Dutch general election, 1967
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A general election of the House of Representatives of the Dutch Parliament
was held in the Netherlands
on 15 February 1967.
States-General of the Netherlands
The States-General of the Netherlands is the bicameral legislature of the Netherlands, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The parliament meets in at the Binnenhof in The Hague. The archaic Dutch word "staten" originally related to the feudal classes in which medieval...
was held in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
on 15 February 1967.
National summary
| Party | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| Katholieke Volkspartij | 26.5 | 42 |
| Partij van de Arbeid | 23.5 | 37 |
| Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie | 10.7 | 17 |
| Anti-Revolutionaire Partij | 9.9 | 15 |
| Christelijke-Historische Unie | 8.1 | 12 |
| Boerenpartij | 4.8 | 7 |
| Democraten '66 | 4.5 | 7 |
| Communistische Partij Nederland | 3.6 | 5 |
| Pacifistisch Socialistische Partij | 2.9 | 4 |
| Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij | 2.0 | 3 |
| Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond | 0.9 | 1 |
| Total | - | 150 |
Parties
- Anti Revolutionary Party (Anti-Revolutionaire Partij)
- Catholic People's Party (Katholieke Volkspartij)
- Christian Historical Union (Christelijke-Historische Unie)
- Communist Party of the Netherlands (Communistische Partij Nederland)
- Democrats '66 (Democraten '66)
- Farmers' Party (Boerenpartij)
- Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid)
- Pacifist Socialist Party (Pacifistisch Socialistische Partij), secession of the Labour Party
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie)
- Political Reformed Party (Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij)
- Reformed Political Alliance (Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond), secession of the Anti Revolutionary PartyAnti Revolutionary PartyThe Anti Revolutionary Party was a Dutch Protestant Christian democratic political party. The ARP is one of the predecessors of the Christian Democratic Appeal. After 1917 the party never received more than twenty percent of the vote.-History before 1879:The anti-revolutionary parliamentary caucus...