Dutch general election, 1998

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Elections in the Netherlands for the Tweede Kamer of Parliament

[edit] Introduction

During the 1998 election the purple coalition, with social-democrats, democrats and liberals fortified its majority. Both the social-democratic PvdA and the conservative liberal VVD won considerably, much at the cost of their junior partner in cabinet, the progressive liberal D66.

The two small left opposition parties, the green GroenLinks, and the socialist SP, were rewarded for their 'quality opposition'. The major opposition party, CDA, uncomfortable in its opposition role, also lost seats. The two parties for the elderly AOV and Unie 55+ and the rightwing populist CD did not return to parliament.

The formation resulted in the continuation of the cabinet Kok, with the second cabinet Kok.

[edit] National summary

Party	Lijsttrekker	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Partij van de Arbeid	Wim Kok	2,494,555	28.9	45	+ 8
Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie	Frits Bolkestein	2,124,971	24.6	38	+ 7
Christen-Democratisch Appèl	Jaap de Hoop Scheffer	1,581,053	18.3	29	- 5
Democraten 66	Els Borst	773,497	8.9	14	- 10
GroenLinks	Paul Rosenmöller	625,968	7.2	11	+ 6
Socialistische Partij	Jan Marijnissen	303,703	3.5	5	+ 3
Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie	Leen van Dijke	174,593	2.0	3	0
Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij	Bas van der Vlies	153,583	1.7	3	+ 1
Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond	Gert Schutte	108,724	1.2	2	0
Centrumdemocraten		52,226	0.5	-	-3
Algemeen Ouderenverbond/Unie55+		45,994	0.5	-	-7
Others		169,920	2.0	-	0
Total		8.607.787	100.0	150	0

[edit] Parties

Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl)
Democrats 66 (Democraten 66)
Green Left (GroenLinks)
Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid)
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie)
Political Reformed Party (Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij)
Reformatorian Political Federation (Reformatorische Politieke Federatie)
Reformed Political Alliance (Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond)
Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij)