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Party

Katholieke Volkspartij

Netherlands

Party Historical

Katholieke Volkspartij

Abbreviation
KVP
Founded
1945
Dissolved
1980
Official · und
Katholieke Volkspartij
Profiles and linksNo official profile link is published.
Social linksNo social profile link is published.

Power-role history

Coalition

May 11, 1973 — Mar 22, 1977

Coalition

Aug 9, 1972 — May 11, 1973

Coalition

Jun 7, 1971 — Aug 9, 1972

Governing

Apr 5, 1967 — Jul 6, 1971

Coalition

Nov 22, 1966 — Apr 5, 1967

Governing

Apr 14, 1965 — Nov 22, 1966

Governing

Jul 24, 1963 — Apr 14, 1965

Governing

May 19, 1959 — Jul 24, 1963

Governing

Dec 22, 1958 — May 19, 1959

Coalition

Oct 12, 1956 — Dec 10, 1958

Coalition

Sep 2, 1952 — Oct 13, 1956

Coalition

Mar 15, 1951 — Sep 2, 1952

Coalition

Aug 7, 1948 — Nov 18, 1951

Governing

Jul 3, 1946 — Aug 7, 1948

Coalition

Jun 24, 1945 — Jul 4, 1946

Party lineage

Renamed

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Renamed

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Party Facts reference profile

Historical Party Facts reference: vote or seat share in a national election. It is not a poll, a certified result, necessarily the latest election, or a current value.

Katholieke Volkspartij

Dataset coverage period
1945–1980
Party Facts reference percentage
31.9% · 1963
Original value
31.9
ISO alpha-3
NLD
Party Facts ID
1390
Reference names
KVP · Catholic Peoples Party
Created in source
Dec 29, 2012
Updated
Mar 6, 2020
Wikipedia referenceParty FactsCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026

Ideology · Political spectrum

Christian democracy

Source classification · Confidence: 80.0%

Party leadership

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Party significance

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Candidacy

Independent media clusters

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Polls

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Forecasts

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Top issues

Stale

The available record is stale; no current value is published.

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Prediction components

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Media profile

Approval · Favorability · Negativity

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Media profile

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Strengths · Weaknesses · Attacks · Controversies

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Campaign signals

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Electoral history

Netherlands — Parliamentary election — 1972-11-29 · Katholieke Volkspartij

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
1,305,401
Seats
27
Original value
17.65
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share17.7%

Netherlands — Parliamentary election — 1967-02-15 · Katholieke Volkspartij

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
1,822,894
Seats
42
Original value
26.50
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share26.5%

Netherlands — Parliamentary election — 1946-05-17 · Katholieke Volkspartij

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
1,466,582
Seats
32
Original value
30.81
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share30.8%

Netherlands — Parliamentary election — 1952-06-25 · Katholieke Volkspartij

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
1,529,508
Seats
30
Original value
28.67
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share28.7%

Netherlands — Parliamentary election — 1971-04-28 · Katholieke Volkspartij

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
1,379,672
Seats
35
Original value
21.84
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share21.8%

Netherlands — Parliamentary election — 1956-06-13 · Katholieke Volkspartij

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
1,815,310
Seats
49
Original value
31.69
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share31.7%

Netherlands — Parliamentary election — 1959-03-12 · Katholieke Volkspartij

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
1,895,914
Seats
49
Original value
31.60
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share31.6%

Netherlands — Parliamentary election — 1963-05-15 · Katholieke Volkspartij

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
1,995,352
Seats
50
Original value
31.88
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share31.9%

Netherlands — Parliamentary election — 1948-07-07 · Katholieke Volkspartij

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
1,531,154
Seats
32
Original value
31.04
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share31.0%

Sources

4

  1. 1WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  2. 2Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 4.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  3. 3Party FactsCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  4. 4Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026