1977 Dutch general election

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All 150 seats in the House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 88.1% ( 4.6 pp)
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PvdA | Joop den Uyl | 33.8%  | 53  | +10
CDA | Dries van Agt | 31.9%  | 49  | +1
VVD | Hans Wiegel | 17.9%  | 28  | +6
D66 | Jan Terlouw | 5.4%  | 8  | +2
SGP | Hette Abma | 2.1%  | 3  | 0
CPN | Marcus Bakker | 1.7%  | 2  | −5
PPR | Ria Beckers | 1.6%  | 3  | −4
GPV | Bart Verbrugh | 0.9%  | 1  | −1
PSP | Bram van der Lek | 0.9%  | 1  | −1
BP | Hendrik Koekoek | 0.8%  | 1  | −2
DS'70 | Willem Drees Jr. | 0.7%  | 1  | −5

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Most voted-for party by municipality

Cabinet before | Cabinet after

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Den Uyl cabinet
PvdA–KVP–ARP–D66–PPR | First Van Agt cabinet
CDA–VVD

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 25 May 1977.[1] The Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 53 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2] Following the election, it took 208 days of negotiations to form a new government. This was a European record for longest government formation that stood until after the 2010 Belgian general election.[3] The Christian Democratic Appeal was formed by the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP), Christian Historical Union (CHU) and the Catholic People's Party (KVP) in 1976. The first joint party leader was a member of the KVP, Dries van Agt.

Eventually a coalition was formed between the Christian Democratic Appeal and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy with Dries van Agt as Prime Minister.

## Results[edit]

Party| Votes| %| Seats| +/–
| Labour Party| 2,813,793| 33.83| 53| +10
| Christian Democratic Appeal| 2,652,278| 31.89| 49| +1
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy| 1,492,689| 17.95| 28| +6
| Democrats 66| 452,423| 5.44| 8| +2
| Reformed Political Party| 177,010| 2.13| 3| 0
| Communist Party of the Netherlands| 143,481| 1.73| 2| –5
| Political Party of Radicals| 140,910| 1.69| 3| –4
| Reformed Political League| 79,421| 0.95| 1| –1
| Pacifist Socialist Party| 77,972| 0.94| 1| –1
| Farmers' Party| 69,914| 0.84| 1| –2
| Democratic Socialists '70| 59,487| 0.72| 1| –5
| Reformatory Political Federation| 53,220| 0.64| 0| New
| Dutch People's Union| 33,434| 0.40| 0| New
| Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands| 33,227| 0.40| 0| –1
| Socialist Party| 24,420| 0.29| 0| New
| Federation of Elderly Parties of the Netherlands| 4,379| 0.05| 0| New
| Union Against Arbitrariness of Civil Servants| 4,110| 0.05| 0| New
| Communist Unity Movement of the Netherlands| 2,649| 0.03| 0| New
| Democratic Action Centre| 2,150| 0.03| 0| New
| Party of the Taxpayers| 201| 0.00| 0| New
| European Conservative Union| 197| 0.00| 0| New
| Jusia List| 91| 0.00| 0| New
| Dutch Middle Class Party| 89| 0.00| 0| 0
| Griek List| 67| 0.00| 0| New
Total| 8,317,612| 100.00| 150| 0
Valid votes| 8,317,612| 99.42|
Invalid/blank votes| 48,217| 0.58|
Total votes| 8,365,829| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 9,497,999| 88.08|
Source: Kiesraad

### By province[edit]

Results by province[4] Province | PvdA | CDA | VVD | D'66 | SGP | CPN | PPR | GPV | PSP | BP | DS'70 | Others

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Drenthe | 41.5 | 27.1  | 18.2  | 4.4  | 0.4  | 1.2  | 1.4  | 1.8  | 0.6  | 1.3  | 0.6  | 1.5
Friesland | 37.3  | 37.4 | 12.3  | 4.4  | 0.9  | 1.5  | 1.3  | 1.6  | 0.8  | 0.6  | 0.6  | 1.3
Gelderland | 30.8  | 35.5 | 17.2  | 4.8  | 3.7  | 0.6  | 1.7  | 0.7  | 0.9  | 1.4  | 0.5  | 2.2
Groningen | 42.4 | 24.3  | 14.4  | 4.4  | 0.3  | 4.3  | 1.9  | 4.0  | 1.3  | 0.7  | 0.6  | 1.4
Limburg | 30.1  | 44.6 | 14.7  | 3.3  | 0.1  | 1.1  | 1.9  | 0.1  | 0.7  | 1.0  | 0.4  | 2.0
North Brabant | 28.8  | 43.7 | 15.7  | 5.0  | 0.5  | 0.6  | 1.6  | 0.2  | 0.8  | 1.1  | 0.5  | 1.5
North Holland | 35.4 | 22.9  | 21.7  | 7.3  | 0.5  | 4.5  | 2.1  | 0.4  | 1.5  | 0.6  | 1.2  | 1.9
Overijssel | 31.0  | 39.5 | 13.2  | 4.2  | 2.9  | 1.1  | 1.3  | 2.2  | 0.5  | 1.2  | 0.4  | 2.5
South Holland | 37.9 | 24.6  | 19.9  | 6.1  | 3.8  | 1.3  | 1.5  | 0.8  | 0.8  | 0.4  | 0.9  | 2.0
Southern IJsselmeer Polders | 33.1 | 29.0  | 18.9  | 6.7  | 1.0  | 2.9  | 2.8  | 1.3  | 0.6  | 0.6  | 0.7  | 2.4
Utrecht | 28.2  | 30.5 | 22.1  | 6.6  | 3.2  | 0.9  | 1.9  | 1.6  | 1.3  | 0.7  | 0.7  | 2.3
Zeeland | 32.6 | 29.8  | 17.3  | 4.4  | 8.4  | 0.4  | 1.5  | 1.6  | 0.5  | 1.0  | 0.6  | 1.9

## References[edit]

1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1414
3. ^ Laurent Thomet (January 8, 2011). "Belgium's shoddy political record poses financial threat". Retrieved 2011-01-27. "Without a government for nearly seven months, Belgium now holds a dubious record in Europe and with no end in sight to the political crisis, fears are growing of a backlash from watchful markets. The divided country on Saturday broke the 208-day mark set by the Netherlands in 1977 for being without a government."
4. ^ "Tweede Kamer 25 mei 1977". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 November 2021.

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