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
PvdA
Joop den Uyl · 24.6% of votes · +2 seats
39
seats
KVP
Gerard Veringa · 21.8% of votes · -7 seats
35
seats
VVD
Molly Geertsema · 10.3% of votes · -1 seats
16
seats
ARP
Barend Biesheuvel · 8.6% of votes · -2 seats
13
seats
D66
Hans van Mierlo · 6.8% of votes · +4 seats
11
seats
CHU
Bé Udink · 6.3% of votes · -2 seats
10
seats
DS'70
Willem Drees Jr. · 5.3% of votes
8
seats
CPN
Marcus Bakker · 3.9% of votes · +1 seats
6
seats
SGP
Hette Abma · 2.4% of votes · 0 seats
3
seats
PPR
Jacques Aarden · 1.8% of votes
2
seats
GPV
Piet Jongeling · 1.6% of votes · +1 seats
2
seats
NMP
Ab te Pas · 1.5% of votes
2
seats