1966 Schoklandic general election

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1966 Schoklandic general election
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All 220 seats to the State Assembly
111 seats needed for a majority
Turnout89.4%
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader John Ross Tom Hoff Louis Huis
Party Catholic State Party Social Democratic State Party Liberal State Party
Leader's seat Southern Region Capital Region Eastern Region
Last election 86 seats, 37.6% 52 seats, 23.8% 30 seats, 14.1%
Seats won 79 50 30
Seat change Decrease 7 Decrease 2 Steady
Percentage 35.1% 21.8 14.6%
Swing Decrease 2.5% Decrease 2.0% Increase 0.5%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Æneas Raef Jan Kol Harry Ter Voorth
Party Protestant State Party Communist State Party Free Christian State Party
Leader's seat Eastern Region Southern Region Capital Region
Last election 32 seats, 13.7% 7 seats, 4.2% 11 seats, 5.3%
Seats won 31 18 11
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 11 Steady
Percentage 13.2% 9.2% 5.4%
Swing Decrease 0.5% Increase 5.0 Increase 0.1

Map 1966 Schoklandic general election.png
Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

Rijksminister before election

Tom Hoff
SDRP

Elected Rijksminister

John Ross
KRP

The 1966 Schoklandic general election was the first time in 50 years that the KRP and the PRP did not win a majority of votes and seats. The election was a breakthrough for the communist CRP. Under the leadership of the Southern trade unionist Jan Kol the CRP increased its votes from 4.2% up to 9.2%. Especially in the Southern Region the CRP managed to win votes from the right-wing KRP and the social democrat SDRP.

After the election the former rivals Catholic State Party and the Protestant State Party formed a coaltion government with the centrist Democratic State Party. The reason for the former rivals to form a coalition was that the parties were shocked by the rise of the communist party.

1966 Schoklandic general election
Party % Seats +/–
(%pnt)
+/–
(seat)
Catholic State Party KRP 35.1% 79 Decrease 2.5 Decrease 7
Social Democratic State Party SDRP 21.8% 50 Decrease 2.0 Decrease 2
Liberal State Party LRP 14.6% 30 Increase 0.5 Steady
Protestant State Party PRP 13.2% 31 Decrease 0.5 Decrease 1
Communist State Party CRP 9.2% 18 Increase 5.0 Increase 11
Free Christian State Party VCRP 5.4% 11 Increase 0.1 Steady
Democratic State Party DRP 0.7% 1* Decrease 0.7 Decrease 1
Total 100 220
Government (SDRP+PRP+LRP+VCRP) 55.0% 122 Decrease 1.9 Decrease 3

Results by region in %

Region KRP PRP SDRP LRP DRP VCRP CRP
Capital Region 24.1 2.7 40.9 11.3 - 13.8 7.2
Islands Region 65.2 0.5 13.2 13.6 0.8 3.6 3.1
Eastern Region 0.2 49.7 12.6 30.7 2.0 1.1 4.4
Southern Region 50.8 0.1 20.3 3.6 - 3.2 22.0