Dutch general election, 1982

Dutch general election, 1982
Netherlands
8 September 1982

All 150 seats to the House of Representatives
76 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 81.0%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Joop den Uyl Dries van Agt Ed Nijpels
Party PvdA CDA VVD
Leader since 1966 1976 1982
Last election 44 seats, 28.3% 48 seats, 30.8% 26 seats, 17.3%
Seats won 47 45 36
Seat change Increase3 Decrease3 Increase10
Popular vote 2,420,441 2,503,517 1,900,763
Percentage 30.4% 29.4% 23.1%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jan Terlouw Fred van der Spek Henk van Rossum
Party D66 PSP SGP
Leader since 1973 1978 1981
Last election 17 seats, 11.1% 3 seats, 2.1% 3 seats, 2.0%
Seats won 6 3 3
Seat change Decrease11 Steady0 Steady0
Popular vote 351,278 187,547 156,636
Percentage 4.3% 2.3% 1.9%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Ina Brouwer Ria Beckers Meindert Leerling
Party CPN PPR RPF
Leader since 1982 1977 1980
Last election 3 seats, 2.0% 3 seats, 2.0% 2 seats, 1.2%
Seats won 3 2 2
Seat change Steady0 Decrease1 Steady0
Popular vote 147,753 136,446 124,235
Percentage 1.8% 1.5% 1.5%


Prime Minister before election

Dries van Agt
CDA

Prime Minister

Ruud Lubbers
CDA

Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 8 September 1982.[1] The Labour Party emerged as the largest party, winning 47 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Labour Party2,503,51730.447+3
Christian Democratic Appeal2,420,44129.445–3
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy1,900,76323.136+10
Democrats 66351,2784.36–11
Pacifist Socialist Party187,5472.330
Reformed Political Party156,6361.930
Communist Party of the Netherlands147,7531.830
Political Party of Radicals136,4461.72–1
Reformatory Political Federation124,2351.520
Reformed Political League67,1630.810
Centre Party68,4230.81+1
Evangelical People's Party56,4660.71+1
Democratic Socialists '70115,5981.400
God with Us00
Small Party00
Dutch Peoples-Union00
Progressive Party for the Preservation of Work, Environment and Society0New
Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands00
Right-wing People's Party00
Socialist Party00
Invalid/blank votes37,115
Total8,732,6311001500
Registered voters/turnout10,216,62781.0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular Vote
PvdA
 
30.40%
CDA
 
29.39%
VVD
 
23.08%
D66
 
4.26%
PSP
 
2.28%
SGP
 
1.90%
CPN
 
1.79%
PPR
 
1.66%
RPF
 
1.51%
CP
 
0.83%
GPV
 
0.82%
EVP
 
0.69%
SP
 
0.55%
DS70
 
0.38%
Other
 
0.48%

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1414
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