1977_Dutch_general_election

1977 Dutch general election
	All 150 seats in the House of Representatives; 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	88.1% ( 4.6 pp)
	Most voted-for party by municipality
Den Uyl cabinet; PvdA–KVP–ARP–D66–PPR	First Van Agt cabinet; CDA–VVD

1977 Dutch general election

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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.

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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

Province	PvdA	CDA	VVD	D'66	SGP	CPN	PPR	GPV	PSP	BP	DS'70	Others
Province												Others
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

1977 Dutch general election