Dutch general election, 1963

Dutch general election, 1963

← 1959 15 May 1963 1967 →
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

Jan de Quay
KVP

Victor Marijnen
KVP

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.

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