Dutch general election, 1994

Dutch general election, 1994

3 May 1994

All 150 seats to the House of Representatives 76 seats were needed for a majority Turnout 78.8%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Wim Kok Elco Brinkman Frits Bolkestein Party PvdA CDA VVD Leader since 1986 1994 1990 Last election 49 seats, 31.9% 54 seats, 35.3% 22 seats, 14.6% Seats won 37 34 31 Seat change 12 20 9 Popular vote 2,153,135 1,996,418 1,792,401 Percentage 24.0% 22.2% 20.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Hans van Mierlo Jet Nijpels Ina Brouwer (pictured) & Mohamed Rabbae Party D66 AOV GL Leader since 1986 1994 1994 Last election 12 seats, 7.9% – 6 seats, 4.1% Seats won 24 6 5 Seat change 12 6 1 Popular vote 1,391,202 326,401 311,399 Percentage 15.5% 3.6% 3.5%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Hans Janmaat Leen van Dijke Bas van der Vlies Party CD RPF SGP Leader since 1984 1994 1986 Last election 1 seats, 0.9% 1 seats, 1.0% 3 seats, 1.9% Seats won 3 3 2 Seat change 2 2 1 Popular vote 220,734 158,705 155,251 Percentage 2.5% 1.8% 1.7%

Prime Minister before election Ruud Lubbers CDA Prime Minister Wim Kok PvdA

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

References

Further reading

• Irwin, Galen A. "The Dutch Parliamentary Election of 1994," Electoral Studies (1995) 14#1 pp. 72-77

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