Election Name: | 1989 Dutch general election |
Country: | Netherlands |
Previous Election: | 1986 |
Next Election: | 1994 |
Seats For Election: | All 150 seats in the House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 76 |
Election Date: | 6 September 1989 |
Turnout: | 80.3% (5.5 pp) |
Leader1: | Ruud Lubbers |
Party1: | Christian Democratic Appeal |
Last Election1: | 54 |
Seats1: | 54 |
Popular Vote1: | 3,140,502 |
Percentage1: | 35.3% |
Leader2: | Wim Kok |
Party2: | Labour Party (Netherlands) |
Last Election2: | 52 |
Seats2: | 49 |
Popular Vote2: | 2,835,251 |
Percentage2: | 31.9% |
Leader3: | Joris Voorhoeve |
Party3: | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Last Election3: | 27 |
Seats3: | 22 |
Popular Vote3: | 1,295,402 |
Percentage3: | 14.5% |
Leader4: | Hans van Mierlo |
Party4: | Democrats 66 |
Last Election4: | 9 |
Seats4: | 12 |
Popular Vote4: | 701,934 |
Percentage4: | 7.9% |
Leader5: | Ria Beckers |
Party5: | GreenLeft |
Last Election5: | 3 |
Seats5: | 6 |
Popular Vote5: | 362,304 |
Percentage5: | 4.1% |
Leader6: | Bas van der Vlies |
Party6: | Reformed Political Party |
Last Election6: | 3 |
Seats6: | 3 |
Popular Vote6: | 166,082 |
Percentage6: | 1.9% |
Leader7: | Gert Schutte |
Party7: | Reformed Political League |
Last Election7: | 1 |
Seats7: | 2 |
Popular Vote7: | 109,637 |
Percentage7: | 1.2% |
Leader8: | Meindert Leerling |
Party8: | Reformatory Political Federation |
Last Election8: | 1 |
Seats8: | 1 |
Popular Vote8: | 85,231 |
Percentage8: | 1.0% |
Leader9: | Hans Janmaat |
Party9: | Centre Democrats (Netherlands) |
Last Election9: | 0 |
Seats9: | 1 |
Popular Vote9: | 81,427 |
Percentage9: | 0.9% |
Map: | Tweede Kamerverkiezingen 1989.png |
Cabinet | |
Before Election: | Second Lubbers cabinet |
Before Party: | CDA–VVD |
After Election: | Third Lubbers cabinet |
After Party: | 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.
Province | CDA | PvdA | VVD | D66 | GL | SGP | GPV | RPF | CD | Others | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
27.5 | 43.6 | 15.2 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.4 | ||
28.6 | 31.4 | 17.6 | 9.2 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | ||
34.6 | 39.5 | 11.0 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1.6 | ||
38.3 | 30.6 | 13.4 | 7.0 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 1.9 | ||
23.4 | 45.5 | 11.5 | 7.0 | 5.4 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | ||
46.9 | 33.4 | 9.0 | 5.4 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.9 | ||
45.1 | 28.7 | 12.1 | 7.2 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.4 | ||
28.1 | 32.3 | 18.9 | 9.9 | 6.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.9 | ||
42.0 | 30.6 | 10.6 | 6.1 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.9 | ||
30.4 | 31.1 | 16.9 | 9.1 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 | ||
34.3 | 25.1 | 18.0 | 9.3 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | ||
33.9 | 29.6 | 14.1 | 6.7 | 2.8 | 8.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 |