1963 Dutch general election

Election of the members of the House of Representatives

← 1959

15 May 1963

1967 →

All 150 seats in the House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

95.1% (

0.5 pp)

	Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
KVP	Wim de Kort	31.9%	50	+1
PvdA	Anne Vondeling	28.0%	43	−5
VVD	Edzo Toxopeus	10.3%	16	−3
ARP	Barend Biesheuvel	8.7%	13	−1
CHU	Henk Beernink	8.6%	13	+1
PSP	Henk Lankhorst	3.0%	4	+2
CPN	Paul de Groot	2.8%	4	+1
SGP	Cornelius van Dis	2.3%	3	0
BP	Hendrik Koekoek	2.1%	3	+3
GPV	Piet Jongeling	0.7%	1	+1

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Seats

Cabinet before	Cabinet after
De Quay cabinet KVP–VVD–ARP–CHU	Marijnen cabinet KVP–VVD–ARP–CHU

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

The elections led to a four-party coalition government initially consisting of the KVP, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and Christian Historical Union. In 1965 this coalition was replaced by one consisting of the KVP, Labour Party and ARP.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Catholic People's Party	1,995,348	31.88	50	+1
	Labour Party	1,753,025	28.01	43	–5
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	643,820	10.29	16	–3
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	545,718	8.72	13	–1
	Christian Historical Union	536,782	8.58	13	+1
	Pacifist Socialist Party	189,370	3.03	4	+2
	Communist Party of the Netherlands	173,322	2.77	4	+1
	Reformed Political Party	143,549	2.29	3	0
	Farmers' Party	133,210	2.13	3	+3
	Reformed Political League	46,324	0.74	1	+1
	Economic Appeal Party	37,554	0.60	0	New
	Liberal State Party	22,353	0.36	0	New
	Liberal Union–Safe Traffic and 100,100 Houses Each Year	21,048	0.34	0	New
	New Democratic Party	13,064	0.21	0	New
	Christian National People's Party	1,823	0.03	0	New
	Grol List	876	0.01	0	New
	People's Referendum	819	0.01	0	New
Total		6,258,005	100.00	150	0

Valid votes		6,258,005	97.49
Invalid/blank votes		161,441	2.51
Total votes		6,419,446	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,746,362	95.15
Source: Kiesraad

Results by province
Province	KVP	PvdA	VVD	ARP	CHU	PSP	CPN	SGP	BP	GPV	Others
Province											Others
Drenthe	7.6	40.1	15.5	14.7	11.6	1.8	2.0	0.5	4.2	1.3	0.7
Friesland	7.3	35.0	8.1	21.8	16.3	3.9	2.1	0.8	2.8	1.2	0.7
Gelderland	31.9	27.4	9.3	7.9	12.8	1.3	0.8	3.7	3.2	0.5	0.8
Groningen	6.5	38.1	13.1	16.2	10.1	3.6	5.0	0.4	2.2	3.7	1.0
Limburg	77.5	12.9	2.3	0.9	0.8	0.5	1.2	0.1	2.3	0.1	1.4
North Brabant	71.9	13.5	4.1	2.4	2.4	0.7	0.5	0.6	2.1	0.1	1.6
North Holland	24.2	30.3	13.7	7.1	5.5	6.4	7.2	0.7	2.0	0.3	2.6
Overijssel	28.1	27.8	8.0	9.5	13.0	2.0	2.5	2.9	3.2	2.1	0.9
South Holland	19.2	34.3	13.2	10.5	9.7	3.6	2.4	4.0	1.2	0.5	1.5
Southern IJsselmeer Polders	21.4	30.3	6.6	15.9	16.7	2.1	1.1	1.7	1.0	2.8	0.4
Utrecht	25.8	27.5	12.3	11.0	11.7	2.6	1.2	3.6	1.7	1.1	1.6
Zeeland	20.8	27.5	9.3	11.8	15.8	1.0	0.6	9.2	2.1	0.9	1.1

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p1413
^ "Tweede Kamer 15 mei 1963". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 November 2023.

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