Dutch general election, 1994

Dutch general election, 1994

1989 ← May 3, 1994 → 1998

All 150 seats to the House of Representatives 76 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Wim Kok Elco Brinkman Frits Bolkestein Party PvdA CDA VVD Leader since 1986 1994 1990 Last election 49 seats, 31,9% 54 seats, 35,3% 22 seats, 14,6% Seats won 37 34 31 Seat change -12 -20 +9 Popular vote 2.151.394 1.995.155 1.790.952 Percentage 23,9% 22,2% 19,9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Hans van Mierlo Jet Nijpels Ina Brouwer & Mohamed Rabbae Party D66 AOV GL Leader since 1986 1994 1994 Last election 12 seats, 7,9% First Election 6 seats, 4,1% Seats won 24 6 5 Seat change +12 +6 -1 Popular vote 1.390.047 326.129 311.033 Percentage 15,4% 3,6% 3,4%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Hans Janmaat Leen van Dijke Bas van der Vlies Party CD RPF SGP Leader since 1984 1994 1986 Last election 1 seats, 0,9% 1 seats, 1,0% 3 seats, 1,9% Seats won 3 3 2 Seat change +2 +2 -1 Popular vote 220,621 158,627 155,230 Percentage 2,4% 1,7% 1,7%

Seats

Prime Minister before election Ruud Lubbers CDA Prime Minister Wim Kok PvdA

The General Election to the House of Representatives of the States-General of the Netherlands was held in the Netherlands on May 3, 1994.

Results

The 1994 elections led to a landslide loss for the governing coalition of PvdA and CDA. The two liberal parties, VVD and D66 profited from this. As did two parties for the elderly, AOV and Unie 55+, and the socialist SP. These three had not previously held seats.

Quite unexpected, both the green GroenLinks and the Orthodox Christian SGP lost one seat.

The formation of a government coalition was arduous but after four months the First Kok cabinet was formed. An unprecedented coalition of the Social Democrats, Progressive, and Conservative Liberals was formed keeping the Christian Democrats out of government. These had governed since 1918.

National summary

Party	Lijsttrekker	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Labour Party	Wim Kok	2,151,394	23.9	37	- 12
Christian Democratic Appeal	Elco Brinkman	1,995,155	22.2	34	- 20
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Frits Bolkestein	1,790,952	19.9	31	+ 8
Democrats 66	Hans van Mierlo	1,390,047	15.4	24	+ 12
General Elderly Alliance	Jet Nijpels	326,129	3.6	6	+ 6
GreenLeft	Ina Brouwer & Mohamed Rabbae	311,033	3.4	5	- 1
Centre Democrats	Hans Janmaat	220,621	2.4	3	+ 2
Reformatory Political Federation	Leen van Dijke	158,627	1,7	3	+ 2
Reformed Political Party	Bas van der Vlies	155,230	1,7	2	- 1
Reformed Political League	Gert Schutte	119,108	1,3	2	0
Socialist Party	Jan Marijnissen	118,738	1.3	2	+ 2
Union 55+	Bertus Leerkes	78,079	0.8	1	+ 1
Total		8,981,556	-	150	0

External Resources

• NSD: European Election Database - Netherlands publishes regional level election data (NUTS 1-3); allows for comparisons of election results, 1994-2010

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