1982 Dutch general election

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]

1982 Dutch general election
8 September 1982
Turnout81.0%
Party Leader % Seats ±
PvdA Joop den Uyl 30.4% 47 +3
CDA Dries van Agt 29.4% 45 -3
VVD Ed Nijpels 23.1% 36 +10
D66 Jan Terlouw 4.3% 6 -11
PSP Fred van der Spek 2.3% 3 0
SGP Henk van Rossum 1.9% 3 0
CPN Ina Brouwer 1.8% 3 0
PPR Ria Beckers 1.5% 2 -1
RPF Meindert Leerling 1.5% 2 0
GPV Gert Schutte 0.9% 1 0
CP Hans Janmaat 0.8% 1 +1
EVP Cathy Ubels-Veen 0.7% 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Dries van Agt
CDA		 Ruud Lubbers
CDA

Following the election the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) formed a coalition government with the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, with the CDA's Ruud Lubbers becoming Prime Minister.

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
Centre Party68,4230.81+1
Reformed Political League67,1630.810
Evangelical People's Party56,4660.71+1
Socialist Party44,9590.500
Democratic Socialists '7031,0470.400
Right-wing People's Party21,9870.300
Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands12,6890.200
God with Us3,1570.000
Dutch Peoples-Union1,6320.000
Progressive Party for the Preservation of Work, Environment and Society2500.00New
Small Party1270.000
Invalid/blank votes37,115–––
Total8,732,6311001500
Registered voters/turnout10,216,62781.0––
Source: Nederlandse verkiezingsuitslagen
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. 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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