Dutch general election, 1981

Dutch general election, 1981

1977 ← May 26, 1981 → 1982

All 150 seats to the House of Representatives 76 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Dries van Agt Joop den Uyl Hans Wiegel Party CDA PvdA VVD Leader since 1976 1966 1971 Last election 49 seats, 31,9% 53 seats, 33,8% 28 seats, 17,9% Seats won 48 44 26 Seat change -1 -9 -2 Popular vote 2.676.525 2.455.424 1.504.293 Percentage 30,8% 28,2% 17,3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jan Terlouw Fred van der Spek Marcus Bakker Party D66 PSP CPN Leader since 1973 1978 1963 Last election 8 seats, 5,4% 1 seats, 0,9% 2 seats, 1,7% Seats won 17 3 3 Seat change +9 +2 +1 Popular vote 999.661 184.039 178.147 Percentage 11,0% 2,1% 2,0%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Henk van Rossum Ria Beckers Meindert Leerling Party SGP PPR RPF Leader since 1981 1977 1980 Last election 3 seats, 2,1% 3 seats, 1,6% 0 seats, 0,6% Seats won 3 3 2 Seat change 0 0 +2 Popular vote 171.370 170.759 108.013 Percentage 1,9% 1,9% 1,2%

Seats

Prime Minister before election Dries van Agt CDA Prime Minister Dries van Agt CDA

The General Election to the House of Representatives of the States-General of the Netherlands was held in the Netherlands on May 26, 1981.

National summary

Party	Lijsttrekker	%	Seats
Christian Democratic Appeal	Dries van Agt	30.8	48
Labour Party	Joop den Uyl	28.3	44
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Hans Wiegel	17.3	26
Democrats 66	Jan Terlouw	11.1	17
Pacifist Socialist Party	Fred van der Spek	2.1	3
Communist Party of the Netherlands	Marcus Bakker	2.0	3
Reformed Political Party	Henk van Rossum	1.9	3
Political Party of Radicals	Ria Beckers	1.9	3
Reformatory Political Federation	Meindert Leerling	1.2	2
Reformed Political League	Gert Schutte	0.8	1
Total		-	150

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