Second Chamber elections - May 15 1963


Party Abbr. Votes % +/- Seats
Catholic People's Party KVP 1995352 31.88% +0.28% 50 +1
Labour Party PvdA 1753084 28.01% -2.35% 43 -5
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy VVD 643839 10.29% -1.92% 16 -3
Antirevolutionary Party ARP 545836 8.72% -0.66% 13 -1
Christian-Historical Union CHU 536801 8.58% +0.47% 13 +1
Pacifist-Socialist Party PSP 189373 3.03% +1.18% 4 +2
Communist Party of the Netherlands CPN 173325 2.77% +0.36% 4 +1
Political Reformed Party SGP 143818 2.30% +0.14% 3 0
Farmer's Party BP 133231 2.13% +1.47% 3 +3
Reformed Political Union GPV 46324 0.74% +0.07% 1 +1
Party Economic Appeal PEA 37554 0.60%
Liberal State Party LSP 22353 0.36%
Lib. Union/Safe Traffic-100,000 Houses LU/VV 21048 0.34%
New Democratic Party NDP 13064 0.21%
Christian National People's Party CNVP 1824 0.03% +0.01%
Grol List Grol 876 0.01%
Party for People's Referendum Volksr. 819 0.01%
Total valid votes 6258521 150
Invalid votes/ % cast votes 161443 2.51% +0.17%
Cast votes/turnout 6419964 95.13% -0.44%
Eligible to vote 6748611 +9.85%
Electoral quota 41723.4733


Number of votes per province (in Dutch)

Percentage of votes per province (in Dutch)

Index


  • The English names of the parties are unofficial. for the original Dutch names see the Dutch equivalent of this page.

  • Voting age is lowered from 23 to 21 years.

  • CNVP is the successor party of the PCNU. CNVP results are compared with the 1959 PCNU results.


    Sources: Statistiek der verkiezingen 1963 Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal, Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Zeist 1963 (number of votes) and Repertorium kleine politieke partijen 1918-1967 (relations between parties)