Dutch general election, 1989

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Dutch general election, 1989
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  1986 6 September 1989 1994  
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.
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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.

Netherlands Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe

The Netherlands is a country located mainly in Northwestern Europe. The European portion of the Netherlands consists of twelve separate provinces that border Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, with maritime borders in the North Sea with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. Together with three island territories in the Caribbean Sea—Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba— it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The official language is Dutch, but a secondary official language in the province of Friesland is West Frisian.

Christian Democratic Appeal Dutch political party

The Christian Democratic Appeal is a Christian-democratic political party in the Netherlands. The CDA was originally formed in 1977 from a confederation of the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolutionary Party and the Christian Historical Union, and has participated in all but three governments since then. Sybrand van Haersma Buma has been the Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal since 18 May 2012.

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

The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the Netherlands.

Ruud Lubbers 47th Prime Minister of the Netherlands

Rudolphus Franciscus Marie "Ruud" Lubbers was a Dutch politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 4 November 1982 to 22 August 1994 and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1 January 2001 until 20 February 2005.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Christian Democratic Appeal 3,140,50235.3540
Labour Party 2,835,25131.949–3
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1,295,40214.622–5
Democrats 66 701,9347,912+3
GreenLeft 362,3044.16+3
Reformed Political Party 166,0821.930
Reformed Political League 109,6371.22+1
Reformatory Political Federation 85,2311.010
Centre Democrats 81,4270.91+1
Anti Unemployment Party115,5321.30New
Elderly Central0New
The Greens 0New
Great Alliance Party0New
Humanist Party00
Environmental Defence Party 2000+0New
Party of Democratic Socialists0New
Political Party for the Elderly0New
Realistic Netherlands0New
Socialist Workers' Party 00
Constitutional Federation0New
Socialist Minority Party0New
Socialist Party 00
League of Communists in the Netherlands 00
Progressive Minorities Party0New
Women's Party0New
Invalid/blank votes26,485
Total8,919,7871001500
Registered voters/turnout11,112,18980.3
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%

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References

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