1971 Dutch general election Turnout 79.1% ( 15.8 pp )
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results
below .
Seats
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 .
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 [ ]
Party Votes % Seats +/– Labour Party 1,554,733 24.60 39 +2 Catholic People's Party 1,380,365 21.84 35 –7 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 653,606 10.34 16 –1 Anti-Revolutionary Party 542,874 8.59 13 –2 Democrats 1966 428,150 6.77 11 +4 Christian Historical Union 399,164 6.32 10 –2 Democratic Socialists '70 336,788 5.33 8 New Communist Party of the Netherlands 246,594 3.90 6 +1 Reformed Political Party 148,221 2.35 3 0 Political Party of Radicals 116,065 1.84 2 New Reformed Political League 101,797 1.61 2 +1 New Middle Party 95,653 1.51 2 New Pacifist Socialist Party 90,752 1.44 2 –2 Farmers' Party 69,678 1.10 1 –6 General Elderly Party of the Netherlands 26,881 0.43 0 New Dutch Appeal 24,379 0.39 0 New New Roman-Catholic Party 23,061 0.36 0 New Kabouters 21,988 0.35 0 New Elderly and Labour Party 21,489 0.34 0 New Binding Right 15,137 0.24 0 New Democrats 2000 7,189 0.11 0 New Elderly Party 65+ 5,784 0.09 0 New Van Velsen List 3,676 0.06 0 New Elderly Party General Interest 1,843 0.03 0 New Stichting Gedupeerde Groepen 18+ t/m 65+ 1,648 0.03 0 New Rural Party for the Elderly 1,620 0.03 0 New Party of the Right 477 0.01 0 0 Positive Social Democrats 400 0.01 0 New Total 6,320,012 100.00 150 0 Valid votes 6,320,012 99.27 Invalid/blank votes 46,567 0.73 Total votes 6,366,579 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 8,046,969 79.12 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%
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