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Netherlands 1979 European Parliament election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Democratic Appeal won 10 of 25 seats with 35.6% of the vote; 58.1% of registered voters cast a ballot.

European Parliament result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Christian Democratic Appeal1035.62,017,743
Labour Party930.41,722,240
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy416.1914,787
Democrats 6629.0511,967
Reformed Political Party02.2126,412
Communist Party of the Netherlands01.797,343
Pacifist Socialist Party01.797,243
Political Party of Radicals01.692,055
Reformed Political League01.162,610
Votes by party
  • Christian Democratic Appeal 2,017,743
  • Labour Party 1,722,240
  • People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 914,787
  • Democrats 66 511,967
  • Reformed Political Party 126,412
  • Communist Party of the Netherlands 97,343
  • Pacifist Socialist Party 97,243
  • Political Party of Radicals 92,055
  • Reformed Political League 62,610

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

58.1% of the 9,808,158 registered voters cast a ballot (5,700,583 ballots). 5,667,303 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Christian Democratic Appeal35.6% of votes40.0% of seats
  • Labour Party30.4% of votes36.0% of seats
  • People's Party for Freedom and Democracy16.1% of votes16.0% of seats
  • Democrats 669.0% of votes8.0% of seats
  • Reformed Political Party2.2% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 3.1 by seats; Christian Democratic Appeal led Labour Party by 5.2 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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