1977 Dutch general election
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General elections were held in the Netherlands on 25 May 1977.<ref name=NS>Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 Template:ISBN</ref> The Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 53 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, p1414</ref> 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.<ref name=afp>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.
Eventually a coalition was formed during the 1977 Dutch cabinet formation between the Christian Democratic Appeal and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy with Van Agt as Prime Minister.
Results
By province
| Province | PvdA | CDA | VVD | D'66 | SGP | CPN | PPR | GPV | PSP | BP | DS'70 | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Template:Flag | 41.5 | 27.1 | 18.2 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| Template:Flag | 37.3 | 37.4 | 12.3 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
| Template:Flag | 30.8 | 35.5 | 17.2 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
| Template:Flag | 42.4 | 24.3 | 14.4 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
| Template:Flag | 30.1 | 44.6 | 14.7 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| Template:Flag | 28.8 | 43.7 | 15.7 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Template:Flag | 35.4 | 22.9 | 21.7 | 7.3 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| Template:Flag | 31.0 | 39.5 | 13.2 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 2.5 |
| Template:Flag | 37.9 | 24.6 | 19.9 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.0 |
| Template:Flag | 33.1 | 29.0 | 18.9 | 6.7 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 2.4 |
| Template:Flag | 28.2 | 30.5 | 22.1 | 6.6 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
| Template:Flag | 32.6 | 29.8 | 17.3 | 4.4 | 8.4 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.9 |