1986 Dutch general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 21 May 1986.[1] The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) emerged as the largest party, winning 54 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2]

1986 Dutch general election
Netherlands
21 May 1986

All 150 seats in the House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout85.76% (Increase 4.78pp)
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
CDA Ruud Lubbers 34.59 54 +9
PvdA Joop den Uyl 33.27 52 +5
VVD Ed Nijpels 17.41 27 -9
D66 Hans van Mierlo 6.13 9 +3
SGP Bas van der Vlies 1.74 3 0
PPR Ria Beckers 1.26 2 0
PSP Andrée van Es 1.20 1 -2
GPV Gert Schutte 0.96 1 0
RPF Meindert Leerling 0.91 1 -1
Cabinet before Cabinet after
First Lubbers cabinet
CDAVVD
Second Lubbers cabinet
CDAVVD

The incumbent CDA-VVD coalition maintained exactly the same number of seats as they had achieved at the last general election and continued working together in government with the CDA's Ruud Lubbers as Prime Minister.

Electoral system

The Dutch parliament was elected using party-list proportional representation with a single nationwide constituency.[3]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Christian Democratic Appeal3,172,91834.5954+9
Labour Party3,051,67833.2752+5
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy1,596,99117.4127–9
Democrats 66562,4666.139+3
Reformed Political Party159,7401.7430
Political Party of Radicals115,2031.2620
Pacifist Socialist Party110,1821.201–2
Reformed Political League88,3810.9610
Reformatory Political Federation83,5820.911–1
Communist Party of the Netherlands57,8470.630–3
Centre Party36,7410.400–1
Socialist Party32,1440.3500
Evangelical People's Party21,9980.240–1
Federation of Greens18,6410.200New
Party for the Middle Groups15,2970.170New
Loesje12,8820.140New
Centre Democrats12,2770.130New
League of Communists in the Netherlands4,6180.050New
Partij voor Ambtenaren & Trendvolgers4,5000.050New
Anti Revolutionaries '853,6640.040New
Socialist Workers' Party3,6340.040New
God with Us2,3750.0300
General Interest Party2,1280.020New
Luck for Everyone Party1,1840.010New
Wissink List5600.010New
Humanist Party4630.010New
Brummer List650.000New
Total9,172,159100.001500
Valid votes9,172,15999.70
Invalid/blank votes27,4620.30
Total votes9,199,621100.00
Registered voters/turnout10,727,70185.76
Source: Kiesraad

By province

Results by province[4]
Province CDA PvdA VVD D66 SGP PPR PSP GPV RPF Others
 Drenthe 27.0 43.5 17.8 5.2 0.2 1.1 0.7 1.8 1.1 2.3
 Flevoland 29.8 33.6 17.2 7.9 2.6 1.3 0.7 1.6 1.9 2.2
 Friesland 34.8 39.5 13.0 5.2 0.6 1.1 0.8 1.6 1.4 1.5
 Gelderland 37.5 31.5 16.4 5.4 3.0 1.4 1.1 0.7 1.3 1.7
 Groningen 23.0 46.9 13.5 5.4 0.2 1.6 1.5 3.9 1.1 2.0
 Limburg 46.0 34.0 11.3 4.4 0.0 1.0 0.8 0.1 0.1 2.4
 North Brabant 44.2 29.6 15.4 5.5 0.4 1.1 1.1 0.2 0.3 1.7
 North Holland 27.7 34.5 21.5 7.7 0.3 1.5 2.0 0.4 0.5 3.4
 Overijssel 41.1 31.2 13.3 4.8 2.2 1.1 0.8 2.3 1.7 3.1
 South Holland 29.4 33.7 19.7 7.0 3.1 1.1 1.1 0.8 1.0 3.9
 Utrecht 33.8 26.6 21.6 7.0 2.5 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.2 1.6
 Zeeland 32.9 29.6 17.8 5.5 7.9 1.0 0.7 1.4 1.5 2.9

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1414
  3. Derbyshire and Derbyshire, Political Systems of the World, p. 505
  4. "Tweede Kamer 21 mei 1986". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 November 2021.

Further reading

  • Van Der Eijk, Cees; Irwin, Galen; Niemöller, Kees (1986). "The Dutch parliamentary election of May 1986". Electoral Studies. 5 (3): 289–296.
  • Gladdish, Ken. "The Centre Holds: the 1986 Netherlands Election," West European Politics (1987). 10#1 pp. 115–119
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