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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.
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.
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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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 |
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