1963 Dutch general election

Dutch general election, 1963

15 May 1963
All 150 seats to the House of Representatives 76 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	95.1%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Victor Marijnen Anne Vondeling Edzo Toxopeus Party KVP PvdA VVD Leader since 1963 1963 1963 Last election 49 seats, 31.6% 48 seats, 30.4% 19 seats, 12.2% Seats won 50 43 16 Seat change 1 5 3 Popular vote 1,995,352 1,753,084 643,839 Percentage 31.9% 28.0% 10.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Barend Biesheuvel Henk Beernink Henk Lankhorst Party ARP CHU PSP Leader since 1963 1959 1962 Last election 14 seats, 9.4% 12 seats, 8.1% 2 seats, 1.8% Seats won 13 13 4 Seat change 1 1 2 Popular vote 545,836 536,801 189,373 Percentage 8.7% 8.6% 3.0%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Paul de Groot Cornelius van Dis Hendrik Koekoek Party CPN SGP BP Leader since 1945 1961 1959 Last election 3 seats, 2.4% 3 seats, 2.2% 0 seats, 0.6% Seats won 4 3 3 Seat change 1 3 Popular vote 173,325 143,818 133,231 Percentage 2.8% 2.3% 2.1%
Seats
Prime Minister before election Jan de Quay KVP Prime Minister Victor Marijnen KVP

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 15 May 1963. The Catholic People's Party remained the largest party, winning 50 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Catholic People's Party	1,995,352	31.9	50	+1
Labour Party	1,753,084	28.0	43	–5
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	643,839	10.3	16	–3
Anti Revolutionary Party	545,836	8.7	13	–1
Christian Historical Union	536,801	8.6	13	+1
Pacifist Socialist Party	189,373	3.0	4	+2
Communist Party of the Netherlands	173,325	2.8	4	+1
Reformed Political Party	143,818	2.3	3	0
Farmers' Party	133,231	2.1	3	+3
Reformed Political League	46,324	0.7	1	+1
Christian National People's Party	97,538	1.6	0	New
Liberal State Party			0	New
Grol List			0	New
Liberal Union/Veilig Verkeer en 100,000 Woningen per Jaar			0	New
New Democratic Party			0	New
Economic Appeal Party			0	New
People's Referendum			0	New
Invalid/blank votes	161,443	–	–	–
Total	6,419,964	100	150	0
Registered voters/turnout	6,748,611	95.1	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular Vote
KVP			31.88%
PvdA			28.01%
VVD			10.29%
ARP			8.72%
CHU			8.58%
PSP			3.03%
CPN			2.77%
SGP			2.30%
BP			2.13%
GPV			0.74%
Other			1.56%