1994 Dutch General Election
The purple breakthrough3 May 1994 · Purple and the Fortuyn revolt · 150 seats, 76 for a majority
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 3 May 1994. The Labour Party emerged as the largest party, winning 37 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
Wim Kok
PvdA
Largest force
PvdA
37 of 150 seats
Turnout
78.8%
The result
| Share of the House of Representatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PvdA | Wim Kok | 37 | -12 | — | 24.0% | — | |
| CDA | Elco Brinkman | 34 | -20 | — | 22.2% | — | |
| VVD | Frits Bolkestein | 31 | +9 | — | 20.0% | — | |
| D66 | Hans van Mierlo | 24 | +12 | — | 15.5% | — | |
| AOV | Jet Nijpels | 6 | — | — | 3.6% | — | |
| GL | Ina Brouwer • Mohamed Rabbae | 5 | -1 | — | 3.5% | — | |
| CD | Hans Janmaat | 3 | +2 | — | 2.5% | — | |
| RPF | Leen van Dijke | 3 | +2 | — | 1.8% | — | |
| SGP | Bas van der Vlies | 2 | -1 | — | 1.7% | — | |
| GPV | Gert Schutte | 2 | 0 | — | 1.3% | — | |
| SP | Jan Marijnissen | 2 | +2 | — | 1.3% | — | |
| U55+ | Bertus Leerkes | 1 | +1 | — | 0.9% | — |