19721981

1977 Dutch General Election

Labour's record — and opposition

25 May 1977 · Depillarisation · 150 seats, 76 for a majority

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 25 May 1977. The Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 53 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.

Prime Minister before

—

Prime Minister (continued)

Dries van Agt

CDA

Largest force

PvdA

53 of 150 seats

Turnout

88.1%

The result

PvdA
Joop den Uyl · 33.8% of votes · +10 seats
53
seats
CDA
Dries van Agt · 31.9% of votes · +1 seats
49
seats
VVD
Hans Wiegel · 17.9% of votes · +6 seats
28
seats
D66
Jan Terlouw · 5.4% of votes · +2 seats
8
seats
SGP
Hette Abma · 2.1% of votes · 0 seats
3
seats
CPN
Marcus Bakker · 1.7% of votes · -5 seats
2
seats
PPR
Ria Beckers · 1.6% of votes · -4 seats
3
seats
GPV
Bart Verbrugh · 0.9% of votes · -1 seats
1
seats
PSP
Bram van der Lek · 0.9% of votes · -1 seats
1
seats
BP
Hendrik Koekoek · 0.8% of votes · -2 seats
1
seats
DS'70
Willem Drees Jr. · 0.7% of votes · -5 seats
1
seats