdA Joop den Uyl 24.6% 39 +2
KVP Gerard Veringa 21.8% 35 -7
VVD Molly Geertsema 10.3% 16 -1
ARP Barend Biesheuvel 8.6% 13 -2
D66 Hans van Mierlo 6.8% 11 +4
CHU Bé Udink 6.3% 10 -2
DS'70 Willem Drees Jr. 5.3% 8 New
CPN Marcus Bakker 3.9% 6 +1
SGP Hette Abma 2.3% 3 0
PPR Jacques Aarden 1.8% 2 New
GPV Piet Jongeling 1.6% 2 +1
NMP Albert te Pas 1.5% 2 New
PSP Hans Wiebenga 1.4% 2 -2
BP Hendrik Koekoek 1.1% 1 -6
Seats
Cabinet before Cabinet after
De Jong cabinet
KVPVVDARPCHU
First Biesheuvel cabinet
KVPVVDARPCHUDS70

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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party1,554,73324.6039+2
Catholic People's Party1,380,36521.8435–7
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy653,60610.3416–1
Anti-Revolutionary Party542,8748.5913–2
Democrats 1966428,1506.7711+4
Christian Historical Union399,1646.3210–2
Democratic Socialists '70336,7885.338New
Communist Party of the Netherlands246,5943.906+1
Reformed Political Party148,2212.3530
Political Party of Radicals116,0651.842New
Reformed Political League101,7971.612+1
New Middle Party95,6531.512New
Pacifist Socialist Party90,7521.442–2
Farmers' Party69,6781.101–6
General Elderly Party of the Netherlands26,8810.430New
Dutch Appeal24,3790.390New
New Roman-Catholic Party23,0610.360New
Kabouters21,9880.350New
Elderly and Labour Party21,4890.340New
Binding Right15,1370.240New
Democrats 20007,1890.110New
Elderly Party 65+5,7840.090New
Van Velsen List3,6760.060New
Elderly Party General Interest1,8430.030New
Stichting Gedupeerde Groepen 18+ t/m 65+1,6480.030New
Rural Party for the Elderly1,6200.030New
Party of the Right4770.0100
Positive Social Democrats4000.010New
Total6,320,012100.001500
Valid votes6,320,01299.27
Invalid/blank votes46,5670.73
Total votes6,366,579100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,046,96979.12
Source: Kiesraad
Popular Vote
PvdA
24.60%
KVP
21.84%
VVD
10.34%
ARP
8.59%
D66
6.78%
CHU
6.32%
DS70
5.33%
CPN
3.90%
SGP
2.35%
PPR
1.84%
GPV
1.61%
NMP
1.51%
PSP
1.44%
BP
1.10%
Other
2.46%

References

  1. "Tweede Kamerverkiezingen 1971".
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1414
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1397
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