European Parliament election, 1994 (Netherlands)

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The European Parliament election of 1994 in the Netherlands was the election of MEP representing Netherlands constituency for the 1994-1999 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 1994 European election.

The liberal VVD and D66 parties and the orthodox protestant alliance of Political Reformed Party, Reformatory Political Federation and Reformed Political Alliance profited from the expansion of the number of seats. While the Christian Democratic Appeal and the Labour Party lost a considerable number of votes, but remained stabile in seats. 35,7% of the Dutch citizens turned out on election day.

[edit] Results

Party Abbr. EU party  % Change Seats
Christian Democratic Appeal CDA EPP 30.8 -3.8 10 0
Labour Party PvdA PES 12.9 -7.8 8 0
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy VVD ELDR 17.9 +3.7 6 +3
Democrats '66 D66 ELDR 11.7 +5.7 4 +3
Political Reformed Party-Reformatory Political Federation-Reformed Political Alliance SGP-GPV-RPF EDN 7.8 +1.9 2 +1
GreenLeft GL EGP-EFA 3.7 -3.3 1 -1
Greens DG European Greens 2.4 +2.4 0 0
Socialist Party SP none 1.3 +0.6 0 0
Centre Democrats CD none 1.0 +.2 0 0
Others 0.5 +0.1 0 0
Total     31 +6