1971 Dutch General Election
28 April 1971 · Depillarisation · 150 seats, 76 for a majority
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 28 April 1971. The Labour Party (PvdA) emerged as the largest party, winning 39 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
Barend Biesheuvel
ARP
Largest force
PvdA
39 of 150 seats
Turnout
79.1%
The result
| Share of the House of Representatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PvdA | Joop den Uyl | 39 | +2 | — | 24.6% | — | |
| KVP | Gerard Veringa | 35 | -7 | — | 21.8% | — | |
| VVD | Molly Geertsema | 16 | -1 | — | 10.3% | — | |
| ARP | Barend Biesheuvel | 13 | -2 | — | 8.6% | — | |
| D66 | Hans van Mierlo | 11 | +4 | — | 6.8% | — | |
| CHU | Bé Udink | 10 | -2 | — | 6.3% | — | |
| DS'70 | Willem Drees Jr. | 8 | — | — | 5.3% | — | |
| CPN | Marcus Bakker | 6 | +1 | — | 3.9% | — | |
| SGP | Hette Abma | 3 | 0 | — | 2.4% | — | |
| PPR | Jacques Aarden | 2 | — | — | 1.8% | — | |
| GPV | Piet Jongeling | 2 | +1 | — | 1.6% | — | |
| NMP | Ab te Pas | 2 | — | — | 1.5% | — | |
| PSP | Hans Wiebenga | 2 | -2 | — | 1.4% | — | |
| BP | Hendrik Koekoek | 1 | -6 | — | 1.1% | — |