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1982 Dutch general election Turnout 81.0%
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 8 September 1982.[1] The Labour Party emerged as the largest party, winning 47 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives ;[2] however, this would be the last time it did so until 1994 .
Following the election the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) formed a coalition government with the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy , with the CDA's Ruud Lubbers becoming Prime Minister.
Results
Party Votes % Seats +/– Labour Party 2,503,517 30.40 47 +3 Christian Democratic Appeal 2,420,441 29.39 45 –3 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1,900,763 23.08 36 +10 Democrats 66 351,278 4.26 6 –11 Pacifist Socialist Party 187,547 2.28 3 0 Reformed Political Party 156,636 1.90 3 0 Communist Party of the Netherlands 147,753 1.79 3 0 Political Party of Radicals 136,446 1.66 2 –1 Reformatory Political Federation 124,235 1.51 2 0 Centre Party 68,423 0.83 1 +1 Reformed Political League 67,163 0.82 1 0 Evangelical People's Party 56,466 0.69 1 +1 Socialist Party 44,959 0.55 0 0 Democratic Socialists '70 31,047 0.38 0 0 Right-wing People's Party 21,987 0.27 0 0 Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands 12,689 0.15 0 0 God with Us 3,157 0.04 0 0 Dutch Peoples-Union 1,632 0.02 0 0 Progressive Party for the Preservation of Work, Environment and Society 250 0.00 0 New Small Party 127 0.00 0 0 Total 8,236,516 100.00 150 0 Valid votes 8,236,516 99.55 Invalid/blank votes 37,115 0.45 Total votes 8,273,631 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 10,216,627 80.98 Source: Kiesraad
Popular Vote
PvdA
30.40%
CDA
29.39%
VVD
23.08%
D66
4.26%
PSP
2.28%
SGP
1.90%
CPN
1.79%
PPR
1.66%
RPF
1.51%
CP
0.83%
GPV
0.82%
EVP
0.69%
SP
0.55%
DS70
0.38%
Other
0.48%
References