General elections were held in the Netherlands on 6 September 1989.[1] The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) remained the largest party, winning 54 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives .[2] This chamber served for 4 years and 7 months, the longest tenure of any modern Dutch parliament.
1989 Dutch general election All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majorityTurnout 80.3% ( 5.5 pp )
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Most voted-for party by municipality
Following the elections, the CDA formed a coalition government with the Labour Party with the CDA's Ruud Lubbers continuing as Prime Minister.
Party Votes % Seats +/– Christian Democratic Appeal 3,135,056 35.32 54 0 Labour Party 2,832,739 31.91 49 –3 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1,290,427 14.54 22 –5 Democrats 66 700,538 7.89 12 +3 GroenLinks 361,324 4.07 6 +3 Reformed Political Party 165,918 1.87 3 0 Reformed Political League 109,458 1.23 2 +1 Reformatory Political Federation 85,081 0.96 1 0 Centre Democrats 81,337 0.92 1 +1 Socialist Party 38,829 0.44 0 0 The Greens 30,698 0.35 0 New Women's Party 12,018 0.14 0 New Elderly Central 7,840 0.09 0 New League of Communists in the Netherlands 7,361 0.08 0 0 Realistic Netherlands 6,032 0.07 0 New Socialist Workers' Party 4,283 0.05 0 0 Anti Unemployment Party 2,166 0.02 0 New Political Party for the Elderly 2,149 0.02 0 New Progressive Minorities Party 1,939 0.02 0 New Party of Democratic Socialists 452 0.01 0 New Socialist Minority Party 328 0.00 0 New Humanist Party 318 0.00 0 0 Environmental Defence Party 2000+ 138 0.00 0 New Great Alliance Party 54 0.00 0 New Constitutional Federation 31 0.00 0 New Total 8,876,514 100.00 150 0 Valid votes 8,876,514 99.70 Invalid/blank votes 26,389 0.30 Total votes 8,902,903 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 11,091,070 80.27 Source: Kiesraad