1962 Elizean general election

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1962 Elizean general election
← 1958 March 5, 1962 (1962-03-05) 1966 →

All 360 seats to the Parliament
181 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout84.65% Decrease 0.4
  First party Second party Third party
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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 Decrease 9 Increase 5 Steady
Percentage 41.39% 40.50% 6.92%
Swing Decrease 2.36 Increase 1.47 Increase 0.05

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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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 Increase 1 Increase 3 Steady
Percentage 3.28% 1.81% 1.71%
Swing Increase 0.26 Increase 0.85 Increase 0.08

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
People's Party [a]4,214,56641.39167-9
Socialists and Social Democrats4,123,97640.50145+5
Radical Party704,4596.9224
Communist Party333,6453.2811+1
Nationalist Union268,8722.640
People's Party [b]184,6121.816+3
Frisian Democratic Union174,0331.716
Communist Party - Stalinist74,3590.730
Frisian Voters' Association35,2680.351
others68,0030.670
Total10,181,793100.003600
Valid votes10,181,79399.92
Invalid/blank votes8,0230.08
Total votes10,189,816100.00
Registered voters/turnout12,037,02384.65

Results breakdown of the 1962 Elizean general election

Frisian Regions

PartyVotes%
Socialists and Social Democrats702,67439.65
People's Party (national)501,46728.30
Folkspartij (People's Party)184,61210.42
Frisian Democratic Union174,0339.82
Nationalist Union84,0354.74
Radical Party48,4592.73
Frisian Voters' Association35,2681.99
Communist Party33,6451.90
others8,0030.45
Total1,772,196100.00
Valid votes1,772,19699.84
Invalid/blank votes2,8710.16
Total votes1,775,067100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,037,02387.14


  1. The national People's Party participates in Elizea and in the Frisian Regions under the Esperanto name: Popola Partio
  2. The regional branch in the Frisian Regions of the People's Party participates in the Frisian regions under the Frisian name: Folkspartij