1989 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

none October 2017 October 2017 1989 European Parliament election in the Netherlands Netherlands 1989 Parliamentary no 1984 European Parliament election in the Netherlands 1984 1994 European Parliament election in the Netherlands 1994 25 seats to the European Parliament 15 June 1989 47.48% Christian Democratic Appeal 100px Jean Penders EPP 1,814,107 34.60% 4.58% 10 25 Christian Democratic Appeal 1 Labour Party (Netherlands) 100px Piet Dankert SOC 1,609,626 30.70% 3.00% 8 25 Dutch Labour Party 0 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 89px Gijs de Vries LDR 714,745 13.63% 5.30% 3 25 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 2 Rainbow (Netherlands) 100px Herman Verbeek RBW 365,535 6.97% 1.37% 2 25 Rainbow (Netherlands) 0 Democrats 66 89px Jan-Willem Bertens LDR 311,990 5.95% 3.67% 1 25 Democrats 66 1 Reformed Political Party – Reformatory Political Federation – Reformed Political League 89px Leen van der Waal NI 309,060 5.90% 0.69% 1 25 Reformed Political Party - Reformatory Political Federation - Reformed Political League 0 An election for Members of the European Parliament representing Netherlands constituency for the 1989–1994 term of the European Parliament was held on 15 June 1989. It was part of the wider 1989 European election. Ten parties competed in a D'Hondt type election for 25 seats. Background Combined lists Several parties combined in one list to take part in this European Election and increase their chance on a seat in the European Parliament. These combined lists are: Rainbow of CPN and PSP, PPR SGP, RPF and GPV Electoral alliances No lists formed an electoral alliance Voting right All Dutch, everywhere in the world were granted voting rights this election. Except for the Dutch living in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, because they can vote for the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles. However, if the subject lived for 10 years or longer in the Netherlands they can still vote for the European Elections. These people got right to vote in this fourth election for the European Parliament in 1989 in the Netherlands:Core data Dutch EP elections 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721125717/http://www.kiesraad.nl/nl/Overige_Content/Bestanden/pdf_thema/Kerngegevens_2009.pdf 21 July 2011 in .pdf and Dutch Everyone who was allowed to vote in the Dutch parliament elections; Dutch who are resident anywhere in the world and did not already have voting rights for the Dutch Parliament elections; (except for Dutch living in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, because they vote for the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles. Dutch from the Netherlands Antilles en Aruba are allowed to vote for European Elections if they lived for at least 10 years in the Netherlands.) Subjects of one of the other Member States which have residence in the Netherlands. Provided that the state of which they are from granted the same. Numbering of the candidates list Party lists in the 1989 European Parliament election in the Netherlands Background Results Netherlands (European Parliament constituency) In the election the conservative liberal VVD loses seats to the progressive liberal D66, who return to the European parliament after a five-year absence. 47.48% of the Dutch population turned out on election day. Christian Democratic Appeal 1814107 10 +1 Labour Party 1609626 8 0 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 714745 3 –2 Rainbow 365535 2 0 Democrats 66 311990 1 +1 SGP–GPV–RPF 309060 1 0 Centre Democrats 40780 0 New Socialist Party 34332 0 0 Initiative for European Democracy 23298 0 New God with Us 18860 0 0 28041 0 11099123 KiesraadKiesraad - Verkiezingsuitslagen https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/EP19890615 2025-10-03 www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl European groups Summary of the 15 June 1989 European Parliament elections in the Netherlands | style="text-align:center;" colspan="11" | 1984 1989 1994 |- |style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"|European group !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats 1984 !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats 1989 !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Change |- | European People's Party 2px | style="text-align:left;" | European People's Party | style="text-align:left;" | EPP | style="text-align:right;" | 9 | style="text-align:right;" | 10 | style="text-align:right;" | 1 |- | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats 2px | style="text-align:left;" | Confederation of Socialist Parties | style="text-align:left;" | SOC | style="text-align:right;" | 8 | style="text-align:right;" | 8 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 |- | style="background-color:gold;" width=0.3em| | style="text-align:left;" | Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group | style="text-align:left;" | LDR | style="text-align:right;" | 5 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 | style="text-align:right;" | 1 |- | Rainbow Group 2px | style="text-align:left;" | Rainbow Group | style="text-align:left;" | RBW | style="text-align:right;" | 2 | style="text-align:right;" | 2 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 |- | Non-Inscrits 2px | style="text-align:left;" | Non-Inscrits | style="text-align:left;" | NI | style="text-align:right;" | 1 | style="text-align:right;" | 1 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 |- |width="350" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3"| |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 25 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 25 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 0 |} References Netherlands Category:European Parliament elections in the Netherlands Category:1989 elections in the Netherlands