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
| Share of the House of Representatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PvdA | Joop den Uyl | 43 | +4 | — | 27.3% | — | |
| KVP | Frans Andriessen | 27 | -8 | — | 17.7% | — | |
| VVD | Hans Wiegel | 22 | +6 | — | 14.4% | — | |
| ARP | Barend Biesheuvel | 14 | +1 | — | 8.8% | — | |
| PPR | Bas de Gaay Fortman | 7 | +5 | — | 4.8% | — | |
| CHU | Arnold Tilanus | 7 | -3 | — | 4.4% | — | |
| CPN | Marcus Bakker | 7 | +1 | — | 4.4% | — | |
| D66 | Hans van Mierlo | 6 | -5 | — | 4.1% | — | |
| DS'70 | Willem Drees Jr. | 6 | -2 | — | 4.1% | — | |
| SGP | Hette Abma | 3 | 0 | — | 2.2% | — | |
| BP | Hendrik Koekoek | 3 | +2 | — | 1.9% | — | |
| GPV | Piet Jongeling | 2 | 0 | — | 1.8% | — | |
| PSP | Bram van der Lek | 2 | 0 | — | 1.5% | — | |
| RKPN | Klaas Beuker | 1 | — | — | 0.9% | — |