Dutch general election, 1977

Dutch general election, 1977

1972 ← May 25, 1977 → 1981

All 150 seats to the House of Representatives 76 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Joop den Uyl Dries van Agt Hans Wiegel Party PvdA CDA VVD Leader since 1966 1976 1971 Last election 43 seats, 27,3% 48 seats, 30,9% * 22 seats, 14,4% Seats won 53 49 28 Seat change +10 +1 +6 Popular vote 2.813.793 2.653.416 1.492.689 Percentage 33,8% 31,9% 17,9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jan Terlouw Hette Abma Marcus Bakker Party D66 SGP CPN Leader since 1973 1971 1963 Last election 6 seats, 4,1% 3 seats, 2,2% 7 seats, 4,4% Seats won 8 3 2 Seat change +2 0 -5 Popular vote 452.423 177.010 143.481 Percentage 5,4% 2,1% 1,7%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Ria Beckers Bart Verbrugh Bram van der Lek Party PPR GPV PSP Leader since 1977 1977 1972 Last election 7 seats, 4,8% 2 seats, 1,7% 2 seats, 1,5% Seats won 3 1 1 Seat change -4 -1 -1 Popular vote 140.910 79.421 77.972 Percentage 1,6% 0,9% 0,9%

Seats

Prime Minister before election Joop den Uyl PvdA Prime Minister Dries van Agt CDA

The General Election to the House of Representatives of the States-General of the Netherlands was held in the Netherlands on May 25, 1977.

After the election it took 208 days of negotiations to form a government. This was a European record for longest government formation that stood until after the 2010 Belgian general election.^[1] 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 joined party leader was a member of the KVP Dries van Agt.

National summary

Party	Lijsttrekker	%	Seats
Labour Party	Joop den Uyl	33.8	53
Christian Democratic Appeal	Dries van Agt	31.9	49
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Hans Wiegel	17.9	28
Democrats 66	Jan Terlouw	5.4	8
Reformed Political Party	Hette Abma	2.1	3
Communist Party of the Netherlands	Marcus Bakker	1.7	2
Political Party of Radicals	Ria Beckers	1.7	3
Reformed Political League	Bart Verbrugh	1.0	1
Pacifist Socialist Party	Bram van der Lek	0.9	1
Farmers' Party	Hendrik Koekoek	0.8	1
Democratic Socialists '70	Willem Drees, Jr.	0.7	1
Reformatory Political Federation	Jan Rietkerk	0.6	0
Dutch Peoples-Union		0.4	0
Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands		0.4	0
Socialist Party		0.3	0
Federation Elderly persons party of the Netherlands		0.05	0
Alliance against administrative dishonest treaty		0.05	0
Communist Unity Movement of the Netherlands		0.03	0
Democratic Actioncenter		0.03	0
Party of the Taxpayers		0.00	0
Jusia List		0.00	0
European Conservatives Union		0.00	0
New Middle Party		0.00	0
Griek List		0.00	0
Total		-	150

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References

1. ^ Laurent Thomet (Jan 8, 2011). "Belgium's shoddy political record poses financial threat". http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5icaxxHSmnBBG2Njff5zmhjM2idLg?docId=CNG.f743df69e39530a06cd5cbf6c176ca6f.231. 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."