General elections were held in the Netherlands on 28 April 1971.[1] The Labour Party (PvdA) emerged as the largest party, winning 39 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2] The elections were the first without compulsory voting, causing a sharp fall in voter turnout, down to 79% from 95% in the 1967 elections.[3] Barend Biesheuvel of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) became prime minister, leading the first Biesheuvel cabinet.
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 79.12% ( 15.88pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
His cabinet contained a broad coalition of parties, with ministers from ARP, Christian Historical Union (both Protestant), the Catholic People's Party, the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and moderate socialist Democratic Socialists '70 (DS'70), which had just split off from the PvdA.
However, Biesheuvel's government was short-lived; following a decision to cut government spending, DS'70 withdrew from the government, causing it to lose its majority and fresh elections to be held after just a year and seven months.
Results
edit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Labour Party | 1,554,733 | 24.60 | 39 | +2 | |
| Catholic People's Party | 1,380,365 | 21.84 | 35 | –7 | |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 653,606 | 10.34 | 16 | –1 | |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 542,874 | 8.59 | 13 | –2 | |
| Democrats 1966 | 428,150 | 6.77 | 11 | +4 | |
| Christian Historical Union | 399,164 | 6.32 | 10 | –2 | |
| Democratic Socialists '70 | 336,788 | 5.33 | 8 | New | |
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | 246,594 | 3.90 | 6 | +1 | |
| Reformed Political Party | 148,221 | 2.35 | 3 | 0 | |
| Political Party of Radicals | 116,065 | 1.84 | 2 | New | |
| Reformed Political League | 101,797 | 1.61 | 2 | +1 | |
| New Middle Party | 95,653 | 1.51 | 2 | New | |
| Pacifist Socialist Party | 90,752 | 1.44 | 2 | –2 | |
| Farmers' Party | 69,678 | 1.10 | 1 | –6 | |
| General Elderly Party of the Netherlands | 26,881 | 0.43 | 0 | New | |
| Dutch Appeal | 24,379 | 0.39 | 0 | New | |
| New Roman Catholic Party | 23,061 | 0.36 | 0 | New | |
| Kabouters | 21,988 | 0.35 | 0 | New | |
| Elderly and Labour Party | 21,489 | 0.34 | 0 | New | |
| Binding Right | 15,137 | 0.24 | 0 | New | |
| Democrats 2000 | 7,189 | 0.11 | 0 | New | |
| Elderly Party 65+ | 5,784 | 0.09 | 0 | New | |
| Van Velsen List | 3,676 | 0.06 | 0 | New | |
| Elderly Party General Interest | 1,843 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
| Stichting Gedupeerde Groepen 18+ t/m 65+ | 1,648 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
| Rural Party for the Elderly | 1,620 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
| Party of the Right | 477 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | |
| Positive Social Democrats | 400 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 6,320,012 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 6,320,012 | 99.27 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 46,567 | 0.73 | |||
| Total votes | 6,366,579 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,046,969 | 79.12 | |||
| Source: Kiesraad[4] | |||||
By province
edit| Province | PvdA | KVP | VVD | ARP | D'66 | CHU | DS'70 | CPN | SGP | PPR | GPV | NMP | PSP | BP | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Drenthe
|
35.6 | 5.9 | 13.5 | 14.3 | 4.3 | 8.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
 Friesland
|
31.5 | 5.2 | 7.8 | 21.5 | 4.1 | 12.5 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
 Gelderland
|
24.2 | 22.1 | 10.0 | 8.5 | 5.5 | 9.5 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.8 |
 Groningen
|
31.8 | 4.1 | 10.8 | 15.4 | 4.1 | 6.7 | 4.1 | 11.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 5.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
 Limburg
|
14.6 | 54.2 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 7.3 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
 North Brabant
|
14.2 | 49.3 | 7.1 | 3.4 | 6.9 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.1 |
 North Holland
|
25.2 | 16.0 | 12.2 | 6.4 | 8.5 | 3.6 | 7.7 | 9.0 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 2.9 |
 Overijssel
|
23.8 | 23.0 | 8.0 | 9.7 | 4.8 | 10.7 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
 South Holland
|
29.8 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 9.7 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 2.3 |
 Southern IJsselmeer Polders
|
19.2 | 13.8 | 12.6 | 18.6 | 7.3 | 10.5 | 5.9 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
 Utrecht
|
21.4 | 17.3 | 13.3 | 10.0 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
 Zeeland
|
25.0 | 13.4 | 9.9 | 11.3 | 4.3 | 11.5 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 9.3 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
References
edit- ^ "Tweede Kamerverkiezingen 1971".
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1414
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1397
- ^ a b "Tweede Kamer 28 april 1971". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 November 2023.