1981 Dutch general election

none Netherlands 1977 1982 All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 26 May 1981 87.0% ( 1.1 pp) Dries van Agt Christian Democratic Appeal 49 48 30.8% Joop den Uyl Labour Party (Netherlands) 53 44 28.3% Hans Wiegel People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 28 26 17.3% Jan Terlouw D'66 8 17 11.1% Fred van der Spek Pacifist Socialist Party 1 3 2.1% Marcus Bakker Communist Party of the Netherlands 2 3 2.1% Henk van Rossum Reformed Political Party 3 3 2.0% Ria Beckers Political Party of Radicals 3 3 2.0% Meindert Leerling Reformatory Political Federation 0 2 1.2% Gert Schutte Reformed Political League 1 1 0.8% Tweede Kamerverkiezingen 1981.png Most voted-for party by municipality Cabinet First Van Agt cabinet CDA–VVD Second Van Agt cabinet CDA–PvdA–D'66 General elections were held in the Netherlands on 26 May 1981.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 978-3-8329-5609-7van Mierlo Hans J. G. A. 1981 The 1981 Netherlands election https://doi.org/10.1080/01402388108424339 West European Politics 4 3 297–301 10.1080/01402388108424339 0140-2382 subscription The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) emerged as the largest party, winning 48 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.Nohlen & Stöver, p1414 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 File:1981 Dutch General Election.svg Christian Democratic Appeal 2677259 48 –1 Labour Party 2458452 44 –9 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1505311 26 –2 Democrats 66 961121 17 +9 Pacifist Socialist Party 184422 3 +2 Communist Party of the Netherlands 178292 3 +1 Reformed Political Party 171324 3 0 Political Party of Radicals 171042 3 0 Reformatory Political Federation 108364 2 +2 Reformed Political League 70878 1 0 Democratic Socialists '70 48568 0 –1 Evangelical People's Party 45189 0 New Socialist Party 30380 0 0 Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands 20812 0 0 Rightist People's Party 17371 0 –1 Centre Party 12242 0 New Dutch People's Union 10641 0 0 Liveable Netherlands (1981) nl Leefbaar Nederland (1981-1986) Liveable Netherlands 8336 0 New Survive Together or Die 3377 0 New Realists '81 nl Realisten '81 2080 0 New International Communist League 1814 0 New God with Us (political party) nl God Met Ons God with Us 918 0 New Wereld Welzijns Bewustwording nl 891 0 New Party for the Liquidation of the Netherlands nl Partij tot Likwidatie van Nederland 826 0 New The Peace Party 464 0 New Partij Van Rijksgenoten 207 0 New Small Party 186 0 New Dutch Evolution Party 70 0 New 47401 0 10040121 Kiesraadhttps://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/TK19810526 Tweede Kamer 26 mei 1981 Kiesraad By province + Results by province Province CDA PvdA VVD D'66 PSP CPN SGP PPR RPF GPV Others Drenthe 24.838.6 17.8 9.3 1.3 1.3 0.3 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.9 Friesland 33.233.2 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 21.439.3 13.4 8.8 2.6 4.1 0.2 2.2 1.7 3.7 2.6 Limburg (Netherlands) 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 22.728.4 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 23.731.2 19.8 12.0 1.9 1.9 3.5 1.7 1.8 1.6 0.9 Flevoland Southern IJsselmeer Polders 20.830.8 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 References Category:General elections in the Netherlands Netherlands General Netherlands