Dutch general election, 1982

Dutch general election, 1982

1981 ← September 8, 1982 → 1986

All 150 seats to the House of Representatives 76 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Joop den Uyl Dries van Agt Ed Nijpels Party PvdA CDA VVD Leader since 1966 1976 1982 Last election 44 seats, 28,2% 48 seats, 30,8% 26 seats, 17,3% Seats won 47 45 36 Seat change +3 -3 +10 Popular vote 2.499.562 2.414.176 1.897.986 Percentage 30,4% 29,3% 23,1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jan Terlouw Fred van der Spek Henk van Rossum Party D66 PSP SGP Leader since 1973 1978 1981 Last election 17 seats, 11,0% 3 seats, 2,1% 3 seats, 1,9% Seats won 6 3 3 Seat change -11 0 0 Popular vote 355.830 187.150 156.782 Percentage 4,3% 2,3% 1,8%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Ina Brouwer Ria Beckers Meindert Leerling Party CPN PPR RPF Leader since 1982 1977 1980 Last election 3 seats, 2,0% 3 seats, 1,9% 2 seats, 1,2% Seats won 3 2 2 Seat change 0 -1 0 Popular vote 147.510 136.095 124.018 Percentage 1,8% 1,6% 1,5%

Seats

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

The General Election to the House of Representatives of the States-General of the Netherlands was held in the Netherlands on September 8, 1982.

National summary

Party	Lijsttrekker	%	Seats
Labour Party	Joop den Uyl	30.4	47
Christian Democratic Appeal	Dries van Agt	29.3	45
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Ed Nijpels	23.1	36
Democrats 66	Jan Terlouw	4.3	6
Pacifist Socialist Party	Fred van der Spek	2.3	3
Reformed Political Party	Henk van Rossum	1.9	3
Communist Party of the Netherlands	Ina Brouwer	1.8	3
Political Party of Radicals	Ria Beckers	1.6	2
Reformatory Political Federation	Meindert Leerling	1.5	2
Reformed Political League	Gert Schutte	0.8	1
Centre Party	Hans Janmaat	0.8	1
Evangelical People's Party	Cathy Ubels	0.7	1
Total		-	150

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