European Parliament election, 1989 (Netherlands)
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The European Parliament election of 1989 in the Netherlands was the election of MEP representing Netherlands constituency for the 1989-1994 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 1989 European election.
In the election the conservative liberal VVD looses seats to the progressive liberal D66, which return to the European parliament after a five year absence. 45.7% of the Dutch population turned out on election day.
[edit] Results
| Party | Abbr. | EU party | % | Change | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democratic Appeal | CDA | EPP-ED | 34.6 | +1.9 | 10 | +2 |
| Labour Party | PvdA | PES | 30.7 | -3.7 | 8 | -1 |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | VVD | ELDR | 13.6 | -5.3 | 3 | -2 |
| Communist Party of the Netherlands-Pacifist Socialist Party-Political Party Radicals | CPN-PSP-PPR "Rainbow" | Rainbow group | 7.0 | +1.4 | 2 | 0 |
| Democrats '66 | D66 | ELDR | 6.0 | +3.7 | 1 | +1 |
| Political Reformed Party-Reformed Political Alliance-Reformatory Political Federation | SGP-GPV-RPF | NI | 5.9 | +.7 | 1 | 0 |
| Centre Democrats | CD | none | 0.8 | -1.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Socialist Party | SP | none | 0.7 | +0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 0.8 | -0.9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 25 | 0 | ||||
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