1972 Dutch general election

Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 29 November 1972.[1] The Labour Party (PvdA) remained the largest party, winning 43 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2]

1972 Dutch general election

29 November 1972
All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	83.5% ( 4.4 pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– PvdA Joop den Uyl 27.3% 43 +4 KVP Frans Andriessen 17.7% 27 -8 VVD Hans Wiegel 14.4% 22 +6 ARP Barend Biesheuvel 8.8% 14 +1 PPR Bas de Gaay Fortman 4.8% 7 +5 CHU Arnold Tilanus 4.4% 7 -3 CPN Marcus Bakker 4.4% 7 +1 D66 Hans van Mierlo 4.1% 6 -5 DS'70 Willem Drees Jr. 4.1% 6 -2 SGP Hette Abma 2.2% 3 0 BP Hendrik Koekoek 1.9% 3 +2 GPV Piet Jongeling 1.8% 2 0 PSP Bram van der Lek 1.5% 2 0 RKPN Klaas Beuker 0.9% 1 New Seats Cabinet before Cabinet after Second Biesheuvel cabinet KVP–VVD–ARP–CHU Den Uyl cabinet PvdA–KVP–ARP–D66–PPR

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.