1986 Dutch general election

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]

1986 Dutch general election

21 May 1986
Turnout	85.8%
Party Leader % 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% 3 0 PPR Ria Beckers 1.3% 2 0 PSP Andrée van Es 1.2% 1 -2 GPV Gert Schutte 1.0% 1 0 RPF Meindert Leerling 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

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.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Christian Democratic Appeal	3,172,918	34.6	54	+9
Labour Party	3,051,678	33.3	52	+5
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	1,596,991	17.4	27	–9
Democrats 66	562,466	6.1	9	+3
Reformed Political Party	159,740	1.7	3	0
Political Party of Radicals	115,203	1.3	2	0
Pacifist Socialist Party	110,182	1.2	1	–2
Reformed Political League	88,381	1.0	1	0
Reformatory Political Federation	83,582	0.9	1	–1
Communist Party of the Netherlands	57,847	0.6	0	–3
Centre Party	36,741	0.4	0	–1
Socialist Party	32,144	0.4	0	0
Evangelical People's Party	21,998	0.2	0	–1
Federation of Greens	18,641	0.2	0	New
Party for the Middle Groups	15,297	0.2	0	New
Loesje	12,882	0.1	0	New
Centre Democrats	12,277	0.0	0	New
League of Communists in the Netherlands	4,618	0.1	0	New
Partij voor Ambtenaren & Trendvolgers	4,500	0.0	0	New
Anti Revolutionaries '85	3,664	0.0	0	New
Socialist Workers' Party	3,634	0.0	0	New
God with Us	2,375	0.0	0	0
General Interest Party	2,128	0.0	0	New
Luck for Everyone Party	1,184	0.0	0	New
Wissink List	560	0.0	0	New
Humanist Party	463	0.0	0	New
Brummer List	65	0.0	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	27,462	–	–	–
Total	9,199,621	100	150	0
Registered voters/turnout	10,727,701	85.8	–	–
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%

References

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

Further reading

• Gladdish, Ken. "The Centre Holds: the 1986 Netherlands Election," West European Politics (1987). 10#1 pp. 115–119