1972 Dutch General Election
29 November 1972 · Depillarisation · 150 seats, 76 for a majority
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Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
Joop den Uyl
PvdA
Largest force
PvdA
43 of 150 seats
Turnout
83.5%
The result
PvdA
Joop den Uyl · 27.3% of votes · +4 seats
43
seats
KVP
Frans Andriessen · 17.7% of votes · -8 seats
27
seats
VVD
Hans Wiegel · 14.4% of votes · +6 seats
22
seats
ARP
Barend Biesheuvel · 8.8% of votes · +1 seats
14
seats
PPR
Bas de Gaay Fortman · 4.8% of votes · +5 seats
7
seats
CHU
Arnold Tilanus · 4.4% of votes · -3 seats
7
seats
CPN
Marcus Bakker · 4.4% of votes · +1 seats
7
seats
D66
Hans van Mierlo · 4.1% of votes · -5 seats
6
seats
DS'70
Willem Drees Jr. · 4.1% of votes · -2 seats
6
seats
SGP
Hette Abma · 2.2% of votes · 0 seats
3
seats
BP
Hendrik Koekoek · 1.9% of votes · +2 seats
3
seats
GPV
Piet Jongeling · 1.8% of votes · 0 seats
2
seats