In 1974, a conflict between Beuker and the party board caused him to continue as an independent MP.
The party took the Ten Commandments as their main perspective and followed the conservative course of Pope Paul VI.
The RKPN sought to strengthen Catholic schools and youth work.
This table shows the RKPN's results in elections to the House of Representatives and Senate, as well as the party's political leadership: the parliamentary leader and the lead candidate in general elections; these posts are normally taken by the party's leader.
The party was mainly supported by Catholics who followed more conservative bishops like Adrianus Johannes Simonis.