Dutch general election, 1986

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Dutch general election, 1986
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Turnout 85.8%

PartyLeader%Seats±
CDA Ruud Lubbers 34.6%54+9
PvdA Joop den Uyl 33.3%52+5
VVD Ed Nijpels 17.4%27-9
D66 Hans van Mierlo 6.1%9+3
SGP Bas van der Vlies 1.7%30
PPR Ria Beckers 1.3%20
PSP Andrée van Es 1.2%1-2
GPV Gert Schutte 1.0%10
RPF Meindert Leerling 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 21 May 1986. [1] The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) emerged as the largest party, winning 54 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives. [2]

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.

Contents

The incumbent CDA-VVD coalition maintained exactly the same number of seats as they had achieved at the last general election and continued working together in government with the CDA's Ruud Lubbers as Prime Minister.

Peoples Party for Freedom and Democracy Dutch political party

The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a conservative liberal 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 3,172,91834.654+9
Labour Party 3,051,67833.352+5
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1,596,99117.427–9
Democrats 66 562,4666.19+3
Reformed Political Party 159,7401.730
Political Party of Radicals 115,2031.320
Pacifist Socialist Party 110,1821.21–2
Reformed Political League 88,3811.010
Reformatory Political Federation 83,5820.91–1
Communist Party of the Netherlands 57,8470.60–3
Centre Party 36,7410.40–1
Socialist Party 32,1440.400
Evangelical People's Party 21,9980.20–1
Federation of Greens18,6410.20New
Party for the Middle Groups15,2970.20New
Loesje 12,8820.10New
Centre Democrats 12,2770.00New
League of Communists in the Netherlands 4,6180.10New
Partij voor Ambtenaren & Trendvolgers4,5000.00New
Anti Revolutionaries '853,6640.00New
Socialist Workers' Party 3,6340.00New
God with Us2,3750.000
General Interest Party2,1280.00New
Luck for Everyone Party1,1840.00New
Wissink List5600.00New
Humanist Party4630.00New
Brummer List650.00New
Invalid/blank votes27,462–––
Total9,199,6211001500
Registered voters/turnout10,727,70185.8––
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen
Popular Vote
CDA
 
34.59%
PvdA
 
33.27%
VVD
 
17.41%
D66
 
6.13%
SGP
 
1.74%
PPR
 
1.26%
PSP
 
1.20%
GPV
 
0.96%
RPF
 
0.91%
CPN
 
0.63%
SP
 
0.35%
Other
 
1.54%

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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

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