Dutch general election, 1989

6 September 1989

Turnout

80.3%

Party	Leader	%	Seats	±
CDA	Ruud Lubbers	35.3%	54	0
PvdA	Wim Kok	31.9%	49	-3
VVD	Joris Voorhoeve	14.6%	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

Strongest political party by municipality

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 6 September 1989.^[1] The Christian Democratic Appeal 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.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Christian Democratic Appeal	3,140,502	35.3	54	0
Labour Party	2,835,251	31.9	49	–3
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	1,295,402	14.6	22	–5
Democrats 66	701,934	7,9	12	+3
GreenLeft	362,304	4.1	6	+3
Reformed Political Party	166,082	1.9	3	0
Reformed Political League	109,637	1.2	2	+1
Reformatory Political Federation	85,231	1.0	1	0
Centre Democrats	81,427	0.9	1	+1
Anti Unemployment Party	115,532	1.3	0	New
Elderly Central			0	New
The Greens			0	New
Great Alliance Party			0	New
Humanist Party			0	0
Environmental Defence Party 2000+			0	New
Party of Democratic Socialists			0	New
Political Party for the Elderly			0	New
Realistic Netherlands			0	New
Socialist Workers' Party			0	0
Constitutional Federation			0	New
Socialist Minority Party			0	New
Socialist Party			0	0
League of Communists in the Netherlands			0	0
Progressive Minorities Party			0	New
Women's Party			0	New
Invalid/blank votes	26,485	–	–	–
Total	8,919,787	100	150	0
Registered voters/turnout	11,112,189	80.3	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular Vote

CDA			35.31%
PvdA			31.88%
VVD			14.57%
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

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1414

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