Early general elections were held in the

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on 29 November 1972. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1396 The Labour Party (PvdA) remained the largest party, winning 43 of the 150 seats in the

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.Nohlen & Stöver, p1414 The elections led to a five-party coalition government consisting of the PvdA, the

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, the

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, the

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and Democrats 1966 with the PvdA's

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as Prime Minister.

Results

References

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