1967 Dutch General Election
Depillarisation begins15 February 1967 · Depillarisation · 150 seats, 76 for a majority
A general election was held in the Netherlands on 15 February 1967. The Catholic People's Party (KVP) remained the largest party, though it suffered considerable losses, dropping to 42 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.
Prime Minister before
—
Prime Minister (continued)
Piet de Jong
KVP
Largest force
KVP
42 of 150 seats
Turnout
94.9%
The result
KVP
Norbert Schmelzer · 26.5% of votes · -8 seats
42
seats
PvdA
Joop den Uyl · 23.6% of votes · -6 seats
37
seats
VVD
Edzo Toxopeus · 10.7% of votes · +1 seats
17
seats
ARP
Barend Biesheuvel · 9.9% of votes · +2 seats
15
seats
CHU
Henk Beernink · 8.1% of votes · -1 seats
12
seats
BP
Hendrik Koekoek · 4.8% of votes · +4 seats
7
seats
D66
Hans van Mierlo · 4.5% of votes
7
seats
CPN
Marcus Bakker · 3.6% of votes · +1 seats
5
seats
PSP
Henk Lankhorst · 2.9% of votes · 0 seats
4
seats
SGP
Cornelius van Dis · 2.0% of votes · 0 seats
3
seats
GPV
Piet Jongeling · 0.9% of votes · 0 seats
1
seats