Netherlands 1971 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Labour Party won 39 of 150 seats with 24.6% of the vote; 79.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 15.9 points on 1967.
- Netherlands
- Held
Result
- Labour Party39
- Catholic People's Party35
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy16
- Anti-Revolutionary Party13
- Democrats 6611
- Christian Historical Union10
- Democratic Socialists '708
- Communist Party of the Netherlands6
- Reformed Political Party3
- Middle Party2
- Pacifist Socialist Party2
- Political Party of Radicals2
- Reformed Political League2
- Farmers' Party1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 39 | +2 | 24.6 | +1.1 | 1,554,280 |
| Catholic People's Party | 35 | −7 | 21.8 | −4.7 | 1,379,672 |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 16 | −1 | 10.3 | −0.4 | 653,370 |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 13 | −2 | 8.6 | −1.3 | 542,742 |
| Democrats 66 | 11 | +4 | 6.8 | +2.3 | 428,067 |
| Christian Historical Union | 10 | −2 | 6.3 | −1.8 | 399,106 |
| Democratic Socialists '70 | 8 | 5.3 | 336,719 | ||
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | 6 | +1 | 3.9 | +0.3 | 246,569 |
| Reformed Political Party | 3 | 0 | 2.4 | +0.3 | 148,192 |
| Political Party of Radicals | 2 | 1.8 | 116,049 | ||
| Reformed Political League | 2 | +1 | 1.6 | +0.8 | 101,790 |
| Middle Party | 2 | 1.5 | 95,706 |
The other parties and groups
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacifist Socialist Party | 2 | −2 | 1.4 | −1.4 | 90,738 |
| Farmers' Party | 1 | −6 | 1.1 | −3.7 | 69,656 |
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | −0.2 | 26,878 |
± is the change against the Netherlands 1967 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Labour Party 1,554,280
- Catholic People's Party 1,379,672
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 653,370
- Anti-Revolutionary Party 542,742
- Democrats 66 428,067
- Christian Historical Union 399,106
- Democratic Socialists '70 336,719
- Communist Party of the Netherlands 246,569
- Reformed Political Party 148,192
- Political Party of Radicals 116,049
- Reformed Political League 101,790
- Middle Party 95,706
- Pacifist Socialist Party 90,738
- Farmers' Party 69,656
- Largest party without seats 26,878
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
79.1% of the 8,048,726 registered voters cast a ballot (6,364,719 ballots), down 15.9 points on 1967. 6,318,152 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1946. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Labour Party24.6% of votes26.0% of seats
- Catholic People's Party21.8% of votes23.3% of seats
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy10.3% of votes10.7% of seats
- Anti-Revolutionary Party8.6% of votes8.7% of seats
- Democrats 666.8% of votes7.3% of seats
- Christian Historical Union6.3% of votes6.7% of seats
- Democratic Socialists '705.3% of votes5.3% of seats
- Communist Party of the Netherlands3.9% of votes4.0% of seats
- Reformed Political Party2.4% of votes2.0% of seats
- Political Party of Radicals1.8% of votes1.3% of seats
- Reformed Political League1.6% of votes1.3% of seats
- Middle Party1.5% of votes1.3% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 7.1 by votes and 6.4 by seats; Labour Party led Catholic People's Party by 2.8 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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