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
PvdA
Wim Kok · 24.0% of votes · -12 seats
37
seats
CDA
Elco Brinkman · 22.2% of votes · -20 seats
34
seats
VVD
Frits Bolkestein · 20.0% of votes · +9 seats
31
seats
D66
Hans van Mierlo · 15.5% of votes · +12 seats
24
seats
AOV
Jet Nijpels · 3.6% of votes
6
seats
GL
Ina Brouwer • Mohamed Rabbae · 3.5% of votes · -1 seats
5
seats
CD
Hans Janmaat · 2.5% of votes · +2 seats
3
seats
RPF
Leen van Dijke · 1.8% of votes · +2 seats
3
seats
SGP
Bas van der Vlies · 1.7% of votes · -1 seats
2
seats
GPV
Gert Schutte · 1.3% of votes · 0 seats
2
seats
SP
Jan Marijnissen · 1.3% of votes · +2 seats
2
seats
U55+
Bertus Leerkes · 0.9% of votes · +1 seats
1
seats