Election Name: | 1994 European Parliament election in the Netherlands |
Country: | Netherlands |
Flag Year: | 1994 |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1989 European Parliament election in the Netherlands |
Previous Year: | 1989 |
Next Election: | 1999 European Parliament election in the Netherlands |
Next Year: | 1999 |
Seats For Election: | 31 seats to the European Parliament |
Election Date: | 9 June 1994 |
Turnout: | 35.69% |
Party1: | Christian Democratic Appeal |
Image1: | 100px |
Leader1: | Hanja Maij-Weggen |
Alliance1: | EPP |
Popular Vote1: | 1,271,855 |
Percentage1: | 30.77% |
Swing1: | 3.8% |
Seat Change1: | 0 |
Party2: | Labour Party (Netherlands) |
Leader2: | Hedy d'Ancona |
Alliance2: | PES |
Popular Vote2: | 945,869 |
Percentage2: | 22.88% |
Swing2: | 7.8% |
Seat Change2: | 0 |
Party3: | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Leader3: | Gijs de Vries |
Alliance3: | ELDR |
Popular Vote3: | 740,443 |
Percentage3: | 17.91% |
Swing3: | 3.7% |
Seat Change3: | 3 |
Party4: | Democrats 66 |
Leader4: | Jan-Willem Bertens |
Alliance4: | ELDR |
Popular Vote4: | 481,843 |
Percentage4: | 11.66% |
Swing4: | 5.7% |
Seat Change4: | 3 |
Party5: | Reformed Political Party – Reformatory Political Federation – Reformed Political League |
Leader5: | Leen van der Waal |
Alliance5: | EN /I-EN |
Popular Vote5: | 322,793 |
Percentage5: | 7.81% |
Swing5: | 1.9% |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Party6: | GreenLeft |
Leader6: | Nel van Dijk |
Alliance6: | Greens-EFA |
Popular Vote6: | 154,547 |
Percentage6: | 3.74% |
Swing6: | 3.3% |
Seat Change6: | 1 |
An election of Members of the European Parliament representing Netherlands constituency for the 1994–1999 term of the European Parliament was held on 9 June 1994. It was part of the wider 1994 European election. Eleven parties competed in a D'Hondt type election for 31 seats (up from 25).
Several parties combined in one list to take part in this European Election and increase their chance on a seat in the European Parliament.These combined lists are:
No lists formed an electoral alliance.
All subjects from other member states in the Netherlands were allowed to vote this election. It's no longer necessary that the member state of which the subject is from does the same.Only for this election no ahead registration had to take place to take part.
These people got right to vote in this fifth election for the European Parliament in 1994 in the Netherlands:[1]
The liberal VVD and D66 parties and the orthodox Protestant alliance of Political Reformed Party, Reformatory Political Federation and Reformed Political Alliance profited from the expansion of the number of seats. While the Christian Democratic Appeal and the Labour Party lost a considerable number of votes, but remained stabile in seats. 35.69% of Dutch citizens turned out on election day.
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