Netherlands 1963 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Catholic People's Party won 50 of 150 seats with 31.9% of the vote; 95.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.4 points on 1959.
- Netherlands
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic People's Party | 50 | +1 | 31.9 | +0.3 | 1,995,352 |
| Labour Party | 43 | −5 | 28.0 | −2.4 | 1,753,084 |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 16 | −3 | 10.3 | −1.9 | 643,839 |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 13 | −1 | 8.7 | −0.7 | 545,836 |
| Christian Historical Union | 13 | +1 | 8.6 | +0.5 | 536,801 |
| Pacifist Socialist Party | 4 | +2 | 3.0 | +1.2 | 189,373 |
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | 4 | +1 | 2.8 | +0.4 | 173,325 |
| Reformed Political Party | 3 | 0 | 2.3 | +0.1 | 143,818 |
| Farmers' Party | 3 | 2.1 | 133,231 | ||
| Reformed Political League | 1 | +1 | 0.7 | +0.1 | 46,324 |
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0.6 | 37,554 |
± is the change against the Netherlands 1959 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Catholic People's Party 1,995,352
- Labour Party 1,753,084
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 643,839
- Anti-Revolutionary Party 545,836
- Christian Historical Union 536,801
- Pacifist Socialist Party 189,373
- Communist Party of the Netherlands 173,325
- Reformed Political Party 143,818
- Farmers' Party 133,231
- Reformed Political League 46,324
- Largest party without seats 37,554
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
95.1% of the 6,748,611 registered voters cast a ballot (6,419,964 ballots), down 0.4 points on 1959. 6,258,521 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1952 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Catholic People's Party31.9% of votes33.3% of seats
- Labour Party28.0% of votes28.7% of seats
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy10.3% of votes10.7% of seats
- Anti-Revolutionary Party8.7% of votes8.7% of seats
- Christian Historical Union8.6% of votes8.7% of seats
- Pacifist Socialist Party3.0% of votes2.7% of seats
- Communist Party of the Netherlands2.8% of votes2.7% of seats
- Reformed Political Party2.3% of votes2.0% of seats
- Farmers' Party2.1% of votes2.0% of seats
- Reformed Political League0.7% of votes0.7% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.8 by votes and 4.5 by seats; Catholic People's Party led Labour Party by 3.9 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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