Dutch general election, 1994
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Turnout
78.8%
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below .
Strongest political party by municipality
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 3 May 1994.[1] The Labour Party emerged as the largest party, winning 37 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives .[2] The election resulted in significant losses for both the Labour Party and the Christian Democratic Appeal . The two liberal parties, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and Democrats 66 made large gains, whilst two pro-elderly parties and the Socialist Party all passed the electoral threshold to win seats.
The formation of a government coalition was arduous but after four months the First Kok cabinet was formed. It was an unprecedented coalition of the two liberal parties and Labour. The CDA was consigned to opposition for the first time in its history. It was also the first government since 1918 not to include a Christian Democratic party.
Results [ edit ]
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Labour Party
2,153,135
24.0
37
–12
Christian Democratic Appeal
1,996,418
22.2
34
–20
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
1,792,401
20.0
31
+9
Democrats 66
1,391,202
15.5
24
+12
General Elderly Alliance
326,401
3.6
6
New
GreenLeft
311,399
3.5
5
–1
Centre Democrats
220,734
2.5
3
+2
Reformatory Political Federation
158,705
1.8
3
+2
Reformed Political Party
155,251
1.7
2
–1
Reformed Political League
119,158
1.3
2
0
Socialist Party
118,768
1.3
2
+2
Union 55+
78,147
0.9
1
New
Centre Party '86
32,327
0.4
0
New
Natural Law Party
27,665
0.3
0
New
Progressive Integration Party
17,230
0.2
0
New
The Greens
13,902
0.2
0
0
New Communist Party of the Netherlands
11,630
0.1
0
New
Solidarity Farmers' Party
9,096
0.1
0
New
Party for Environment and Justice
8,716
0.1
0
New
Solidarity '93
7,919
0.1
0
New
Pacifist Socialist Party '92
7,385
0.1
0
New
The New Party
6,825
0.1
0
New
General Democratic Party
5,196
0.1
0
New
Patriotic Democratic Appeal
4,845
0.1
0
New
Socialist Alternative Politics
4,347
0.1
0
0
Libertarian Party
2,754
0.0
0
New
Invalid/blank votes
46,331
–
–
–
Total
9,027,887
100
150
0
Registered voters/turnout
11,455,924
78.8
–
–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, European Elections Database
Popular Vote
PvdA
23.97%
CDA
22.23%
VVD
19.96%
D66
15.49%
AOV
3.63%
GL
3.47%
CD
2.46%
RPF
1.77%
SGP
1.73%
GPV
1.33%
SP
1.32%
Unie 55+
0.87%
Other
1.78%
References [ edit ]
Further reading [ edit ]
Irwin, Galen A. "The Dutch Parliamentary Election of 1994," Electoral Studies (1995) 14#1 pp. 72-77