1989 Dutch general election

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1989 Dutch general election
Netherlands
← 1986 6 September 1989 1994 →
All 150 seats in the House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout80.3% (Decrease 5.5 pp)
Party Leader Vote % 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.
Most voted-for party by municipality
Cabinet before Cabinet after
Second Lubbers cabinet
CDA–VVD		 Third Lubbers cabinet
CDA–PvdA

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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Christian Democratic Appeal3,135,05635.32540
Labour Party2,832,73931.9149–3
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy1,290,42714.5422–5
Democrats 66700,5387.8912+3
GroenLinks361,3244.076+3
Reformed Political Party165,9181.8730
Reformed Political League109,4581.232+1
Reformatory Political Federation85,0810.9610
Centre Democrats81,3370.921+1
Socialist Party38,8290.4400
The Greens30,6980.350New
Women's Party12,0180.140New
Elderly Central7,8400.090New
League of Communists in the Netherlands7,3610.0800
Realistic Netherlands6,0320.070New
Socialist Workers' Party4,2830.0500
Anti-Unemployment Party2,1660.020New
Political Party for the Elderly2,1490.020New
Progressive Minorities Party1,9390.020New
Party of Democratic Socialists4520.010New
Socialist Minority Party3280.000New
Humanist Party3180.0000
Environmental Defence Party 2000+1380.000New
Great Alliance Party540.000New
Constitutional Federation310.000New
Total8,876,514100.001500
Valid votes8,876,51499.70
Invalid/blank votes26,3890.30
Total votes8,902,903100.00
Registered voters/turnout11,091,07080.27
Source: Kiesraad[3]

By province

Results by province[3]
Province CDA PvdA VVD D66 GL SGP GPV RPF CD Others
 Drenthe 27.5 43.6 15.2 6.5 2.8 0.3 2.0 1.0 0.3 1.4
 Flevoland 28.6 31.4 17.6 9.2 4.0 2.6 2.1 2.0 1.4 1.1
 Friesland 34.6 39.5 11.0 6.4 3.5 0.6 2.0 1.4 0.2 1.6
 Gelderland 38.3 30.6 13.4 7.0 3.7 2.3 1.0 1.4 0.4 1.9
 Groningen 23.4 45.5 11.5 7.0 5.4 0.2 4.2 1.1 0.3 0.6
 Limburg 46.9 33.4 9.0 5.4 3.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.5 1.9
 North Brabant 45.1 28.7 12.1 7.2 3.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.6 1.4
 North Holland 28.1 32.3 18.9 9.9 6.2 0.4 0.6 0.6 1.4 1.9
 Overijssel 42.0 30.6 10.6 6.1 2.9 2.3 2.6 1.7 0.3 0.9
 South Holland 30.4 31.1 16.9 9.1 3.9 3.3 1.1 1.1 1.7 1.4
 Utrecht 34.3 25.1 18.0 9.3 5.1 2.7 1.2 1.3 1.1 0.8
 Zeeland 33.9 29.6 14.1 6.7 2.8 8.3 1.7 1.6 0.7 0.8

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1414
  3. ^ a b "Tweede Kamer 6 september 1989". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 November 2021.