Single seat parties 1937-2010

Parties who only just managed to win a seat

Jaar Party Surplus % quota
1994* GPV 59280 199,0%
1994* SP 58890 198,3%
2010* PvdD 59543 194,9%
1937* SGP 38038 193,7%
1998* GPV 51569 189,9%
1981* RPF 50424 187,0%
1989* GPV 50348 184,9%
1986 PSP 49032 180,2%
1971 BP 27535 165,4%
1986 GPV 27231 144,5%
1989 RPF 25947 143,8%
1977 GPV 23970 143,2%
1977 PSP 22521 140,6%
1989 CD 22138 137,3%
1972 RKPN 18364 137,3%
1986 RPF 22432 136,7%
1994 U55+ 18262 130,5%
1967 GPV 13299 129,0%
1948 Welter 13046 126,4%
1977 BP 14463 126,1%
1982 CP 13512 124,6%
1981 GPV 12938 122,3%
1982 GPV 12252 122,3%
1963 GPV 4600 111,0%
1977 DS'70 4036 107,3%
1982 EVP 1555 102,8%


* These parties received a 2nd (surplus) seat

This list shows all occasions since 1937 when a party received a score of 1-2 times the quota. Since 1937 it is necessary for a party to receive as many votes as the quota to win their first seat. In the period 1918-1933 a number of votes might have resulted in a (surplus) seat.

Remarkable is that in 9 out of 26 occasions it involves the Christian-conservative GPV. Before winning their first seat in 1963, the party had taken part in 1952, 1956 and 1959. In all three occasions, they scored very close to the (later) quota of 0,667% (in 1952 & 1956, a quota of 1 % was used). Only in the 1971 and 1972 elections, the GPV won more than 2 times the quota, the highest score was 2,66 times the quota in 1972. GPV voters were usually members of the Reformed (Liberated) Church, a 1944 splitoff of the Reformed Church, making it a small but stable party. Its vote (and seat) gains in the 1970s and 1990s might be explained by the respect their sole MPs earned for their work in Parliament as men of principle, making them acceptable for voters outside their Church (and even for non-Christian voters).

Only four single seat parties never received more than 1 seat, RKPN, U55+, CP and EVP. All four parties have only been represented in parliament for 1 period.

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