1989 Dutch General Election
6 September 1989 · Depillarisation · 150 seats, 76 for a majority
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 6 September 1989. The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) remained the largest party, winning 54 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
Ruud Lubbers
CDA
Largest force
CDA
54 of 150 seats
Turnout
80.3%
The result
| Share of the House of Representatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDA | Ruud Lubbers | 54 | 0 | — | 35.3% | — | |
| PvdA | Wim Kok | 49 | -3 | — | 31.9% | — | |
| VVD | Joris Voorhoeve | 22 | -5 | — | 14.5% | — | |
| D66 | Hans van Mierlo | 12 | +3 | — | 7.9% | — | |
| GL | Ria Beckers | 6 | +3 | — | 4.1% | — | |
| SGP | Bas van der Vlies | 3 | 0 | — | 1.9% | — | |
| GPV | Gert Schutte | 2 | +1 | — | 1.2% | — | |
| RPF | Meindert Leerling | 1 | 0 | — | 1.0% | — | |
| CD | Hans Janmaat | 1 | +1 | — | 0.9% | — |