1966 Schoklandic general election

1966 Schoklandic general election

1 February, 1966
All 220 seats to the State Assembly 111 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	89.4%
First party Second party Third party   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 7 2 Percentage 35.1% 21.8 14.6% Swing 2.5% 2.0% 0.5%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   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 1 11 Percentage 13.2% 9.2% 5.4% Swing 0.5% 5.0 0.1
= Catholic   = Socialist   = Liberal   = Protestant   = Communist
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	2.5	7
	Social Democratic State Party	SDRP	21.8%	50	2.0	2
	Liberal State Party	LRP	14.6%	30	0.5
	Protestant State Party	PRP	13.2%	31	0.5	1
	Communist State Party	CRP	9.2%	18	5.0	11
	Free Christian State Party	VCRP	5.4%	11	0.1
	Democratic State Party	DRP	0.7%	1	0.7	1
Total			100	220
Government (SDRP+PRP+LRP+VCRP)			55.0%	122	1.9	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