1963 Dutch general election

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]

1963 Dutch general election
Netherlands
← 1959 15 May 1963 1967 →

All 150 seats in the House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout95.1% (Decrease 0.5 pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/–
KVP Wim de Kort 31.9% 50 +1
PvdA Anne Vondeling 28.0% 43 −5
VVD Edzo Toxopeus 10.3% 16 −3
ARP Barend Biesheuvel 8.7% 13 −1
CHU Henk Beernink 8.6% 13 +1
PSP Henk Lankhorst 3.0% 4 +2
CPN Paul de Groot 2.8% 4 +1
SGP Cornelius van Dis 2.3% 3 0
BP Hendrik Koekoek 2.1% 3 +3
GPV Piet Jongeling 0.7% 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Seats
Cabinet before Cabinet after
De Quay cabinet
KVPVVDARPCHU
Marijnen cabinet
KVPVVDARPCHU

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

 
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Catholic People's Party1,995,34831.8850+1
Labour Party1,753,02528.0143–5
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy643,82010.2916–3
Anti-Revolutionary Party545,7188.7213–1
Christian Historical Union536,7828.5813+1
Pacifist Socialist Party189,3703.034+2
Communist Party of the Netherlands173,3222.774+1
Reformed Political Party143,5492.2930
Farmers' Party133,2102.133+3
Reformed Political League46,3240.741+1
Economic Appeal Party37,5540.600New
Liberal State Party22,3530.360New
Liberal Union–Safe Traffic and 100,100 Houses Each Year21,0480.340New
New Democratic Party13,0640.210New
Christian National People's Party1,8230.030New
Grol List8760.010New
People's Referendum8190.010New
Total6,258,005100.001500
Valid votes6,258,00597.49
Invalid/blank votes161,4412.51
Total votes6,419,446100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,746,36295.15
Source: Kiesraad

By province edit

Results by province[3]
Province KVP PvdA VVD ARP CHU PSP CPN SGP BP GPV Others
  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

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1413
  3. ^ "Tweede Kamer 15 mei 1963". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 November 2023.