The British General Election of February 1974

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_British_General_Election_of_February_1974
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:callsign gptkb:Edward_Heath
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won 297
gptkbp:ConservativePartyVotes 11,872,180
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date February 28, 1974
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The British General Election of February 1974
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won 301
gptkbp:LabourPartyVotes 11,645,616
gptkbp:largestCity gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Harold_Wilson
gptkb:Edward_Heath
gptkb:Jeremy_Thorpe
gptkbp:LiberalPartyVotes 6,059,519
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon 14
gptkbp:notableFor No party won an overall majority
First hung parliament since 1929
Two general elections in one year
gptkbp:numberOfIssues Economic crisis
Miners' strike
Three-day week
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:46th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:1970_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:Hung_parliament
Harold Wilson becoming Prime Minister
gptkbp:successor gptkb:October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:voterTurnout 78.8%
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_British_General_Election_of_1970
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8