1977 Dutch general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 25 May 1977. The Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 53 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives. Following the election, it took 208 days of negotiations to form a new government. This was a European record for longest government formation that stood until after the 2010 Belgian general election. The Christian Democratic Appeal was formed by the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP), Christian Historical Union (CHU) and the Catholic People's Party (KVP) in 1976. The first joint party leader was a member of the KVP, Dries van Agt.

1977 Dutch general election
25 May 1977
All 150 seats in the House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout88.1% ( 4.6 pp)
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
PvdA Joop den Uyl 33.8% 53 +10
CDA Dries van Agt 31.9% 49 +1
VVD Hans Wiegel 17.9% 28 +6
D66 Jan Terlouw 5.4% 8 +2
SGP Hette Abma 2.1% 3 0
CPN Marcus Bakker 1.7% 2 −5
PPR Ria Beckers 1.6% 3 −4
GPV Bart Verbrugh 0.9% 1 −1
PSP Bram van der Lek 0.9% 1 −1
BP Hendrik Koekoek 0.8% 1 −2
DS'70 Willem Drees Jr. 0.7% 1 −5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Most voted-for party by municipality
Cabinet before Cabinet after
Den Uyl cabinet
PvdA–KVP–ARP–D66–PPR		 First Van Agt cabinet
CDA–VVD

Eventually a coalition was formed between the Christian Democratic Appeal and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy with Dries van Agt as Prime Minister.

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