1981_Dutch_general_election

1981 Dutch general election
	All 150 seats in the House of Representatives; 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	87.0% ( 1.1 pp)
	Most voted-for party by municipality
First Van Agt cabinet; CDA–VVD	Second Van Agt cabinet; CDA–PvdA–D66

1981 Dutch general election

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General elections were held in the Netherlands on 26 May 1981.^[1]^[2] The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) emerged as the largest party, winning 48 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.^[3]

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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.

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

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van Mierlo, Hans J. G. A. (1981). "The 1981 Netherlands election". West European Politics. 4 (3): 297–301. doi:10.1080/01402388108424339. ISSN 0140-2382.

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Nohlen & Stöver, p1414

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"Tweede Kamer 26 mei 1981". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 November 2021.

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Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Christian Democratic Appeal	2,677,259	30.81	48	–1
	Labour Party	2,458,452	28.29	44	–9
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	1,505,311	17.32	26	–2
	Democrats 66	961,121	11.06	17	+9
	Pacifist Socialist Party	184,422	2.12	3	+2
	Communist Party of the Netherlands	178,292	2.05	3	+1
	Reformed Political Party	171,324	1.97	3	0
	Political Party of Radicals	171,042	1.97	3	0
	Reformatory Political Federation	108,364	1.25	2	+2
	Reformed Political League	70,878	0.82	1	0
	Democratic Socialists '70	48,568	0.56	0	–1
	Evangelical People's Party	45,189	0.52	0	New
	Socialist Party	30,380	0.35	0	0
	Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands	20,812	0.24	0	0
	Rightist People's Party	17,371	0.20	0	–1
	Centre Party	12,242	0.14	0	New
	Dutch People's Union	10,641	0.12	0	0
	Liveable Netherlands	8,336	0.10	0	New
	Survive Together or Die	3,377	0.04	0	New
	Realists '81	2,080	0.02	0	New
	International Communist League	1,814	0.02	0	New
	God with Us	918	0.01	0	New
	Wereld Welzijn Bewustwording	891	0.01	0	New
	Party for the Liquidation of the Netherlands	826	0.01	0	New
	The Peace Party	464	0.01	0	New
	Partij Van Rijksgenoten	207	0.00	0	New
	Small Party	186	0.00	0	New
	Dutch Evolution Party	70	0.00	0	New
Total		8,690,837	100.00	150	0

Valid votes		8,690,837	99.46
Invalid/blank votes		47,401	0.54
Total votes		8,738,238	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		10,040,121	87.03
Source: Kiesraad

Province	CDA	PvdA	VVD	D'66	PSP	CPN	SGP	PPR	RPF	GPV	Others
Province											Others
Drenthe	24.8	38.6	17.8	9.3	1.3	1.3	0.3	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.9
Friesland	33.2	33.2	12.7	9.5	1.7	1.7	0.8	1.8	2.1	1.4	1.9
Gelderland	34.4	26.1	16.6	10.2	2.1	0.8	3.4	2.1	1.7	0.5	2.1
Groningen	21.4	39.3	13.4	8.8	2.6	4.1	0.2	2.2	1.7	3.7	2.6
Limburg	43.4	25.3	12.6	11.2	1.6	1.1	0.1	1.9	0.1	0.1	2.6
North Brabant	42.7	23.6	14.5	11.2	1.9	0.9	0.5	1.9	0.3	0.1	2.4
North Holland	22.7	28.4	21.3	12.4	3.5	5.3	0.4	2.4	0.8	0.3	2.5
Overijssel	37.8	26.8	13.2	9.2	1.2	1.1	2.8	1.5	2.4	2.1	1.9
South Holland	23.7	31.2	19.8	12.0	1.9	1.9	3.5	1.7	1.8	1.6	0.9
Southern IJsselmeer Polders	20.8	30.8	18.9	14.6	1.7	4.6	0.6	2.4	1.5	1.0	3.1
Utrecht	28.9	22.6	21.9	11.4	2.5	1.4	3.0	2.5	1.8	1.4	2.6
Zeeland	29.5	27.2	17.0	9.9	1.1	0.7	8.0	1.8	1.9	1.2	1.7

1981_Dutch_general_election

1981 Dutch general election

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