Netherlands 1967 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Catholic People's Party won 42 of 150 seats with 26.5% of the vote; 94.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.2 points on 1963.
- Netherlands
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic People's Party | 42 | −8 | 26.5 | −5.4 | 1,822,894 |
| Labour Party | 37 | −6 | 23.6 | −4.5 | 1,620,112 |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 17 | +1 | 10.7 | +0.4 | 738,202 |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 15 | +2 | 9.9 | +1.2 | 681,060 |
| Christian Historical Union | 12 | −1 | 8.1 | −0.4 | 560,033 |
| Farmers' Party | 7 | +4 | 4.8 | +2.6 | 327,953 |
| Democrats 66 | 7 | 4.5 | 307,810 | ||
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | 5 | +1 | 3.6 | +0.8 | 248,318 |
| Pacifist Socialist Party | 4 | 0 | 2.9 | −0.2 | 197,216 |
| Reformed Political Party | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | −0.3 | 138,069 |
| Reformed Political League | 1 | 0 | 0.9 | +0.1 | 59,156 |
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | +0.1 | 45,421 |
± is the change against the Netherlands 1963 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Catholic People's Party 1,822,894
- Labour Party 1,620,112
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 738,202
- Anti-Revolutionary Party 681,060
- Christian Historical Union 560,033
- Farmers' Party 327,953
- Democrats 66 307,810
- Communist Party of the Netherlands 248,318
- Pacifist Socialist Party 197,216
- Reformed Political Party 138,069
- Reformed Political League 59,156
- Largest party without seats 45,421
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
94.9% of the 7,452,776 registered voters cast a ballot (7,076,328 ballots), down 0.2 points on 1963. 6,878,030 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1948 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Catholic People's Party26.5% of votes28.0% of seats
- Labour Party23.6% of votes24.7% of seats
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy10.7% of votes11.3% of seats
- Anti-Revolutionary Party9.9% of votes10.0% of seats
- Christian Historical Union8.1% of votes8.0% of seats
- Farmers' Party4.8% of votes4.7% of seats
- Democrats 664.5% of votes4.7% of seats
- Communist Party of the Netherlands3.6% of votes3.3% of seats
- Pacifist Socialist Party2.9% of votes2.7% of seats
- Reformed Political Party2.0% of votes2.0% of seats
- Reformed Political League0.9% of votes0.7% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.2 by votes and 5.7 by seats; Catholic People's Party led Labour Party by 3.0 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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