| Country: | Netherlands |
| Previous Election: | 1972 |
| Next Election: | 1981 |
| Seats For Election: | All 150 seats in the House of Representatives |
| Majority Seats: | 76 |
| Election Date: | 25 May 1977 |
| Turnout: | 88.1% (4.6 pp) |
| Leader1: | Joop den Uyl |
| Party1: | Labour Party (Netherlands) |
| Last Election1: | 43 |
| Seats1: | 53 |
| Percentage1: | 33.8% |
| Leader2: | Dries van Agt |
| Party2: | Christian Democratic Appeal |
| Last Election2: | 48 |
| Seats2: | 49 |
| Percentage2: | 31.9% |
| Leader3: | Hans Wiegel |
| Party3: | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
| Last Election3: | 22 |
| Seats3: | 28 |
| Percentage3: | 17.9% |
| Leader4: | Jan Terlouw |
| Party4: | Democrats 66 |
| Last Election4: | 6 |
| Seats4: | 8 |
| Percentage4: | 5.4% |
| Leader5: | Hette Abma |
| Party5: | Reformed Political Party |
| Last Election5: | 3 |
| Seats5: | 3 |
| Percentage5: | 2.1% |
| Leader6: | Marcus Bakker |
| Party6: | Communist Party of the Netherlands |
| Last Election6: | 7 |
| Seats6: | 2 |
| Percentage6: | 1.7% |
| Leader7: | Ria Beckers |
| Party7: | Political Party of Radicals |
| Last Election7: | 7 |
| Seats7: | 3 |
| Percentage7: | 1.6% |
| Leader8: | Bart Verbrugh |
| Party8: | Reformed Political League |
| Last Election8: | 2 |
| Seats8: | 1 |
| Percentage8: | 0.9% |
| Leader9: | Bram van der Lek |
| Party9: | Pacifist Socialist Party |
| Last Election9: | 2 |
| Seats9: | 1 |
| Percentage9: | 0.9% |
| Leader10: | Hendrik Koekoek |
| Party10: | Farmers' Party (Netherlands) |
| Last Election10: | 3 |
| Seats10: | 1 |
| Percentage10: | 0.8% |
| Leader11: | Willem Drees Jr. |
| Party11: | Democratic Socialists '70 |
| Last Election11: | 6 |
| Seats11: | 1 |
| Percentage11: | 0.7% |
| Map: | TweedeKamer 1977.png |
| Cabinet | |
| Before Election: | Den Uyl cabinet |
| Before Party: | PvdA–KVP–ARP–D66–PPR |
| After Election: | First Van Agt cabinet |
| After Party: | CDA–VVD |
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 25 May 1977.[1] The Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 53 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2] Following the election, it took 208 days of negotiations to form a new government. This was a European record for longest government formation that stood until after the 2010 Belgian general election.[3] The Christian Democratic Appeal was formed by the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP), Christian Historical Union (CHU) and the Catholic People's Party (KVP) in 1976. The first joint party leader was a member of the KVP, Dries van Agt.
Eventually a coalition was formed between the Christian Democratic Appeal and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy with Dries van Agt as Prime Minister.
| Province | PvdA | CDA | VVD | D'66 | SGP | CPN | PPR | GPV | PSP | BP | DS'70 | Others | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41.5 | 27.1 | 18.2 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 37.3 | 37.4 | 12.3 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | ||
| 30.8 | 35.5 | 17.2 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 42.4 | 24.3 | 14.4 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 30.1 | 44.6 | 14.7 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 2.0 | ||
| 28.8 | 43.7 | 15.7 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 35.4 | 22.9 | 21.7 | 7.3 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 31.0 | 39.5 | 13.2 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 37.9 | 24.6 | 19.9 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.0 | ||
| 33.1 | 29.0 | 18.9 | 6.7 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 2.4 | ||
| 28.2 | 30.5 | 22.1 | 6.6 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.3 | ||
| 32.6 | 29.8 | 17.3 | 4.4 | 8.4 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.9 |