1981 Dutch General Election
26 May 1981 · Depillarisation · 150 seats, 76 for a majority
The incumbent Christian Democratic Appeal-People's Party for Freedom and Democracy coalition lost its overall majority leading to a new coalition being formed between the CDA, the Labour Party (PvdA) and Democrats 66, with the CDA's Dries van Agt continuing as Prime Minister.
Prime Minister before
—
Prime Minister (continued)
Dries van Agt
CDA
Largest force
CDA
48 of 150 seats
Turnout
87.0%
The result
CDA
Dries van Agt · 30.8% of votes · -1 seats
48
seats
PvdA
Joop den Uyl · 28.3% of votes · -9 seats
44
seats
VVD
Hans Wiegel · 17.3% of votes · -2 seats
26
seats
D66
Jan Terlouw · 11.1% of votes · +9 seats
17
seats
PSP
Fred van der Spek · 2.1% of votes · +2 seats
3
seats
CPN
Marcus Bakker · 2.1% of votes · +1 seats
3
seats
SGP
Henk van Rossum · 2.0% of votes · 0 seats
3
seats
PPR
Ria Beckers · 2.0% of votes · 0 seats
3
seats
RPF
Meindert Leerling · 1.2% of votes · +2 seats
2
seats
GPV
Gert Schutte · 0.8% of votes · 0 seats
1
seats