1994 Dutch general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 3 May 1994.[1] The Labour Party emerged as the largest party, winning 37 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2] The election resulted in significant losses for both the Labour Party and the Christian Democratic Appeal. The two liberal parties, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and Democrats 66 made large gains, whilst two pro-elderly parties and the Socialist Party all passed the electoral threshold to win seats.

1994 Dutch general election

3 May 1994
All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	78.8%
Party Leader % Seats ± PvdA Wim Kok 24.0% 37 -12 CDA Elco Brinkman 22.2% 34 -20 VVD Frits Bolkestein 20.0% 31 +9 D66 Hans van Mierlo 15.5% 24 +12 AOV Jet Nijpels 3.6% 6 New GL Ina Brouwer • Mohamed Rabbae 3.5% 5 -1 CD Hans Janmaat 2.5% 3 +2 RPF Leen van Dijke 1.8% 3 +2 SGP Bas van der Vlies 1.7% 2 -1 GPV Gert Schutte 1.3% 2 0 SP Jan Marijnissen 1.3% 2 +2 U55+ Bertus Leerkes 0.9% 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Ruud Lubbers CDA Wim Kok PvdA

The formation of a government coalition was arduous but after four months the First Kok cabinet was formed.

It was an unprecedented coalition of the two liberal parties and Labour. The CDA was consigned to opposition for the first time in its history. It was also the first government since 1918 not to include a Christian Democratic party.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Labour Party	2,153,135	24.0	37	–12
Christian Democratic Appeal	1,996,418	22.2	34	–20
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	1,792,401	20.0	31	+9
Democrats 66	1,391,202	15.5	24	+12
General Elderly Alliance	326,401	3.6	6	New
GreenLeft	311,399	3.5	5	–1
Centre Democrats	220,734	2.5	3	+2
Reformatory Political Federation	158,705	1.8	3	+2
Reformed Political Party	155,251	1.7	2	–1
Reformed Political League	119,158	1.3	2	0
Socialist Party	118,768	1.3	2	+2
Union 55+	78,147	0.9	1	New
Centre Party '86	32,327	0.4	0	New
Natural Law Party	27,665	0.3	0	New
Progressive Integration Party	17,230	0.2	0	New
The Greens	13,902	0.2	0	0
New Communist Party of the Netherlands	11,630	0.1	0	New
Solidarity Farmers' Party	9,096	0.1	0	New
Party for Environment and Justice	8,716	0.1	0	New
Solidarity '93	7,919	0.1	0	New
Pacifist Socialist Party '92	7,385	0.1	0	New
The New Party	6,825	0.1	0	New
General Democratic Party	5,196	0.1	0	New
Patriotic Democratic Appeal	4,845	0.1	0	New
Socialist Alternative Politics	4,347	0.1	0	0
Libertarian Party	2,754	0.0	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	46,331	–	–	–
Total	9,027,887	100	150	0
Registered voters/turnout	11,455,924	78.8	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, European Elections Database

Popular Vote PvdA   23.97% CDA   22.23% VVD   19.96% D66   15.49% AOV   3.63% GL   3.47% CD   2.46% RPF   1.77% SGP   1.73% GPV   1.33% SP   1.32% Unie 55+   0.87% Other   1.78%

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

• Irwin, Galen A. "The Dutch Parliamentary Election of 1994," Electoral Studies (1995) 14#1 pp. 72–77