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1986 Dutch general election Turnout 85.8%
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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]
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.
Results
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Christian Democratic Appeal
3,172,918
34.6
54
+9
Labour Party
3,051,678
33.3
52
+5
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
1,596,991
17.4
27
–9
Democrats 66
562,466
6.1
9
+3
Reformed Political Party
159,740
1.7
3
0
Political Party of Radicals
115,203
1.3
2
0
Pacifist Socialist Party
110,182
1.2
1
–2
Reformed Political League
88,381
1.0
1
0
Reformatory Political Federation
83,582
0.9
1
–1
Communist Party of the Netherlands
57,847
0.6
0
–3
Centre Party
36,741
0.4
0
–1
Socialist Party
32,144
0.4
0
0
Evangelical People's Party
21,998
0.2
0
–1
Federation of Greens
18,641
0.2
0
New
Party for the Middle Groups
15,297
0.2
0
New
Loesje
12,882
0.1
0
New
Centre Democrats
12,277
0.0
0
New
League of Communists in the Netherlands
4,618
0.1
0
New
Partij voor Ambtenaren & Trendvolgers
4,500
0.0
0
New
Anti Revolutionaries '85
3,664
0.0
0
New
Socialist Workers' Party
3,634
0.0
0
New
God with Us
2,375
0.0
0
0
General Interest Party
2,128
0.0
0
New
Luck for Everyone Party
1,184
0.0
0
New
Wissink List
560
0.0
0
New
Humanist Party
463
0.0
0
New
Brummer List
65
0.0
0
New
Invalid/blank votes
27,462
–
–
–
Total
9,199,621
100
150
0
Registered voters/turnout
10,727,701
85.8
–
–
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen
Popular Vote
CDA
34.59%
PvdA
33.27%
VVD
17.41%
D66
6.13%
SGP
1.74%
PPR
1.26%
PSP
1.20%
GPV
0.96%
RPF
0.91%
CPN
0.63%
SP
0.35%
Other
1.54%
References
Further reading
Gladdish, Ken. "The Centre Holds: the 1986 Netherlands Election," West European Politics (1987). 10#1 pp. 115–119