Dutch general election, 1994

Dutch general election, 1994
Netherlands
3 May 1994
Turnout 78.8%
Party Leader % Seats ±
PvdA Wim Kok 24.0% 37 -12
CDA Elco Brinkman 22.2% 34 -20
VVD Frits Bolkestein 20.0% 31 +9
D66 Hans van Mierlo 15.5% 24 +12
AOV Jet Nijpels 3.6% 6 New
GL Ina Brouwer; Mohamed Rabbae 3.5% 5 -1
CD Hans Janmaat 2.5% 3 +2
RPF Leen van Dijke 1.8% 3 +2
SGP Bas van der Vlies 1.7% 2 -1
GPV Gert Schutte 1.3% 2 0
SP Jan Marijnissen 1.3% 2 +2
Union 55+ Bertus Leerkes 0.9% 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Ruud Lubbers
CDA
Wim Kok
PvdA
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

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Labour Party2,153,13524.037–12
Christian Democratic Appeal1,996,41822.234–20
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy1,792,40120.031+9
Democrats 661,391,20215.524+12
General Elderly Alliance326,4013.66New
GreenLeft311,3993.55–1
Centre Democrats220,7342.53+2
Reformatory Political Federation158,7051.83+2
Reformed Political Party155,2511.72–1
Reformed Political League119,1581.320
Socialist Party118,7681.32+2
Union 55+78,1470.91New
Centre Party '8632,3270.40New
Natural Law Party27,6650.30New
Progressive Integration Party17,2300.20New
The Greens13,9020.200
New Communist Party of the Netherlands11,6300.10New
Solidarity Farmers' Party9,0960.10New
Party for Environment and Justice8,7160.10New
Solidarity '937,9190.10New
Pacifist Socialist Party '927,3850.10New
The New Party6,8250.10New
General Democratic Party5,1960.10New
Patriotic Democratic Appeal4,8450.10New
Socialist Alternative Politics4,3470.100
Libertarian Party2,7540.00New
Invalid/blank votes46,331
Total9,027,8871001500
Registered voters/turnout11,455,92478.8
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

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1414

Further reading

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