1967 Dutch general election

Dutch general election, 1967

15 February 1967
All 150 seats to the House of Representatives 76 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	94.9%
First party Second party Third party   Norbert Schmelzer Leader Norbert Schmelzer Joop den Uyl Edzo Toxopeus Party KVP PvdA VVD Leader since 1963 1966 1963 Last election 50 seats, 31.9% 43 seats, 28.0% 16 seats, 10.3% Seats won 42 37 17 Seat change 8 6 1 Popular vote 1,822,904 1,620,112 738,202 Percentage 26.5% 23.6% 10.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Barend Biesheuvel Henk Beernink Hendrik Koekoek Party ARP CHU BP Leader since 1963 1959 1959 Last election 13 seats, 8.7% 13 seats, 8.6% 3 seats, 2.1% Seats won 15 12 7 Seat change 2 1 4 Popular vote 681,060 560,033 327,953 Percentage 9.9% 8.1% 4.8%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Hans van Mierlo Marcus Bakker Leader Hans van Mierlo Marcus Bakker Henk Lankhorst Party D66 CPN PSP Leader since 1966 1963 1962 Last election First Election 4 seats, 2.8% 4 seats, 3.0% Seats won 7 5 4 Seat change 7 1 Popular vote 307,810 248,318 197,206 Percentage 4.5% 3.6% 2.9%
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Prime Minister before election Jelle Zijlstra ARP Prime Minister Piet de Jong KVP

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

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Catholic People's Party	1,822,904	26.5	42	–8
Labour Party	1,620,112	23.6	37	–6
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	738,202	10.7	17	+1
Anti Revolutionary Party	681,060	9.9	15	+2
Christian Historical Union	560,033	8.1	12	–1
Farmers' Party	327,953	4.8	7	+4
Democrats 1966	307,810	4.5	7	New
Communist Party of the Netherlands	248,318	3.6	5	+1
Pacifist Socialist Party	197,206	2.9	4	0
Reformed Political Party	138,069	2.0	3	0
Reformed Political League	59,156	0.9	1	0
Christian Democratic Union	177,207	2.7	0	New
Christian National People's Party			0	0
The Emergency Council			0	New
Land Interests			0	New
Liberal People's Party			0	New
Van Breukelen-Grein List			0	New
Germeaux List			0	New
Machiela List			0	New
Rodermond List			0	New
Voogd List			0	New
Party of the Right			0	New
Party for the Unmarried			0	New
Invalid/blank votes	198,298	–	–	–
Total	7,076,328	100	150	0
Registered voters/turnout	7,452,776	94.9	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular Vote
KVP			26.50%
PvdA			23.55%
VVD			10.73%
ARP			9.90%
CHU			8.14%
BP			4.77%
D66			4.48%
CPN			3.61%
PSP			2.87%
SGP			2.01%
GPV			0.86%
Other			2.58%