1989 Dutch general election

1989 Dutch general election
	All 150 seats in the House of Representatives; 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	80.3% ( 5.5 pp)
	Most voted-for party by municipality
Second Lubbers cabinet; CDA–VVD	Third Lubbers cabinet; CDA–PvdA

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.

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

Results edit



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	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

By province edit

Results by province^[3]
Province	CDA	PvdA	VVD	D66	GL	SGP	GPV	RPF	CD	Others
Province										Others
Drenthe	27.5	43.6	15.2	6.5	2.8	0.3	2.0	1.0	0.3	1.4
Flevoland	28.6	31.4	17.6	9.2	4.0	2.6	2.1	2.0	1.4	1.1
Friesland	34.6	39.5	11.0	6.4	3.5	0.6	2.0	1.4	0.2	1.6
Gelderland	38.3	30.6	13.4	7.0	3.7	2.3	1.0	1.4	0.4	1.9
Groningen	23.4	45.5	11.5	7.0	5.4	0.2	4.2	1.1	0.3	0.6
Limburg	46.9	33.4	9.0	5.4	3.0	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.9
North Brabant	45.1	28.7	12.1	7.2	3.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.4
North Holland	28.1	32.3	18.9	9.9	6.2	0.4	0.6	0.6	1.4	1.9
Overijssel	42.0	30.6	10.6	6.1	2.9	2.3	2.6	1.7	0.3	0.9
South Holland	30.4	31.1	16.9	9.1	3.9	3.3	1.1	1.1	1.7	1.4
Utrecht	34.3	25.1	18.0	9.3	5.1	2.7	1.2	1.3	1.1	0.8
Zeeland	33.9	29.6	14.1	6.7	2.8	8.3	1.7	1.6	0.7	0.8

References edit

^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1414
^ "Tweede Kamer 6 september 1989". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 November 2021.

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

[2] Nohlen & Stöver, p1414

[3] "Tweede Kamer 6 september 1989". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 November 2021.

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