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.
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| Turnout | 80.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | +/– | |
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| Christian Democratic Appeal | 3,135,056 | 35.32 | 54 | 0 | |
| Labour Party | 2,832,739 | 31.91 | 49 | –3 | |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1,290,427 | 14.54 | 22 | –5 | |
| Democrats 66 | 700,538 | 7.89 | 12 | +3 | |
| GroenLinks | 361,324 | 4.07 | 6 | +3 | |
| Reformed Political Party | 165,918 | 1.87 | 3 | 0 | |
| Reformed Political League | 109,458 | 1.23 | 2 | +1 | |
| Reformatory Political Federation | 85,081 | 0.96 | 1 | 0 | |
| Centre Democrats | 81,337 | 0.92 | 1 | +1 | |
| Socialist Party | 38,829 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | |
| The Greens | 30,698 | 0.35 | 0 | New | |
| Women's Party | 12,018 | 0.14 | 0 | New | |
| Elderly Central | 7,840 | 0.09 | 0 | New | |
| League of Communists in the Netherlands | 7,361 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | |
| Realistic Netherlands | 6,032 | 0.07 | 0 | New | |
| Socialist Workers' Party | 4,283 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anti Unemployment Party | 2,166 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
| Political Party for the Elderly | 2,149 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
| Progressive Minorities Party | 1,939 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
| Party of Democratic Socialists | 452 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| Socialist Minority Party | 328 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Humanist Party | 318 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Environmental Defence Party 2000+ | 138 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Great Alliance Party | 54 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Constitutional Federation | 31 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 8,876,514 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 8,876,514 | 99.70 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 26,389 | 0.30 | |||
| Total votes | 8,902,903 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 11,091,070 | 80.27 | |||
| Source: Kiesraad | |||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p1414
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