Boerenpartij
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Boerenpartei ( farmers' party ) was the name of a Dutch party that was represented in parliament from 1963 to 1981 with up to seven seats (out of 150). The party leader was the farmer Hendrik Koekoek , a former member of the conservative Christelijk-Historische Unie .
Foundation and successes
The Farmers' Party opposed government interference in agriculture and was entered on the electoral register in 1959. As a right-wing protest party , however, from the mid-1960s it also gained supporters from the middle class and city dwellers who were dissatisfied with social developments at the time. It is therefore quite comparable with the later Lijst Pim Fortuyn .
The party achieved its best result in the 1966 provincial election , 6.7 percent. In the municipal council elections two months later, things were sometimes better in individual cities; the 1967 general election produced 4.7 percent. For the time with its relatively stable political conditions, these results were considered extremely good. However, the party had already reached its peak by then. Internal conflicts, splits and scandals involving members with a National Socialist past contributed to the party's decline.
Decline and local party
In the parliamentary elections in 1977 the Peasant Party only got one seat, in 1981 it took part unsuccessfully under the name of the Rechtse Volkspartij . In the municipality of Heerde , however, there is still a council group. The 2010 municipal council election brought her three seats, up from four.
