Dutch general election, 1986

21 May 1986

All 150 seats to the House of Representatives 76 seats were needed for a majority

Turnout	85.8%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Ruud Lubbers	Joop den Uyl	Ed Nijpels
Party	CDA	PvdA	VVD
Leader since	1982	1966	1982
Last election	45 seats, 29.4%	47 seats, 30.4%	36 seats, 23.1%
Seats won	54	52	27
Seat change	9	5	9
Popular vote	3,172,918	3,051,678	1,596,991
Percentage	34.6%	33.3%	17.4%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Hans van Mierlo	Bas van der Vlies	Ria Beckers
Party	D66	SGP	PPR
Leader since	1986	1986	1977
Last election	6 seats, 4.3%	3 seats, 1.8%	2 seats, 1.7%
Seats won	9	3	2
Seat change	3	0	0
Popular vote	562,466	159,740	115,203
Percentage	6.1%	1.7%	1.3%

	Seventh party	Eighth party	Ninth party

Leader	Andrée van Es	Gert Schutte	Meindert Leerling
Party	PSP	GPV	RPF
Leader since	1985	1981	1980
Last election	3 seats, 2.3%	1 seats, 0.8%	2 seats, 1.5%
Seats won	1	1	1
Seat change	2	0	1
Popular vote	110,182	88,381	83,582
Percentage	1.2%	1.0%	0.9%

Prime Minister before election

Ruud Lubbers
CDA

Prime Minister

Ruud Lubbers
CDA

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 21 May 1986.^[1] The Christian Democratic Appeal emerged as the largest party, winning 54 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.^[2]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Christian Democratic Appeal	3,172,918	34.6	54	+9
Labour Party	3,051,678	33.3	52	+5
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	1,596,991	17.4	27	–9
Democrats 66	562,466	6.1	9	+3
Reformed Political Party	159,740	1.7	3	0
Political Party of Radicals	115,203	1.3	2	0
Pacifist Socialist Party	110,182	1.2	1	–2
Reformed Political League	88,381	1.0	1	0
Reformatory Political Federation	83,582	0.9	1	–1
Anti Revolutionaries '85	231,018	2.5	0	New
Brummer List			0	New
Centre Democrats			0	New
Centre Party			0	–1
Communist Party of the Netherlands			0	–3
Evangelical People's Party			0	–1
Federation of Greens			0	New
God with Us			0	0
Humanist Party			0	New
Loesje			0	New
General Interest Party			0	New
Partij voor Ambtenaren & Trendvolgers			0	New
League of Communists in the Netherlands			0	New
Luck for Everyone Party			0	New
Party for the Middle Groups			0	New
Socialist Workers' Party			0	New
Socialist Party			0	0
Wissen List			0	New
Invalid/blank votes	27,462	–	–	–
Total	9,199,621	100	150	0
Registered voters/turnout	10,727,701	85.8	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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

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