1998 Dutch general election

none Netherlands 1994 2002 All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 6 May 1998 73.35% ( 5.40pp) Wim Kok Labour Party (Netherlands) 37 45 28.98 Frits Bolkestein People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 31 38 24.69 Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Christian Democratic Appeal 34 29 18.37 Els Borst Democrats 66 24 14 8.99 Paul Rosenmöller GreenLeft 5 11 7.27 Jan Marijnissen Socialist Party (Netherlands) 2 5 3.53 Leen van Dijke Reformatory Political Federation 3 3 2.03 Bas van der Vlies Reformed Political Party 2 3 1.78 Gert Schutte Reformed Political League 2 2 1.26 Tweede Kamerverkiezingen 1998.png Most voted-for party by municipality Cabinet First Kok cabinet PvdA–VVD–D66 Second Kok cabinet PvdA–VVD–D66 General elections were held in the Netherlands on 6 May 1998.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 978-3-8329-5609-7 The elections saw the purple coalition of social democrats and liberals (left and right) strengthen its majority. Both the social democratic Labour Party (PvdA) and the conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) won considerably, much at the cost of their junior coalition partner, the social liberal Democrats 66 (D66). Political observers attributed the win to the economic performance of the coalition, including the reduction of unemployment and the budget deficit, steady growth and job creation, combined with wage freezes and trimming of the welfare state, together with a policy of fiscal restraint.Netherlands: Elections held in 1998 Inter-Parliamentary Union The two small left opposition parties, the green GroenLinks, and the Socialist Party, were rewarded for their 'quality opposition'. The major opposition party, the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), after being in opposition for the first time in its history, also lost seats, and also failed to secure the most votes in the country's southernmost provinces North Brabant and Limburg for the first time ever. The two parties for the elderly AOV and Union 55+ and the right-wing populist CD did not return to parliament. The formation resulted in the continuation of the Kok cabinet with the second Kok cabinet, consisting of the PvdA, VVD and D66, even though the latter was not necessary for a majority of 76 seats. Results File:1998 Dutch General Election.svg Labour Party 2494555 45 +8 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 2124971 38 +7 Christian Democratic Appeal 1581053 29 –5 Democrats 66 773497 14 –10 GroenLinks 625968 11 +6 Socialist Party 303703 5 +3 Reformatory Political Federation 174593 3 0 Reformed Political Party 153583 3 +1 Reformed Political League 108724 2 0 Centre Democrats 52226 0 –3 General Elderly Alliance–Union 55+ 45994 0 –7 Mobile Netherlands 45219 0 New Seniors 2000 36157 0 New New Middle Party 23512 0 New The Greens 16585 0 0 Natural Law Party 15746 0 0 Catholic Political Party 8233 0 New Free Indian Party 7225 0 0 New Solidarity Elderly Union 6455 0 New New Communist Party of the Netherlands 5620 0 0 Idealists/Jij 2500 0 New The Voters Collective 1668 0 New 14435 0 11755132 Kiesraad By province + Results by provinceTweede Kamer 6 mei 1998 https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/TK19980506 4 November 2021 Kiesraad Dutch Province PvdA VVD CDA D66 GL SP RPF SGP GPV Others Drenthe37.3 21.6 17.9 8.1 5.6 2.9 1.9 0.2 2.4 2.1 Flevoland 25.8 29.1 14.8 9.0 6.6 2.7 3.3 2.3 2.2 4.2 Friesland33.6 16.4 26.4 7.0 6.8 3.2 2.4 0.5 1.9 1.8 Gelderland29.0 23.0 20.4 8.1 6.7 2.9 3.1 3.3 1.1 2.4 Groningen37.1 16.4 16.0 8.6 8.1 4.3 1.9 0.2 4.5 2.9 Limburg (Netherlands) Limburg29.9 21.3 24.3 7.4 7.5 5.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 4.2 North Brabant28.9 24.5 21.5 8.4 6.7 5.3 0.6 0.4 0.3 3.4 North Holland 28.4 29.2 12.5 11.5 9.7 3.1 1.0 0.3 0.5 3.8 Overijssel 29.0 18.7 26.7 6.6 5.6 2.6 3.2 2.3 2.9 2.4 South Holland 27.7 28.0 14.6 9.4 6.7 3.4 2.6 3.1 1.1 3.4 Utrecht 23.6 27.7 16.0 11.4 8.6 2.6 3.0 2.4 2.0 2.7 Zeeland 27.8 23.3 17.2 6.9 5.5 2.8 3.6 8.3 1.8 2.8 5 largest municipalities + Results in the five largest municipalities Municipality PvdA VVD CDA D66 GL SP RPF SGP GPV Others Amsterdam32.3(107 065) 22.2(73 757) 6.1(20 214) 14.3(47 612) 15.0(49 731) 4.5(14 890) 0.5(1 671) 0.1(319) 0.3(943) 4.8(15 752) Rotterdam36.4(96 189) 22.8(60 256) 9.3(24 525) 9.1(24 147) 8.8(23 298) 6.0(15 810) 1.2(3 219) 1.0(2 742) 0.9(2 395) 4.5(11 958) The Hague 27.8(60 511)30.7(66 875) 11.6(25 309) 11.1(24 079) 8.9(19 442) 3.7(8 035) 1.1(2 466) 0.6(1 365) 0.7(1 489) 3.7(8 119) Utrecht (municipality) Utrecht29.2(36 230) 20.1(24 993) 9.6(11 930) 15.2(18 858) 15.7(19 524) 4.7(5 836) 1.0(1 276) 0.3(388) 0.7(845) 3.3(4 129) Eindhoven29.3(30 197) 23.2(23 943) 16.2(16 698) 10.6(10 874) 9.1(9 328) 6.0(6 153) 0.7(681) 0.1(114) 0.5(501) 4.4(4 550) Maps 200 File:Elections législatives néerlandaises 1998.svg Results by province, shaded according to the vote share won by largest party File:Opkomst Tweede Kamer 6 mei 1998 Nederland.png Voter turnout by municipality References Further reading Aarts Kees Kees Aarts (political scientist) Semetko Holli A. Representation and responsibility: the 1998 Dutch election in perspective http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ap Acta Politica Palgrave Macmillan 34 2 111–129 1999 Irwin Galen A. The Dutch parliamentary election of 1998 Electoral Studies 18 2 271–276 1999 10.1016/S0261-3794(98)00048-1 Irwin Galen A. van Holsteyn Joop J.M. Parties and politicians in the parliamentary election of 1998 http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ap Acta Politica Palgrave Macmillan 34 2 130–157 1999 Category:General elections in the Netherlands Netherlands General Netherlands