Dutch general election, 1989

Dutch general election, 1989

1986 ← September 6, 1989 → 1994

All 150 seats to the House of Representatives 76 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Ruud Lubbers Wim Kok Joris Voorhoeve Party CDA PvdA VVD Leader since 1982 1986 1986 Last election 54 seats, 34,6% 52 seats, 33,3% 27 seats, 17,4% Seats won 54 49 22 Seat change 0 -3 -5 Popular vote 3.141.357 2.833.266 1.296.049 Percentage 35,3% 31,9% 14,6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Hans van Mierlo Ria Beckers Bas van der Vlies Party D66 GL SGP Leader since 1986 1989 1986 Last election 9 seats, 6,1% 3 seats, 3,3% 3 seats, 1,8% Seats won 12 6 3 Seat change +3 +3 0 Popular vote 700.863 361.274 166.662 Percentage 7,9% 4.1% 1,9%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Gert Schutte Meindert Leerling Hans Janmaat Party GPV RPF CD Leader since 1981 1980 1984 Last election 1 seats, 1,0% 1 seats, 0,9% 0 seats, 0,1% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change +1 0 +1 Popular vote 109.570 85.225 81.215 Percentage 1,2% 1,0% 0,9%

Seats

Prime Minister before election Ruud Lubbers CDA Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers CDA

The General Election to the House of Representatives of the States-General of the Netherlands was held in the Netherlands on September 6, 1989.

National summary

Party	Lijsttrekker	%	Seats
Christian Democratic Appeal	Ruud Lubbers	35.3	54
Labour Party	Wim Kok	31.9	49
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Joris Voorhoeve	14.6	22
Democrats 66	Hans van Mierlo	7.9	12
GreenLeft	Ria Beckers	4.1	6
Reformed Political Party	Bas van der Vlies	1.9	3
Reformed Political League	Gert Schutte	1.2	2
Reformatory Political Federation	Meindert Leerling	1.0	1
Centre Democrats	Hans Janmaat	0.9	1
Total		-	150

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