1977 Dutch General Election
Labour's record — and opposition25 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
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Prime Minister (continued)
Dries van Agt
CDA
Largest force
PvdA
53 of 150 seats
Turnout
88.1%
The result
| Share of the House of Representatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PvdA | Joop den Uyl | 53 | +10 | — | 33.8% | — | |
| CDA | Dries van Agt | 49 | +1 | — | 31.9% | — | |
| VVD | Hans Wiegel | 28 | +6 | — | 17.9% | — | |
| D66 | Jan Terlouw | 8 | +2 | — | 5.4% | — | |
| SGP | Hette Abma | 3 | 0 | — | 2.1% | — | |
| CPN | Marcus Bakker | 2 | -5 | — | 1.7% | — | |
| PPR | Ria Beckers | 3 | -4 | — | 1.6% | — | |
| GPV | Bart Verbrugh | 1 | -1 | — | 0.9% | — | |
| PSP | Bram van der Lek | 1 | -1 | — | 0.9% | — | |
| BP | Hendrik Koekoek | 1 | -2 | — | 0.8% | — | |
| DS'70 | Willem Drees Jr. | 1 | -5 | — | 0.7% | — |