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Netherlands 1967 general election

What was the result of the 1967 general election in the Netherlands?

Catholic People's Party won 42 of 150 seats with 26.5% of the vote. 94.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Netherlands
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Catholic People's Party won 42 of 150 seats with 26.5% of the vote; 94.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.2 points on 1963.

  • Catholic People's Party 42 −8 seats 26.5% −5.4 points
  • Labour Party 37 −6 seats 23.6% −4.5 points
  • People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 17 +1 seat 10.7% +0.4 points
  • Anti-Revolutionary Party 15 +2 seats 9.9% +1.2 points
  • Christian Historical Union 12 −1 seat 8.1% −0.4 points
  • Farmers' Party 7 +4 seats 4.8% +2.6 points
  • Democrats 66 7 4.5%
  • Communist Party of the Netherlands 5 +1 seat 3.6% +0.8 points
  • Pacifist Socialist Party 4 0 seats 2.9% −0.2 points
  • Reformed Political Party 3 0 seats 2.0% −0.3 points
  • Reformed Political League 1 0 seats 0.9% +0.1 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Netherlands 1963 general election, party by party.

76 of 150 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 26.5%

    Share of the vote won by Catholic People's Party

    Catholic People's Party won 42 of 150 seats. A majority needs 76.

  2. +4 seats

    Seats gained by Farmers' Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1963. Catholic People's Party lost 8 seats.

  3. 94.9%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.2 points on 1963.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Catholic People's Party42−826.5−5.41,822,894
Labour Party37−623.6−4.51,620,112
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy17+110.7+0.4738,202
Anti-Revolutionary Party15+29.9+1.2681,060
Christian Historical Union12−18.1−0.4560,033
Farmers' Party7+44.8+2.6327,953
Democrats 6674.5307,810
Communist Party of the Netherlands5+13.6+0.8248,318
Pacifist Socialist Party402.9−0.2197,216
Reformed Political Party302.0−0.3138,069
Reformed Political League100.9+0.159,156
Largest party without seats000.7+0.145,421

± is the change against the Netherlands 1963 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Catholic People's Party 1,822,894
  • Labour Party 1,620,112
  • People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 738,202
  • Anti-Revolutionary Party 681,060
  • Christian Historical Union 560,033
  • Farmers' Party 327,953
  • Democrats 66 307,810
  • Communist Party of the Netherlands 248,318
  • Pacifist Socialist Party 197,216
  • Reformed Political Party 138,069
  • Reformed Political League 59,156
  • Largest party without seats 45,421

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

94.9% of the 7,452,776 registered voters cast a ballot (7,076,328 ballots), down 0.2 points on 1963. 6,878,030 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1948 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Catholic People's Party26.5% of votes28.0% of seats
  • Labour Party23.6% of votes24.7% of seats
  • People's Party for Freedom and Democracy10.7% of votes11.3% of seats
  • Anti-Revolutionary Party9.9% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Christian Historical Union8.1% of votes8.0% of seats
  • Farmers' Party4.8% of votes4.7% of seats
  • Democrats 664.5% of votes4.7% of seats
  • Communist Party of the Netherlands3.6% of votes3.3% of seats
  • Pacifist Socialist Party2.9% of votes2.7% of seats
  • Reformed Political Party2.0% of votes2.0% of seats
  • Reformed Political League0.9% of votes0.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.2 by votes and 5.7 by seats; Catholic People's Party led Labour Party by 3.0 points of the vote.

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