1962 Elizean general election

1962 Elizean general election

March 5, 1962 (1962-03-05)
All 360 seats to the Parliament 181 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	84.65% 0.4
First party Second party Third party   Leader Charles Ooijth Sophie Opheuvel Charlie Van der Zee Party People's Party Socialists and Social Democrats Radical Leader's seat Capital District Capital District Capital District Last election 176 seats, 43.75% 140 seats, 39.03% 24 seats, 6.87% Seats won 167 145 24 Seat change 9 5 Percentage 41.39% 40.50% 6.92% Swing 2.36 1.47 0.05   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Henk Hofland Doekele R.P. Elsma Jopie Hestra Party Communist Party Elizea People's Party Frisian Democratic Union Leader's seat Zoutevelde Nije Stêd (Frisian Regions) Boksum-Litersum (Frisian Regions) Last election 10 seats, 3.02% 3 seats, 0.96% 6 seats, 1.63% Seats won 11 6 6 Seat change 1 3 Percentage 3.28% 1.81% 1.71% Swing 0.26 0.85 0.08

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	People's Party	4,214,566	41.39	167	-9
	Socialists and Social Democrats	4,123,976	40.50	145	+5
	Radical Party	704,459	6.92	24	–
	Communist Party	333,645	3.28	11	+1
	Nationalist Union	268,872	2.64	0	–
	People's Party	184,612	1.81	6	+3
	Frisian Democratic Union	174,033	1.71	6	–
	Communist Party - Stalinist	74,359	0.73	0	–
	Frisian Voters' Association	35,268	0.35	1	–
	others	68,003	0.67	0	–
Total		10,181,793	100.00	360	0
Valid votes		10,181,793	99.92
Invalid/blank votes		8,023	0.08
Total votes		10,189,816	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		12,037,023	84.65

Results breakdown of the 1962 Elizean general election

Frisian Regions

Party		Votes	%
	Socialists and Social Democrats	702,674	39.65
	People's Party (national)	501,467	28.30
	Folkspartij (People's Party)	184,612	10.42
	Frisian Democratic Union	174,033	9.82
	Nationalist Union	84,035	4.74
	Radical Party	48,459	2.73
	Frisian Voters' Association	35,268	1.99
	Communist Party	33,645	1.90
	others	8,003	0.45
Total		1,772,196	100.00
Valid votes		1,772,196	99.84
Invalid/blank votes		2,871	0.16
Total votes		1,775,067	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,037,023	87.14