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
Turnout	80.3%
Party Leader % Seats ± CDA Ruud Lubbers 35.3% 54 0 PvdA Wim Kok 31.9% 49 -3 VVD Joris Voorhoeve 14.5% 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 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

Popular Vote CDA   35.32% PvdA   31.91% VVD   14.54% D66   7.89% GL   4.07% SGP   1.87% GPV   1.23% RPF   0.96% CD   0.92% SP   0.44% Other   0.86%

References

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