1989 Dutch general election

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.

1989 Dutch general election
6 September 1989
All 150 seats in the House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout80.3%
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

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

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Christian Democratic Appeal3,140,50235.3540
Labour Party2,835,25131.949–3
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy1,295,40214.622–5
Democrats 66701,9347,912+3
GreenLeft362,3044.16+3
Reformed Political Party166,0821.930
Reformed Political League109,6371.22+1
Reformatory Political Federation85,2311.010
Centre Democrats81,4270.91+1
Anti Unemployment Party115,5321.30New
Elderly Central0New
The Greens0New
Great Alliance Party0New
Humanist Party00
Environmental Defence Party 2000+0New
Party of Democratic Socialists0New
Political Party for the Elderly0New
Realistic Netherlands0New
Socialist Workers' Party00
Constitutional Federation0New
Socialist Minority Party0New
Socialist Party00
League of Communists in the Netherlands00
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
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