# 1972 Dutch general election

Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 29 November 1972. The Labour Party (PvdA) remained the largest party, winning 43 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.
The elections led to a five-party coalition government consisting of the PvdA, the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolutionary Party, the Political Party of Radicals and Democrats 1966 with the PvdA's Joop den Uyl as Prime Minister.

## Results

| | Labour Party | 2,021,454 | 27.34 | 43 | +4 |
| | Catholic People's Party | 1,305,401 | 17.65 | 27 | –8 |
| | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1,068,375 | 14.45 | 22 | +6 |
| | Anti-Revolutionary Party | 653,609 | 8.84 | 14 | –1 |
| | Political Party of Radicals | 354,829 | 4.80 | 7 | +5 |
| | Christian Historical Union | 354,463 | 4.79 | 7 | –3 |
| | Communist Party of the Netherlands | 330,398 | 4.47 | 7 | +1 |
| | Democrats 1966 | 307,048 | 4.15 | 6 | –5 |
| | Democratic Socialists '70 | 304,714 | 4.12 | 6 | –2 |
| | Reformed Political Party | 163,114 | 2.21 | 3 | 0 |
| | Farmers' Party | 143,239 | 1.94 | 3 | +2 |
| | Reformed Political League | 131,236 | 1.77 | 2 | 0 |
| | Pacifist Socialist Party | 111,262 | 1.50 | 2 | 0 |
| | Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands | 67,658 | 0.92 | 1 | New |
| | Democratic Centre Party | 41,262 | 0.56 | 0 | New |
| | Dutch Middle Class Party | 32,970 | 0.45 | 0 | –2 |
| | Stam List | 1,547 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
| | Party of the Right | 656 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
| | Anti Woningnood Actie Centrum | 574 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
| | New Roman Party [nl] | 236 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 7,394,045 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 7,394,045 | 99.31 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 51,242 | 0.69 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 7,445,287 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 8,915,179 | 83.51 | | |
| Source: Kiesraad ||||||

### By province

Results by province :
| Province | PvdA | KVP | VVD | ARP | PPR | CHU | CPN | D'66 | DS'70 | SGP | BP | GPV | PSP | RKPN | Others |
| Drenthe | 37.2 | 5.3 | 15.2 | 14.5 | 2.9 | 7.1 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| Friesland | 31.9 | 4.7 | 10.0 | 21.0 | 3.2 | 10.9 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| Gelderland | 26.1 | 18.2 | 14.1 | 9.2 | 4.9 | 7.4 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| Groningen | 34.9 | 3.5 | 11.9 | 15.1 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 8.6 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
| Limburg | 20.2 | 43.9 | 12.3 | 2.2 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 1.2 |
| North Brabant | 20.3 | 37.7 | 13.5 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| North Holland | 27.7 | 12.7 | 16.6 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 9.9 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Overijssel | 25.1 | 19.9 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 8.8 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| South Holland | 32.2 | 9.8 | 15.6 | 9.7 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| Southern IJsselmeer Polders | 22.7 | 10.6 | 16.2 | 17.5 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 2.5 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Utrecht | 23.1 | 13.8 | 17.6 | 10.4 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Zeeland | 27.2 | 11.1 | 14.2 | 11.4 | 4.2 | 9.3 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 9.2 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.1 |