Dutch general election, 1981

Dutch general election, 1981
Netherlands
26 May 1981
Turnout 87.0%

Party Leader % Seats ±
CDA Dries van Agt 30.8% 48 -1
PvdA Joop den Uyl 28.3% 44 -9
VVD Hans Wiegel 17.3% 26 -2
D66 Jan Terlouw 11.1% 17 +9
PSP Fred van der Spek 2.1% 3 +2
CPN Marcus Bakker 2.1% 3 +1
SGP Henk van Rossum 2.0% 3 0
PPR Ria Beckers 2.0% 3 0
RPF Meindert Leerling 1.2% 2 +2
GPV Gert Schutte 0.8% 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister
Dries van Agt
CDA		 Dries van Agt
CDA

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 26 May 1981.[1] The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) emerged as the largest party, winning 48 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2]

The incumbent Christian Democratic Appeal-People's Party for Freedom and Democracy coalition lost its overall majority leading to a new coalition being formed between the CDA, the Labour Party (PvdA) and Democrats 66, with the CDA's Dries van Agt continuing as Prime Minister. However due to disagreements between the CDA and PvdA on government spending the coalition collapsed after just a year, leading to fresh elections.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Christian Democratic Appeal2,677,25930.848–1
Labour Party2,458,45228.344–9
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy1,505,31117.326–2
Democrats 66961,12111.117+9
Pacifist Socialist Party184,4222.13+2
Communist Party of the Netherlands178,2922.13+1
Reformed Political Party171,3242.030
Political Party of Radicals171,0422.030
Reformatory Political Federation108,3641.22+2
Reformed Political League70,8780.810
Democratic Socialists '7048,5680.60–1
Evangelical People's Party45,1890.50New
Socialist Party30,3800.300
Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands20,8120.200
Right-wing People's Party17,3710.20–1
Centre Party12,2420.10New
Dutch Peoples-Union10,6410.100
Livable Netherlands8,3360.10New
Survive Together or Die3,3770.00New
Realists '812,0800.00New
International Communist League1,8140.00New
God with Us9180.00New
Wereld Welzijn Bewustwording8910.00New
Party for the Liquidation of the Netherlands8260.00New
The Peace Party4640.00New
Partij Van Rijksgenoten2070.00New
Small Party1860.00New
Nederlandse Evoluie Partij700.00New
Invalid/blank votes47,401–––
Total8,738,2381001500
Registered voters/turnout10,040,12187.0––
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen
Popular Vote
CDA
 
 30.81%
PvdA
 
 28.29%
VVD
 
 17.32%
D66
 
 11.06%
PSP
 
 2.12%
CPN
 
 2.05%
SGP
 
 1.97%
PPR
 
 1.97%
RPF
 
 1.25%
GPV
 
 0.82%
DS70
 
 0.56%
Other
 
 1.79%

References

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