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1967 Dutch general election

1967 Dutch general election
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

A general election was held in the Netherlands on 15 February 1967. The Catholic People's Party (KVP) remained the largest party, though it suffered considerable losses, dropping to 42 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives. The Labour Party (PvdA) also lost seats, and became the second party. The newly founded Democrats 66 entered the House with seven seats, while the Farmers' Party (BP) grew from three to seven seats.

The elections led to a four-party centre-rightcoalition government being formed, consisting of the KVP, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and Christian Historical Union (CHU), led by prime minister Piet de Jong. Held amid the Counterculture of the 1960s, the election is regarded as a turning point in Dutch politics, representing the end of half a century of consociationalism and the beginning of the polarisation strategy.