Dutch general election, 1972

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Party	Lijsttrekker	%	Seats
Partij van de Arbeid	Joop den Uyl	27.4	43
Katholieke Volkspartij	Frans Andriessen	17.7	27
Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie	Hans Wiegel	14.4	22
Anti-Revolutionaire Partij	Barend Biesheuvel	8.8	14
Communistische Partij Nederland	Marcus Bakker	4.8	7
Politieke Partij Radicalen	Bas de Gaay Fortman	4.7	7
Christelijke-Historische Unie	Arnold Tilanus	4.5	7
Democraten '66	Hans van Mierlo	4.2	6
Democratisch-Socialisten 1970	Willem Drees jr.	4.1	6
Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij	Hette Abma	2.2	3
Boerenpartij	Hendrik Koekoek	1.9	3
Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond	Piet Jongeling	1.8	2
Pacifistisch Socialistische Partij	Bram van der Lek	1.5	2
Rooms-Katholieke Partij Nederland	Klaas Beuker	0.9	1
Total		-	150

Anti Revolutionary Party (Anti-Revolutionaire Partij)
Catholic People's Party (Katholieke Volkspartij)
Christian Historical Union (Christelijke-Historische Unie)
Communist Party of the Netherlands (Communistische Partij Nederland)
Democratic Socialist 1970 (Democratisch Socialisten 1970)
Democrats '66 (Democraten '66)
Farmers' Party (Boerenpartij)
Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid)
Pacifist Socialist Party (Pacifistische Socialistische Partij)
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie)
Political Party Radicals (Politieke Partij Radicalen)
Political Reformed Party (Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij)
Reformed Political Alliance (Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond)
Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands (Rooms Katholieke Partij Nederland), secession of the Catholic People's Party

Elections in the Netherlands