1989 Dutch general election

1989 Dutch general election

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All 150 seats in the House of Representatives76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	80.3% ( 5.5 pp)
Party Leader % Seats ± CDA Ruud Lubbers 35.3% 54 0 PvdA Wim Kok 31.9% 49 -3 VVD Joris Voorhoeve 14.5% 22 -5 D66 Hans van Mierlo 7.9% 12 +3 GL Ria Beckers 4.1% 6 +3 SGP Bas van der Vlies 1.9% 3 0 GPV Gert Schutte 1.2% 2 +1 RPF Meindert Leerling 1.0% 1 0 CD Hans Janmaat 0.9% 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Ruud Lubbers CDA Ruud Lubbers CDA

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 6 September 1989.^[1] The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) remained the largest party, winning 54 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.^[2] This chamber served for 4 years and 7 months, the longest tenure of any modern Dutch parliament.

Following the elections, the CDA formed a coalition government with the Labour Party with the CDA's Ruud Lubbers continuing as Prime Minister.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Christian Democratic Appeal	3,135,056	35.32	54	0
	Labour Party	2,832,739	31.91	49	–3
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	1,290,427	14.54	22	–5
	Democrats 66	700,538	7.89	12	+3
	GroenLinks	361,324	4.07	6	+3
	Reformed Political Party	165,918	1.87	3	0
	Reformed Political League	109,458	1.23	2	+1
	Reformatory Political Federation	85,081	0.96	1	0
	Centre Democrats	81,337	0.92	1	+1
	Socialist Party	38,829	0.44	0	0
	The Greens	30,698	0.35	0	New
	Women's Party	12,018	0.14	0	New
	Elderly Central	7,840	0.09	0	New
	League of Communists in the Netherlands	7,361	0.08	0	0
	Realistic Netherlands	6,032	0.07	0	New
	Socialist Workers' Party	4,283	0.05	0	0
	Anti Unemployment Party	2,166	0.02	0	New
	Political Party for the Elderly	2,149	0.02	0	New
	Progressive Minorities Party	1,939	0.02	0	New
	Party of Democratic Socialists	452	0.01	0	New
	Socialist Minority Party	328	0.00	0	New
	Humanist Party	318	0.00	0	0
	Environmental Defence Party 2000+	138	0.00	0	New
	Great Alliance Party	54	0.00	0	New
	Constitutional Federation	31	0.00	0	New
Total		8,876,514	100.00	150	0
Valid votes		8,876,514	99.70
Invalid/blank votes		26,389	0.30
Total votes		8,902,903	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		11,091,070	80.27
Source: Kiesraad

Popular Vote CDA   35.32% PvdA   31.91% VVD   14.54% D66   7.89% GL   4.07% SGP   1.87% GPV   1.23% RPF   0.96% CD   0.92% SP   0.44% Other   0.86%

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1414