1963 Dutch general election
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All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in the Netherlands on 15 May 1963.[1] The Catholic People's Party (KVP) remained the largest party, winning 50 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2]
The elections led to a four-party coalition government initially consisting of the KVP, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and Christian Historical Union. In 1965 this coalition was replaced by one consisting of the KVP, Labour Party and ARP.
Results
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Catholic People's Party | 1,995,348 | 31.88 | 50 | +1 | |
Labour Party | 1,753,025 | 28.01 | 43 | –5 | |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 643,820 | 10.29 | 16 | –3 | |
Anti-Revolutionary Party | 545,718 | 8.72 | 13 | –1 | |
Christian Historical Union | 536,782 | 8.58 | 13 | +1 | |
Pacifist Socialist Party | 189,370 | 3.03 | 4 | +2 | |
Communist Party of the Netherlands | 173,322 | 2.77 | 4 | +1 | |
Reformed Political Party | 143,549 | 2.29 | 3 | 0 | |
Farmers' Party | 133,210 | 2.13 | 3 | +3 | |
Reformed Political League | 46,324 | 0.74 | 1 | +1 | |
Economic Appeal Party | 37,554 | 0.60 | 0 | New | |
Liberal State Party | 22,353 | 0.36 | 0 | New | |
Liberal Union–Safe Traffic and 100,100 Houses Each Year | 21,048 | 0.34 | 0 | New | |
New Democratic Party | 13,064 | 0.21 | 0 | New | |
Christian National People's Party | 1,823 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
Grol List | 876 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
People's Referendum | 819 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
Total | 6,258,005 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 6,258,005 | 97.49 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 161,441 | 2.51 | |||
Total votes | 6,419,446 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 6,746,362 | 95.15 | |||
Source: Kiesraad[3] |
By province
[edit]Province | KVP | PvdA | VVD | ARP | CHU | PSP | CPN | SGP | BP | GPV | Others |
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Drenthe | 7.6 | 40.1 | 15.5 | 14.7 | 11.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 |
Friesland | 7.3 | 35.0 | 8.1 | 21.8 | 16.3 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
Gelderland | 31.9 | 27.4 | 9.3 | 7.9 | 12.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
Groningen | 6.5 | 38.1 | 13.1 | 16.2 | 10.1 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 1.0 |
Limburg | 77.5 | 12.9 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
North Brabant | 71.9 | 13.5 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
North Holland | 24.2 | 30.3 | 13.7 | 7.1 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 2.6 |
Overijssel | 28.1 | 27.8 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 13.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 0.9 |
South Holland | 19.2 | 34.3 | 13.2 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
Southern IJsselmeer Polders | 21.4 | 30.3 | 6.6 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 0.4 |
Utrecht | 25.8 | 27.5 | 12.3 | 11.0 | 11.7 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
Zeeland | 20.8 | 27.5 | 9.3 | 11.8 | 15.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 9.2 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1413
- ^ a b "Tweede Kamer 15 mei 1963". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 November 2023.